Kamini Vasudev
Dr. Kamini Vasudev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of General Adult Psychiatry at Western University, London, ON.
She is currently the Medical Director for Adult Ambulatory Mental Health Service at Victoria Hospital. She served as the Clinical Lead, Quality Improvement (QI) for Adult Ambulatory Mental Health Service at Victoria Hospital from 2022 to 2024.
She is the course director for QI and Psychopharmacology courses for the Psychiatry Residency Program at Western University. She was the scholarly portfolio lead for the Psychiatry Residency Program Committee at Western from 2015 to 2022.
Dr Vasudev received her basic medical qualification, MBBS (1995) and post-graduate training in Pharmacology, MD (2002) from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. In 2002, she moved to the United Kingdom to work as a Clinical Research Associate at the Stanley Research Centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She then completed her Psychiatry training at Newcastle upon Tyne (2004-2010), gaining experience in various sub-specialties of General Adult Psychiatry, including early interventions in psychoses and rehabilitation Psychiatry. QI, audit and governance was an inherent part of her psychiatry training in UK.
Her academic interests involve Quality Improvement and Psychopharmacology. Dr. Vasudev has practiced in the discipline of QI for about 20 years. She completed the Schulich-Ivey Quality in Healthcare Consultancy program Certificate in April 2024.
