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Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Promila Thakker identified specializing in PsychiatryPsychiatry
A psychiatrist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, addictive, and emotional disorders such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance-related disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders, and adjustment disorders. The psychiatrist is able to understand the biologic, psychologic, and social components of illness, and therefore is uniquely prepared to treat the whole person. A psychiatrist is qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and to prescribe medications, evaluate and treat psychologic and interpersonal problems, and to intervene with families who are coping with stress, crises, and other problems in living..

Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Thakker is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Glen Cove Hospital
101 St Andrews Ln
Glen Cove, NY

License

Dr. Promila Thakker has been confirmed to have a license in New York.

Education

Dr. Thakker attended medical school at Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik Seth G.S. Medical College and graduated in 1968 having 44 years experience. Additional Psychiatry training was conducted at Trenton Psychological Hospital.

While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.

Aliases

Patients may also know Dr. Promila Thakker as:

• Promila M Thakker
• P Thakker

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