Manisha Ram Punwani: OCD NYC

She studied Acupuncture and Acupressure in India. In 1996, Dr. Punwani graduated from from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal under Mangalore University in India. She came to New York in 1998 and started her Residency in Adult Psychiatry Program from 2000-2003 at Brookdale University Hospital, an institution affiliated with SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. In New York she was involved on the Ethics Committee, actively participated in the New York Member-In-Training Committee. She was selected as the Member-In-Training Representative from New York in the American Medical Association Resident fellow section and won the William Sorum award for her work with residents, students and community. It was around this time she developed strong interest in Buddhism and Zen form of therapy. She learnt meditation and mindfulness techniques during her residency training. She went to Massachusetts in 2003 to pursue a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. She trained in CBT, ERP and also trained in Narrative Family therapy at the Family Institute of Cambridge. She won the Paul F. Briscolli award for her research in 'Impact of Direct to Consumer Advertising on patients in Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics'.