Speciality and areas of Interest

• Adult psychiatry

Work Experience

• Consultant Psychiatrist at Schizophrenia Research Foundation (2017- current)
• Consultant Psychiatrist at IIT - Madras (2018- 2021)

Professional Membership and Certification

• IPS membership number LOM/S39/21

Research and Publications

• Tharoor, H., Maran, S., & Gopal, S. (2018). Role of novel dietary supplement N-acetyl cysteine in treating negative symptoms in schizophrenia: A 6-Month follow-up study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 40(2), 139.
• Hema, T., Maran, S.,& Subhashini, G. (2016). Adjunctive ondansetron in schizophrenia—A pilot study. Asian journal of psychiatry, 19, 66-67.
• Tharoor, H., Mohandoss, V., Maran, S., & Gopal, S. (2015). Psychosocial Adjustment in Women with Schizophrenia using the Tamil Version of B-WISE. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, 2(1), 31-34.
• S Maran, V Raghavan, S Gopal, H Tharoor . A 5-year descriptive study of electroconvulsive therapy at SCARF. Asian J Psychiatry. Dec;30:107-108. 2017
• Rao NP, Ramachandran P, Jacob A, Joseph A, Thonse U, Nagendra B, Chako DM, Shiri S, Hassan H, Sreenivas V, Maran S. Add-on yoga treatment for negative symptoms of schizophrenia: A multi-centric, randomized controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research. 2021 May 1;231:90-7.

Awards and achievements

• Dr. Sarada Menon gold medal in the specialty of psychiatry for the DNB final examinations