One Hospital Dr. Columbia, Missouri 65212 Brief Summary of professional Biography Syed Arshad Husain, M.D., FRCPSych, FRCP(C) (Updated: September 14, 2013) Dr. Arshad Husain is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Child Health at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. Between1984 to 2009, he served as Professor of Child Psychiatry and Child Health, Chief of Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Training Director of Child Fellowship Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. Born in Delhi, India, Dr. Husain received his medical education at the Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, followed by specialized training in Psychiatry at the Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry of London, England and at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 1973, he joined the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of England and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a Founding Fellow of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Husain is certified in psychiatry and child psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Royal College of Psychiatrist of England. Following is a selected list of Dr. Husain’s humanitarian work around the world. w Founded The International Center for Psychosocial Trauma at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 1996. w Founded The International Medical and Educational Trust a 501(C)-3 non-profit organization in Columbia, Missouri, 1998. Established a Child and Family Counseling Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia, 1994. Developed "Teachers As Therapists" model of capacity building according to which local teachers in war zones and the disaster areas are trained to identify the psychological consequences of exposure to trauma in children and provide interventions to cope with their trauma. Visited Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 times between1994-1999 and trained over 2000 teachers and other indigenous professionals under Teachers As Therapists program and 200 mental health professionals. This program benefitted over 20 thousand children exposed to the war atrocities during the Bosnian war. Dr. Husain took his trauma team to Moscow in August 1998 and trained 60 teachers invited from 11 republics of former Soviet Union. This project was supported by a grant from Save The Children Foundation. Established "Training the Trainers" Program in 1995. Under this program, each summer, a selected number of mental health professionals and teachers from war-torn and disaster stricken areas worldwide, are invited to the University of Missouri-Columbia campus for extensive training in trauma and disaster psychiatry. These individuals return to their country of origin to train other professionals. So far, under Training The Trainers program, over 300 individuals have been trained from fifteen different countries, including Bosnia, Kosova, Rwanda, Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine, Georgia, Chechnya, Russia, Armenia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, UK , Canada and USA. In the summer of 1995, 12 teachers from Oklahoma City were also invited and trained to work with the children exposed to the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building. For the first three years the Training the Trainers program was funded by the UMC School of Medicine. Since then the funds are provided by various US sources such as Astra Zeneca Pharmaceutical Company, Missouri Hospital Foundation and others. Visited Albania twice and Kosova nine times between 1999-2004, to help war-traumatized children in those countries under Teachers As Therapists program” and trained over 300 teachers and 50 mental health professionals. Established Family and Child Counseling Center in Gjakova, Kosova in November 1999; this center is currently run by local psychiatrists trained by Dr. Husain. Established a Counseling Center in Peshawar, Pakistan, in collaboration with the Mental Health Resource Center of Pakistan in February 2002. This center provides direct counseling services to traumatized children and their families from Afghanistan. Trained physicians and teachers from Afghanistan to work with war-traumatized children and their families in their country. This project was funded by a grant awarded by the US Department of State. Trained teachers in Chechen refugee camps in Istanbul, Turkey in 2003. This project was funded by the US Institute of Peace. Established a Village of HOPE in Mansehra, Northern Pakistan for 400 children orphaned during the 1995 earthquake in that region. This village consisted of 151 prefabbed tents exported from USA and included a clinic and a school. Over 100 local teachers were trained in disaster mental health to work with the children in the area. The funding for this project was provided by the Direct Relief International of USA and the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America. In the aftermath of Katrina, Dr. Husain took his trauma team to Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Houston seven times and trained over two hundred teachers and mental health professionals to work with traumatized and displaced children. Conducted training workshops in Trauma Psychiatry for teachers and mental health professionals in the West Bank and Gaza City in Palestine, in Dec. 14-27, 2002 and via Tele-Psychiatry from Cairo, Egypt in April 2009 and from Manchester, England in July 2009. · Organized the first National Conference on Mental Health Needs of Returning Soldiers, their children and their families in March 2007 in Columbia, MO. Established a Wellness Centre in Columbia, MO where the returning soldiers and their families receive free assessment and counselling. · In the aftermath of May 2011 tornado in Joplin, MO Dr Husain trained 90 teachers and 60 mental health professionals and established a school-based mental health program for the students. In December, 2011, invited to Columbia, MO, 25 teachers and 5 mental health professionals trained earlier, for more extensive training under Training The Trainers program. The funding for this project was provided by the Missouri Hospitals Foundation and the State Department of Mental Health. · Dr. Husain has developed training manuals and videos for teachers and mental health professionals and has translated them in several languages including Bosnian, Arabic, Indonesian, Russian, Urdu, Chinese