Hajira Chaudhry

Dedicated and compassionate psychiatrist with expertise in general, geriatric psychiatry. Committed to advancing mental health care for veterans through integrated care models, evidence-based practices, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Skilled in addressing diverse mental health needs with a patient-centered approach. Currently residing in New Haven, CT with plans to move back to Michigan after fellowship

• American Psychiatric Association
• Association of Consult-Liaison Psychiatry
• American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
• Association of Medicine and Psychiatry

• Peer-Reviewed Publications
• "A Cautionary Tale of Antidepressant in the COVID-19 Era: A Case Report of Vortioxetine-Induced Catatonia" - Psychiatric Annals,2023
• "Thinking Through the Fog: Requesting A Code Status Change on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit" - APPE Journal, Accepted2023

• Mother and Infant Psychiatry Initiative: Improved postpartum mood disorder care (Henry Ford,2020–2023).
• CVD Care and Colon Cancer Screenings on the Psychiatric Unit, Addressed and assessed guideline adherence for cardiovascular disease (CVD) medications, particularly in post-CVA and post-MI patients. Also initiated a program to allow stool screenings for colon cancer in collaboration with inpatient psychiatry and outpatient medical providers. (Henry Ford,2021 to December2022)
• Collaborative Rounding: Established interdisciplinary meetings and collaboration including joint rounds between psychiatry, ICU, and oncology teams (2021–2023).
• Resident Representative for JXN harm reduction: Advocated for harm reduction tools and policies within psychiatric and emergency settings.
• Resident Representative for GME at Michigan Congress: selected to represent resident concerns, advocate for residents along with GME funding at the state level including meetings with congressmen
• Organizer & Founder: Women and Infant Health Aid in Pakistan and Bangladesh, addressing health disparities.
• MCI patient handout: introduced patient handout for geriatric outpatient clinic based on patient feedback included pathology, work up, management, indication of medications, and prognosis

• General psychiatry resident run curriculum for16 residents weekly for48 weeks
• Intern interviewing curriculum covering basics of intake, literature review, motivational interviewing including mock interviews, observed intakes, and observed motivation interviews4 residents for1 year
• Primary care provider curriculum for geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry, and general psychiatry for the primary care providers50 internal medicine and family medicine residents for4 presentations with interactive activities and30 recorded videos

• Chair: Panel on COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates, APPE, Cincinnati, 2021

• "A Fragile State: Seasonal Dysthymia in an Adult with Osteogenesis Imperfecta" -

Presented at Molecular Psychiatry 2022- Hajira Chaudhry MD, Masood Ahmad MD

• "Navigating Help: A Case of a Deaf Woman with Post-partum Depression Requesting

Psychiatric Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic" - 

Presented at the Study of Psychiatry and Culture 2022- Hajira Chaudhry MD, Bradley Judge MD

• "Trapped in Place: A Systematic Review of Elder Abuse During the COVID-19 Era" -

Presented at the American Geriatrics Society 2022- Hajira Chaudhry MD, Masood Ahmad MD

• "New-Onset Catatonia at 36-week Gestation with Recurrent Postpartum Psychosis" -

Women’s Mental Health A Joint US—UAE-Israel Congress - Hajira Chaudhry, MD, Ahmad Masood, MD

• "Postpartum Psychosis Complicated by Postpartum Pre-eclampsia" - 

Women’s Mental Health A Joint US—UAE-Israel Congress - Hajira Chaudhry MD, Ahmad Masood MD

• Mask but Not Least: A Case of an Intentional Lamotrigine Overdose and

Methamphetamine Abuse with a Complicated Clinical Course – 

Molecular Psychiatry Presented 2022 - Hajira Chaudhry, MD, April Truesdell MD

• Spinning out of Control: A Case of an Atypical Presentation of Cocaine Ingestion on Mirtazapine – 

Molecular Psychiatry Presented 2022 - Hajira Chaudhry, MD, April Truesdell MD

• Trapped in Place: A Systematic Review of Elder Abuse During the COVID-19 Era –

American Geriatrics Society Presented 2022 - Hajira Chaudhry, MD and Masood Ahmad, MD

• Loosing Control: A Case of an Atypical Presentation of Cocaine Ingestion in an Elderly Female – 

American Geriatrics Society Presented 2022 - Hajira Chaudhry, MD and Masood Ahmad, MD