Title: Consultant Psychiatrist
Specialty: Child and Adolescent General Psychiatry;
Dr Ghazala Afzal, Consultant in Child , Adolescent and Family Psychiatry
MRCPsych Diplomate American Board of Child Psychiatry Diplomate American Board of Psychiatriy & Neurology
Dr Afzal trained and qualified in Psychiatry in USA, Downstate Medical Centre, New York and in the UK at the Maudsley Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, Tavistock Clinic, all institutions of excellence. Dr Afzal was a Consultant in the NHS for many years in what is now known as South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Afzal has worked as Head of Out Patient Department in Psychiatry at Nassau County Medical Centre in New York, Adolescent and Child Protection Services in Lambeth (SL&M, NHS Trust) and was Medical Advisor, Child Psychiatry Services at Capio Nightingale Hospital. Dr Afzal has held teaching appointments as Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Stony Brook State University, New York and Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University, New York.
Dr Afzal has a wide understanding of development, psychology and pathology. Dr Afzal has been invited to lecture on diverse topics related to her work and interests, at national and local hospital meetings in USA and UK.