Prof Prem Misra's Biography

Prof Prem Misra's Professional Career

Career

demonstrator Dept of Human Physiology King George's Med Coll Lucknow India 1967, resident house surgn in gen surgery Royal Infirmary Wigan 1968-69, resident house physician in gen med Whelley Hosp Wigan 1969-70; Bolton Dist Gen Hosp Farnworth: resident sr house offr of gen psychiatry 1970-71, resident registrar of gen psychiatry 1971-73; Hollymoor Hosp Birmingham: sr psychiatric registrar 1973-76, conslt psychiatrist and sr clinical lectr Dept of Psychological Med Univ of Glasgow 1976-; memb Exec Ctee Strathclyde Community Relations Cncl 1981-87, pres Indian Assoc of Strathclyde, memb Bd of Dirs Scottish Refugee Cncl 1995-2001, govr Glasgow Caledonian Univ 1999-2006, lead conslt contact in Scotland Register of Psychiatrists with an Interest in Transcultural Issues RCP; American Gerontological Soc; fell: Indian Psychiatric Soc 1980-, RSM; memb American Psychiatric Assoc 1974-, chm Academic Ctee Br Soc of Med and Dental Hypnosis Scotland 1993-2006 (hon sec Div of Psychiatry 1980-95, pres 1987-89), memb Ethical Ctee (Eastern Dist Glasgow) 1980-93, life memb Scottish Assoc for Mental Health, fndr memb Glasgow Assoc for Mental Health; memb: Exec Ctee European Soc of Hypnosis, Int Soc of Hypnosis, Int Sci Ctee of Sexuality and Handicap in Paris, Exec Ctee Br Soc of Res on Sex Educn; media spokesperson (hypnosis, sexual disorders and phobia) Univ of Glasgow 1986-2006; mentor for newly arrived overseas doctors in Scotland Scottish Cncl for Postgrad Med and Dental Educn; hon prof Glasgow Caledonian Univ 2003; Award for Dedicated and Exceptional Service to Patients: Greater Glasgow Health Cncl, Indian Writers Assoc of Scotland, Med Assoc of Krakow; Asian Fedn of Sexology Hon (for pioneering health care contribution in developing new methods of hypnotherapy for psychosexual disorders), Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Services Assoc of Indian Orgns of Scotland; FRCPsych (MRCPsych)

Prof Prem Misra's Publications

Books and Publications

Modern Trends in Hypnosis (ed with Waxman et al, 1985), author of 20 res papers on hypnosis and sexual disorders in med jls

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