Balwant Nagra MD
Balwant Nagra
MD
Assistant Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Psychiatry
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University at Buffalo (2007)
- Residency, Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University at Philadelphia at Delaware Psychiatric Center (2005)
- MBBS, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (1990)
Employment:
- Attending Physician, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, Erie County Medical Center (2008-present)
- Staff Psychiatrist, University Psychiatric Practice, Inc. (2007-present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University at Buffalo (2007-present)
Awards and Honors:
- Services above and beyond the call of duty in CPEP (2011)
- Outstanding Contribution to Medical Student Education (2010)
- Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who (2010)
- Outstanding and Dedicated Service (2010)
- Appreciation Service to the Community Award (2009)
- Supportive Resident of the Year (2005)
- Best Organizer Award (1989)
Professional Memberships:
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Presentations:
- "The Dilemma of Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder in a Pediatric Population" Academic Rounds of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2007)
Service Activities:
- Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Faculty Council (2008–2011)
- President of the India Association of Buffalo; President (2012–present)
- Vice President of the India Association of Buffalo; Vice President (2011)
- Sports Secretary of the India Association of Buffalo (2010)
- General Secretary of the India Association of Buffalo; Secretary (2009)
- Coordinating Child & Adolescent Courses taught to Psychiatry Residents; Coordinator (2008–present)
- Evaluating and treating patients of all ages as a Child Psychiatrist in the Busiest Psychiatric Emergency Room in New York State; Erie County Medical Center (2008–present)
- Teaching Medical Students and Residents in Psychiatry and Providing Emergency Psychiatric Consultations