and English. · Mothers As Teachers (MATS): Dr. Husain developed this unique model of education in an impoverished community in Karachi, Pakistan. According to this model, mothers from the community who can read and write, are selected and trained to teach the Karachi School District curriculum for grade one to five. Each MAT is assigned 5-7 students that she is responsible to teach in a modern class room built in her house. Certified teachers supervise MATS by conducting daily rounds and observing on site the MATS’ performance. Weekly in-service classes are conducted for continued education of the MATS. From third grade on, the students are taught keyboarding and internet surfing in a computer lab built in the central school building. The students are selected from socio-economically impoverished families that cannot financially afford to send their children to school. These children usually run the street panhandling and doing menial jobs. MATS are paid salaries and rent for the space used for the classroom. The students are given books and uniforms. They are also paid monthly scholarship if they attend 80% of their classes and an annual cash award on successfully completing the school year. The overarching philosophy underlying this program is that if the children are taught to access information that has a positive influence on their future, they will seek that information and will build a plan for their future. They will feel empowered will not accept their current marginalized status in the community. The MATS program was started in 2005 with 10 MATS and 50 children. Currently the program has 50 MATS and 250 students- 50 in each grade. The first group of 50 students completed the five years of elementary education under this program last year. A follow up survey of these students reveals that 96% of the student are currently enrolled in local secondary schools and are competing very well with the students who come from middle and upper middle class families. They have an added advantage in that they know how to surf the internet. It also appears that they have been able to convince their parents to find resources to send them to secondary school. This fall, the program is being expanded to double the number of the enrolment in the first grade. It is also hoped that other local charitable organizations will adopt this model for additional impoverished communities. · Child and Maternity Centre: For the past 15 years Dr. Husain has been running a free poly clinic and a child and maternity Centre in the above mentioned community in Karachi, Pakistan. Every year over 500 children are born in this centre. The expectant mothers are registered three months prior to the delivery date and are offered classes in nutrition and physical fitness. They are also expected attend the fitness centre run by a female fitness instructor. Early child development classes are also offered to the mother. For his numerous humanitarian contributions, Dr. Husain has received many recognition awards: The Bruno Lima Award by the American Psychiatric Association in 1996 for his outstanding contributions to Disaster Psychiatry. Awarded Irving Phillips Memorial Award in 1996 by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for a “Lifetime of contributions to preventing mental illness in children and adolescents”. American Psychiatric Association awarded the George Tarjan Award to Dr. Husain in 1997 to recognize his “Outstanding contributions to American Psychiatry as an international medical graduate”. The first ‘Profile of Courage Award’ by the American Psychiatric Association in 1997 for his work in Bosnia, as “One who exhibited meritorious courage in support of a patient group or ethical principles of the American Psychiatric Association”. An Honorary Doctorate was awarded to Dr. Husain in August 1999 by the University of Tuzla of Bosnia and Herzegovina “for his contribution to the education of young physicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war”. The ‘Pride in the Profession Award’ was given to Dr. Husain, in 2001, by the American Medical Association “to recognize a physician whose volunteer service and public health advancement brings great credit to the medical profession”. Missouri Governor Bob Holden proclaimed July 13, 2001, as ‘Syed Arshad Husain M.D .Day’ in honor of his outstanding humanitarian work throughout his career. Elected Honorary Fellow of the Academic Cabinet of the University of Missouri European Union Centre in December 2001, to recognize outstanding achievements in caring for traumatized children in war-torn countries. The Humanitarian Award in 2003 from the University of Missouri Center for European Union. The International Center for Psychosocial Trauma (ICPT) (Dr. Husain is Founding Director) received the 2004 Human Rights Award of the University of Missouri, Columbia. In addition to his administrative and teaching responsibilities in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Dr. Husain has conducted research in four areas: 1. Effectiveness of Teachers Trained as Therapists to Treat War Traumatized Children 2. PTSD in Children: A Three Year Follow Up Study of 791 Sarajevian Children 3. Trans-cultural aspects of child rearing 4. Developed “Mini Fellowship in Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry” a 120 hours didactic and Practicum curriculum to train primary care practitioners in psychiatry and child psychiatry and conducted outcome research to assess the effectiveness of this program to meet the mental health needs of the citizens living in the rural areas where there is an acute shortage of psychiatrists. Dr. Husain has published over 70 papers in noted medical journals, including the American Journal of Psychiatry, the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry and the Journal of American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. He is the author of five professional books on various aspects of child psychiatry including his book “Hope for the Children: Lessons from Bosnia”. He is a member of twelve professional societies in the United States and internationally, where he has been elected to key leadership positions. From 2005-2009 Dr. Husain served as the Chair of the Committee on the Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster of the American Psychiatric Association. Currently, he is a member of that committee.
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