Dr Soumya Basu

Dr Soumya Basu is a child and adolescent psychiatrist working with Monash Health and has worked at Latrobe regional hospital as a consultant psychiatrist for the last 14 years and also works in private practice. He is well acknowledged in Gippsland area of Victoria for his expertise in child, adolescent and youth psychiatry. Dr Basu was trained in India and Australia and has more than 22 years of experience in the field. After completing DPM and MD in India he gained FRANZCP and Faculty membership in child and adolescent psychiatry in Australia. Dr Basu is a senior faculty member of the department of psychological medicine and is the coordinator of child and adolescent registrar training at Monash University. He has keen research interests in youth mental health, early intervention, developmental trauma, developmental disabilities, autism and psychosis and has presented a number of papers in national and international conferences. Dr Basu is fluent in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and English.