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Call: 021 761 1188
"For me, being a psychiatrist is
a calling. I am passionate about what I do."
Dr Bhaskaran Charles is a specialist psychiatrist. He is currently in full time private practice and based in Cape Town.
He has practice rooms at Crescent Clinic, Claremont and by prior arrangement can see patients at Vincent Palotti Hospital.
Dr Charles has admission rights to most of the private psychotherapy units in the southern suburbs of Cape Town.
Qualifications
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2018 Master of Medicine in Psychiatry, University of Cape Town (UCT)
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2017 Fellow of the College of Psychiatrists (FCPsych), Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
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2006 MBChB, University of Cape Town (UCT)
Registrations
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Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA): MP0667498
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Board of Healthcare Funders of South Africa (BHF): Practice Number 0758019
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South African Society of Psychiatry (SASSOP)
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Medical Protection Society (MPS)
Courses
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Comprehensive training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) (Current)
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Primary Practicums in Rational Emotive Therapy
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Healing Shame Core Workshop
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Neurolinguistic Practitioner (NLP) Training
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June 2018 to February 2020: Psychiatry ConsultantGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town Responsibilities: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, G22 Psychotherapeutic Ward, Eating Disorder Clinic, Psycho-Oncology Clinic, Women Mental Health Clinic, Clinical supervision of psychiatry registrars Red Cross Hospital, Division of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryResponsibilities: After Hours Emergency Services University of Cape TownResponsibilities: Senior lecturer, Psychiatry Registrar Training Committee (RTC): Member Psychiatry Registrar Timetable: Development and co-ordination, Professional Masters Committee: Member College of Medicines of South AfricaResponsibilities: Examiner (Part 1 Fellowship exams)
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February 2014 to January 2018: Registrar in Psychiatry (Joint Appointment)Lentegeur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health.