Karuna S Poddar, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

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33 S. 9th Street Suite 210
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Assistant Professor

Education

Medical School

MBBS, Grant Medical College, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India - 2006

Residency

Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ - 2019

Fellowship

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, PA - 2021

Other Education:
Master of Science, Medical Informatics, Northwestern University - 2014
Child Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program, PCOP, PA
New Jersey Psychiatric Association Advocacy Academy, NJ
Foundation Course, Adult Psychodynamic Program, PCOP, PA

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Adult Psychiatry, 2020

Awards

Remarkable Achievement Award, NJPA Program for Excellence
Clinical Excellence in Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital
Excellence in Scholarly Activity, Cooper Medical School Rowan University, Department of Psychiatry
Outstanding Physician, BCJ Hospital and Asha Parekh Research Centre, Mumbai

Research & Clinical Interest

My clinical interests include Women’s mental health, perinatal psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.

My research interests are:
Perinatal trauma.
Maternal-child Mental Health.
Neurodevelopmental and Neuropsychiatric disorder across lifespan
Women’s Mental Health. 

Publications

Josephine Elia, Yumiko Izaki, Kristin Borreggine, Oliver Yost, Amanda Castro, Connie Chang, Alexander Ambrosini, Samuel Fels, Karuna Poddar, Jessica Rayfield, Meg Frizzola, Hakon Hakonarson, Chapter 23 - Epigenetics in child psychiatry, Editor(s): Jacob Peedicayil, Dennis R. Grayson, Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Epigenetics in Psychiatry (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2021, Pages 553-573, ISBN 9780128235775,

Mercogliano C, Poddar K - Long-Term Comorbid Neuropsychiatric Sequelae Of Hy-poxia At Birth- A Case Report. Cureus 2020 - Published-Feb 2021

Poddar K, Goodman M, Gogineni R, Pumariega A- Cultural Competence For Pediatric Clinical and Pharmacological Management- Published: Winter 2018 issue of New Jer-sey Pediatrics, Page 40 https://njaap.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fall-Winter2018.pdf

Poddar K- Updates on Treatment for Psychotic Disorder- Review Article for Indo-American Psychiatric Association South-Asian American Forum- Indo-American Psychiatric News Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2018