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Dhurga Devi Krishnamoorthy, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
NPI Number:
1295149607
Academic Office Location:
Psychiatry
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-7120
Phone: 860-523-3753
Website(s):

Department of Psychiatry

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Education
DegreeInstitutionMajor
MBBSKilpauk Medical CollegeBachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MDUCONN HealthResidency in General Psychiatry
MDUCONN HealthFellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Post-Graduate Training
TrainingInstitutionSpecialty
ResidencyUConn School of MedicineGeneral Psychiatry
FellowshipUConn School of MedicineChild and Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards
Name of Award/HonorAwarding Organization
Board certification Child and Adolscent psychiatryABPN
Best clinical supervisor and teaching award for the year 2022-23.UCONN Health
Board Certification of UCONN psychiatry residency programABPN
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry chief resident awardUCONN Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship program
Name & DescriptionCategoryRoleTypeScopeStart YearEnd Year
Psychiatry Medical students ClerkshipAdvisory CommitteeCommittee MemberUConn HealthUniversity2019
Children and Adolescent with Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (CHADD)Professional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational2019
American Association of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational2017
American Psychiatric AssociationProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational2015

Journal Articles

  • Guilt and Reproductive Decision-Making in Patients With Inherited Cardiac Diseases.
    Smith, Emily; Krishnamoorthy, Dhurga; Burke-Martindale, Carolyn; Weissler-Snir, Adaya Journal of the American Heart Association 2024 Apr;13(8):e032696
  • Guilt and reproductive decision making capacity with patients diagnosed with genetic makers for inherited cardiac conditions.
    Krishnamoorthy D and Adaya W
  • Specific learning disorders as confounding factor for treatment outcome for ADHD with stimulants
  • The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Marijuana on Early Childhood Development: A Systematic literature review
    Dr. Dhurga Krishnamoorthy, M.B.B.S Dr. Yirfah Kaminer, M.D Cannabis ( Winter of 2020)
Title or AbstractTypeSponsor/EventDate/YearLocation
Oral presentation on “Navigating Ways to Build Welcoming Clinical Environments for Culturally and Socio-Demographically Diverse LGBTQ Patient Population.”at ADAA 2024 Annual Conference in Boston.Panel DiscussionADAA 2024 Annual Conference2024Boston
’Are we there yet’- Understanding health disparities in culturally and socio-demographically diverse child and adolescent patient population in our UCONN outpatient clinic at GWIMS in UCONNPosterGroup on Women in medicine and science (GWIMS)2024UCONN
Oral presentation on “Separate but overlapping nature of ADHD and Learning disabilities” at prestigious 2023 ADHD International Conference on ADHD in Maryland.Panel DiscussionADHD International Conference on ADHD.2023Maryland
Oral presentation on “CAPtaining the ship of ‘belonging’– navigating ways to build clinical environments welcoming culturally and socio-demographically diverse child and adolescent patient population” at AACAP 70th Annual meeting in New York.Panel DiscussionAACAP 70th Annual meeting2023New York
Research Poster on Improving the quality of physical health monitoring after initiation of ADHD medication in pediatric population in an outpatient clinic at AACAP 70th annual conference.PosterAACAP 70th Annual meeting2023New York