About C. Simon Sebastian, MD

Dr. Simon Sebastian, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at Augusta University received his medical education at St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center and was on the faculty of Louisiana State University Medical College in Shreveport before moving to Augusta. As a faculty member of Augusta University, he was the Medical Director of Georgia Regional State Hospital for nine years. Since then he has been at the outpatient clinic at MCG and is currently the Director of the Schizophrenia and Mood Disorder Program and the Mental Health/Mental Retardation Clinic. He is Board Certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry. His research interests include Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders and managing the psychiatric problems of developmentally challenged individuals. He has extensive experience in Disability Determination for Social Security, Veterans and Independent Medical Evaluations. Recently, “eMedicine by WebMD” recognized his active contributions to the peer-reviewed, online eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base on his article entitled “Mental Retardation”. eMedicine is the most authoritative and accessible point of care medical reference available to physicians and other health care professionals on the Internet. eMedicine has a worldwide audience, representing some 230 countries. The site is part of the Medscape Professional Network, which receives an average 1.5 million physician-visits per month.

• Clinical Interests

  Managing patients with mental retardation and mental health problems
  Bipolar Disorder
  Schizophrenia

• Research Interests

  Schizophrenia

• Specialties

  Psychiatry

• Language(s)

  English