Press Release

Dr. Rajesh Tampi Named Director of Psychiatry for Wallingford-based Masonicare - 9/8/2008

Wallingford, CT, September 8, 2008..... Dr. Rajesh Tampi, MBBS, D Med Sci, has been named Director of Psychiatry for Masonicare.  Dr. Tampi will direct the clinical physician and related services of Masonicare Behavioral Health (formerly Trilogy) on the Geriatric Medical Psychiatric Unit at Masonic Healthcare Center. Dr. Tampi will also oversee the psychiatric outpatient consultative services provided to Masonicare facilities, other surrounding healthcare facilities, and Masonicare's outpatient practice. 

Dr. Tampi received his Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Leeds in Leeds, England, and became Board Certified in Geriatric Psychiatry in 2004.   He interned at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, and since 2001, has filled various roles with Yale University's School of Medicine and the Yale Psychiatric Hospital.  Dr. Tampi served as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and Co-Service Manager, Geriatric Service at the Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, from 2002-2008.  He also served as the Program Director for the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program at Yale University School of Medicine from 2006-2008.  He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine.  

Stephen B. McPherson, Masonicare's President and CEO, said Masonicare is privileged to have someone with Dr. Tampi's extensive experience in the field of geriatric psychiatry assume this key management position.  "Dr. Tampi has an impressive background and outstanding leadership qualities and is a strong advocate for senior behavioral health issues.  This will be invaluable as Masonicare continues to expand its role as a premier provider of quality geriatric-focused behavioral health services throughout the continuum and the larger community as well."

Dr. Tampi served as a flight surgeon, 103^rd medical group, in the Connecticut Air National Guard.  He resides in Hamden with his wife, Sunanda, who is a child psychiatrist, and their son Vaishnav.

Masonicare is Connecticut's leading not-for-profit provider of senior healthcare and retirement living. In addition to Masonic Healthcare Center in Wallingford, Masonicare's affiliates include Ashlar of Newtown in Newtown and Ashlar Village in Wallingford, and Connecticut VNA, Connecticut VNA Partners, and The Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut, which are statewide.

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Penny O'Neill
Public Relations Manager
Masonicare
203-679-5041
poneill@masonicare.org
www.masonicare.org

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