About Us
SURENDER PUNIA, MD
Dr. Punia is ABPN board certified psychiatrist who specializes in treatment of treatment resistant mood and anxiety disorders of all age groups including children. His special expertise include psychopharmacology, comprehensive evaluations & diagnostic formulations, second opinions, optimizing treatments to maximize the benefits by decreasing the side effects including use of VNS (vagal nerve stimulation), TMS (trans-cranial magnetic stimulation),
ECT (electro convulsive treatment) etc.
Original Articles:
1) D.C. German, E.M. Quintero, C.-L. Liang, B. Ng, S.P.S. Punia, C. Xia; J.M.
Dietschy. Selective Neurodegeneration, Without Neurofibrillary Tangles, in a Mouse Model of Niemann-Pick C Disease. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 433:415-425, 2001
2) S.P.S. Punia, The Role of Residents as Teachers of Medical Students.
Psychiatric Residents’ Newsletter, American Psychiatric Association, 1:1, 4-6, Spring 2001
Book Chapters:
3) F. Petty, P. Padala; S.P.S. Punia. GABA and Mood Disorders in “The
Handbook of Medical Psychiatry” J.C. Soares, MD; MD; Samuel Gershon, MD (eds.) Edition 2ND Mar 2003, Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc ISBN: 0824708350
4) Dunn LB, Sciolla A, Mellman L, Yager J, Chesen C, Ellis S, Racy J and Punia
S. Psychiatric Residents as Teachers, a Brochure by APA Committee on Medical Student education, May 2002.
Published Abstracts:
5) E.M. Quintero, C-L. Liang, S. Punia, C. Xie, J.M. Dietschy; D.C. German.
Purkinje Cells are Selectively Vulnerable to Degeneration in Mice with a Cholesterol Storage Disease. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 25(2): 1593, 1999. Presented at 1999 Annual Neuroscience Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida
6) Siddiqui Z, Punia S and Egbert MK; Borderline Personality Disorder and Preplexity in Treatment. American psychiatric Institute 2002, Poster Session p120
7) Burke, WJ; Padala P; Punia S; McArthur-Miller, D; Sattar, SP and Potter, J.
Behavioral Symptoms Associated with Problem Drinking in Late Life
AAGP Annual Meeting 2003
8) Punia, S; Sattar, P; Kamaljeet; Vogler, J and Petty,F
Relationship between childhood Abuse and Adulthood Drug & Alcohol Abuse. APA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2003
9) Punia, S; McArthur-Miller, D and Burke, WJ
Identifying Depression in Persons with Dementia.
APA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2003
Kamaljeet Boora, M.D.
Kamaljeet Boora, M.D. received his medical degree from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Rohtak, India. He completed his General Psychiatry Residency at State University of New York at Buffalo. He is expert in treating adult with a wide range of psychiatric disorders including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, ADHD, and psychosis. He has been published in Journal of Psychopharmacology, Journal of clinical psychiatry primary care companion, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. He has extensive research experience in the area of depression.