Posted on | March 5, 2010
M?noa Professor Iqbal “Ike” Ahmed of the John A. Burns School of Medicine Hawaii USA was honored with the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry’s Diversity Award for his outstanding service and attention to the mental healthcare needs of minority or underserved elderly populations. The award was presented at the AAGP annual meeting on March 5. Mental illness is an important contributing factor to disease and suffering among the elderly, yet older people are less likely to receive the mental health counseling and care that they require.
“This award represents the recognition of work accomplished not just by me, but by a number of my colleagues and those who I’ve had the pleasure of training,” says Ahmed. “They have all collaborated with me in teaching and writing about the socio-cultural factors that impact the evaluation and treatment of our ethnic minority elderly.”
“As the director of neuropsychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology in our psychiatry department, Dr. Ahmed has been a leading clinician, scholar and professor for JABSOM students, residents and colleagues,” says Professor Naleen Andrade, chair of psychiatry. “This national award is well deserved and we are thrilled for him. It recognizes the quality of his work and how JABSOM is striving to meet our mission for diversity.”
http://blog.hawaii.edu/newsatuh/2010/03/mnoas-iqbal-ahmed-honored-for-elder-care/
