Email

asgharal@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Psychiatry Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Staff Psychiatrist

Mental Health Careline
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States

Associate Director of Education

South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, Clinical Center

Addresses

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Office)

MHCL-116
2002 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77079
United States
Phone: (713) 791-1414
asgharal@bcm.edu

Education

Fellowship at University Of California, Los Angeles

06/2005 - Los Angeles, CA United States

Geriatric Psychiatry

Residency at Baylor College Of Medicine

06/2004 - Houston, TX United States

General Psychiatry

MD from Wake Forest University

05/2000 - Winston-Salem, NC United States

BA from University of Texas at Austin

05/1996 - Austin, Texas United States

Certifications

Licensure

Texas

Psychiatry/Geriatric Psychiatry

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Honors & Awards

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award

Development of Enduring Educational Materials

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award

Educational Leadership (05/2012)

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award

Teaching and Evaluation (05/2012)

Association for Academic Psychiatry Junior Faculty Development Award

05/2012

Professional Interests

• Geriatric education
• Cultural psychiatry
• Faculty Development

Professional Statement

Dr. Ali Asghar-Ali’s educational scholarship and clinical practice focus in two areas: geriatric psychiatry and the practice of culturally attuned psychiatric. Dr. Asghar-Ali is the current geriatric psychiatry fellowship director and coordinates the geriatric psychiatry seminar series for the general psychiatry residents. At the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center he is responsible for the delivery of electroconvulsive therapy. In terms of cultural psychiatry, Dr. Asghar-Ali presents locally and nationally on ways in which trainees and practitioners can work towards improving their cultural attunement to best serve their patients.

Websites

Memberships

Association of Academic Psychiatry

Communications Co-Chair

American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry

Training and Teaching Committee

Languages

Gujarati, Urdu