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Dr Subha Muthalagu

Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist

About

Dr Subha Muthalagu is a visiting consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at Priory. She is a highly experienced clinician dedicated to providing person-centred compassionate care. She has over 20 years’ experience of working as a consultant in the NHS, assessing and treating children and young people with complex mental health difficulties including those with neurodevelopmental conditions. She continues to work in the NHS as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist (Serenity Path Hospital - a regional adolescent inpatient unit). She also has extensive experience in working in the community child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, delivering high-quality care.

Dr Muthalagu has held several clinical leadership and management roles in the NHS throughout her career leading and supporting multidisciplinary teams and services. She has received a number of clinical excellence awards in the NHS in recognition of outstanding achievement, providing quality patient care, taking a lead role in proposing, shaping and project managing robust healthcare initiatives.

Dr Muthalagu is an Approved Clinician for the purposes of Section 145 (1), of MHA, 1983 and is approved under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act, 1983.

Position at Priory

Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist

Training

Dr Muthalagu graduated in India in 1994 (MBBS, Osmania Medical College). She moved to the UK and completed her psychiatry training in 2006 (Oxford SHO in psychiatry rotational training scheme and Great Ormond Street and Royal London Child and Adolescent Psychiatry specialty registrar rotational training scheme).

Dr Muthalagu was first appointed as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist in 2006 and is on the GMC specialist register. She is a GMC recognised trainer for resident doctors.

Her postgraduate qualifications include Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych), MBA from the University of Southampton (Distinction) and MSc in NHS Healthcare Leadership (Merit). She also holds a postgraduate diploma in systemic practice with couples and families (PG Dip, Institute of Family Therapy).

Languages

  • Hindi

  • Tamil

  • Telugu

Qualifications

  • MBBS

  • Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych)

  • PG Diploma in Systemic Practices with Families & Couples, Institute of Family Therapy, London

  • MBA, University of Southampton

  • MSc in Healthcare Leadership (NHS Leadership Academy)