Saurabh B. Bhardwaj, MD
Division Chief
Department:
SOM-Psychiatry
Email:
sbhardwaj@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-6925
Biography
Saurabh Bhardwaj, M.D., Medical Director of the Addictions Program is board-certified in both general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. Dr. Bhardwaj received his medical degree from Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Medical College in Solapur, India, then went on to complete an internship in medicine, surgery, and related branches at Grant Medical College and J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India. In 2017, Dr. Bhardwaj completed a general adult psychiatry residency program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pennsylvania followed by an addiction psychiatry fellowship at Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Bhardwaj’s passion for addictions treatment lead him to UMMC in August of 2018 to be medical director of the then new addiction clinic where he introduced new, evidenced based, methods of addictions care. Dr. Bhardwaj is the medical director of the new Center for Innovation & Discovery in Addiction or CIDA. When Dr. Bhardwaj is not seeing patients or doing research, he enjoys spending time with family, tending to his vegetable garden, or peering through his telescope at nebulae, star clusters, and planets.
Education
| Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Government Medical College, MBBS, Medicine | 2007 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Addiction Psychiatry Board Certification | 10/2018 - Present |
| Certification, General Psychiatry Board Certification | 09/2017 - Present |
Current Positions
| Medical Director, Center for Innovation & Discovery in Addictions, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry | 12/2019 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry | 08/2018 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), SAMHSA | 10/2021 - 09/2024 |
| Extramural, Telehealth mediated medication assisted treatment (TELEMAT), MS Dept of Health | 10/2020 - 09/2022 |
| Extramural, Center of Excellence, Telehealth: Virtual substance abuse treatment network, HRSA through the UMMC Center for Telehealth | 10/2018 - Present |
| Extramural, Telehealth mediated medication assisted treatment (TELEMAT), MS Dept of Health | 10/2018 - 09/2020 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Michele Morais, Farha Motiwala, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Nwakile Ojike, Steven Lippmann Will Finding the Depression Inflammation Link Lead to Tailored Treatments for MDD? Current Psychiatry. 2014 October;13(10):53-54 | 2014 |
| Farha Motiwala, Michele Morals, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Steven Lippmann Do glucocorticoids hold promise as a treatment for PTSD? Current Psychiatry. 2013 September;12(9):59-60 | 2013 |
| Bhardwaj SB, Motiwala FB, Morais M, Lippmann SB, Vaptans for hyponatremia induced by psychogenic polydipsia. The primary care companion for CNS disorders, 2013;15(1) | |
| Bhardwaj SB, Cochran G, Kmiec J, Opioid overdose history and awareness of naloxone in patients seeking outpatient detoxification. Journal of opioid management, 2019 May Jun;15(3):253-259 | |
| Kalin S, Dakhlalla S, Bhardwaj S, Treatment for kratom abuse in a contingency-management-based MAT setting: A case series. Journal of opioid management, 2020 Sep Oct 2020;16(5):391-394 | |
| Tchikrizov V, Richert AC, Bhardwaj SB, Case of buprenorphine-associated central sleep apnea resolving with dose reduction. Journal of opioid management, 2022 Jul-Aug;18(4):391-394 | |
Book Chapter | |
| Bhardwaj, S.B., Kmiec, J. Cocaine Withdrawal. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. SAGE Publications. April 2017; 715. | |
| Bhardwaj, S.B., Kmiec, J. Cocaine Intoxication. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. SAGE Publications. April 2017; 709. | |
Electronic Publications | |
| Farha Motiwala, Michele Morais, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Nwakile Ojike, Steven Lippmann. Can You Stop PTSD Before It Starts? Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Association. 2013 October | 2013 |
| MICHELE MORAIS, M.D., FARHA MOTIWALA, M.D., SAURABH BHARDWAJ, M.D., STEVEN LIPPMANN, M.D. A Guide for International Medical Graduates to Gaining an American Residency. | 2013 |
Presentations
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Prescribing Challenges in Dual Diagnostic Patients, Mississippi Physician Health Program (MPHP), Westin Hotel, Jackson, MS | 04/2022 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Current Therapies for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders, UMMC - Family Medicine, Woodbridge Center, Jackson, MS | 11/2021 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Innovations in Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid use disorders, 12th Annual Mississippi Addiction Conference 2020 Opening Session, Jackson, MS | 02/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, This is us: Shedding light on who is at risk of substance use Disorder (SUD) and Resources for Recovery and Interprofessional Discussion, ASB/Schwartz Rounds, Jackson, MS | 02/2020 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders: Issues in Implementation, LPMA/MPA Annual Meeting 2020, New Orleans, LA | 02/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Alcohol use in pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, UMMC | 09/2019 |
| Invited Symposia, This is Us: Shedding Light On Who is at Risk of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Resources for Recovery, UMMC | 08/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Multidisciplinary Lecture, Department of Pain Medicine/Anesthesiology, Jackson, MS | 04/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Suboxone – Who, When, and Why?, 2019 Mental Health Conference, Jackson, MS | 03/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Innovations in Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid use disorders, Mississippi Association of Pharmacists Annual Conference, Jackson, MS | 02/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Innovations in Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid use disorders, Mississippi Association of Pharmacists Annual Conference, Oxford, MS | 02/2019 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Alcohol use in pregnancy and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Rivermend Health - Positive Sobriety Institute, Chicago, IL | 06/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, Opioid Overdose History and Awareness of Naloxone in Patients Seeking Outpatient Detoxification., Annual Meeting of American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Bonita Springs, FL | 12/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, History of Overdose and Awareness of Naloxone in Patients Seeking Outpatient Detoxification., Annual Meeting of American Society for Addiction Medicine, Austin, TX | 04/2015 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Trailblazer Teaching Award, University of Mississippi School of Medicine | 2021 |
| Ruth Fox Scholarship, American Society for Addiction Medicine | 2018 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American Society for Addiction Medicine, Fellow | |
| American Psychiatric Association, Member | |
| American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Member |
Committee Service
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Member | 2022 - Present |
| Mississippi Public Health Institute & MSDH, Substance Use Expert Consultant | 2022 - Present |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Member | 2021 - 2022 |
| American Society of Addiction Medicine - Ruth Fox Scholars Selection Committee, Member | 2020 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-EPIC EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, Member | 2020 - Present |
| MEDICAL CENTER-INSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE, Task Force Member | 2019 - 2022 |
Other Service
| Substance Abuse Journal | 07/2018 - Present |
| The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders | 07/2017 - Present |
Teaching Experience
| Medicine, Course, Course Director, Senior Elective in Addiction Psychiatry | Annual 2019 - Present |
| Graduate, Course, Course Director, Interviewing Skills Course | Annual 2019 - Present |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, M3 Psychiatry Clerkship | Annual 2019 - Present |
Directed Student Learning
| Supervised Teaching Activity | 2020 - Present |
Residency Training
| Psychiatry Residency, Advisor | |
| Psychiatry Residency, Advisor |