About
Dr Bhatia has experience as a consultant in the NHS for 9 years, and as a visiting consultant at Priory since 2021. He has a medical degree, is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has a postgraduate certificate in medical leadership, and is a Royal College of Psychiatrists-approved examiner for MRCPsych (membership exams).
Having worked in different busy London hospitals during training, and then as a consultant and approved clinician, Dr Bhatia has extensive experience and expertise in specialist assessments, diagnosis and treatment of patients with a wide variety of mental health problems like personality disorders, anxiety, depression, mood disorders and psychosis. He also works for the Maudsley electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) service, treating patients with severe depression, mania, and treatment-resistant psychosis. He is a keen teacher and is a supervisor to GP trainees and psychiatry trainees and teaches medical students. The basis of his clinical practice is to understand the root cause of the problem, helping patients alleviate their distress and empowering them.
Dr Bhatia takes a holistic approach, treating each patient as an individual, considering their life circumstances, and using the latest medical evidence when considering treatment modalities, combining pharmacological and psychotherapeutic options.
Dr Bhatia is described by colleagues as a knowledgeable, hard-working, and conscientious psychiatrist. Feedback from patients has been of the high-quality care they have received and patients have said that they find him easy to talk to, kind, understanding and a compassionate psychiatrist. He has published work in a prestigious journal and one of his projects to improve patient care was awarded a winner’s prize at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Conference.
Gautam trained in highly acclaimed and reputed institutes of psychiatry – Royal Free, University College and Maudsley training programmes. He is a general adult psychiatrist with a sub-specialty endorsement in liaison psychiatry. After completion of training, he worked as a clinical lead consultant in Oxford for 5 years. He then moved to work as a consultant in South London & Maudsley, where he currently continues to work.
Training
- He has a medical degree, is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and has a postgraduate certificate in medical leadership.
- Is a Royal College of Psychiatrists-approved examiner for MRCPsych (membership exams).
- Having worked in different busy London hospitals during training, and then as a consultant and approved clinician.
- Is a supervisor to GP trainees and psychiatry trainees and teaches medical students
- He has published work in a prestigious journal and one of his projects to improve patient care was awarded a winner’s prize at the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Conference.
- Gautam trained in highly acclaimed and reputed institutes of psychiatry – Royal Free, University College and Maudsley training programmes.
- He is a general adult psychiatrist with a sub-specialty endorsement in liaison psychiatry.
- After completion of training, he worked as a clinical lead consultant in Oxford for 5 years.
- ECT training for Psychiatry Doctors, European Congress 2024.
Research interests
- 2014: The quality of reporting Phase 2 and 3 trials for new Antipsychotics: A systematic review
- 2013: Feasibility of routine HIV testing in psychiatric inpatients
- 2017: Comparing rates of diagnosis of Personality Disorder in Local service with nationally prevalent rates.
Languages
- English
- Hindi