Hesham Mukhtar

Role: Mentorship Committee Member

Biography:

Hesham Mukhtar earned his MD from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan. He joined as a postdoctoral associate in Prime Clinic at the Yale School of Medicine, department of psychiatry. His research mainly focuses on prevention and treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis in clinically high-risk youth. Currently he is working on Prediction of Antipsychotic inception in youth. He has a lot of experience in public speaking, acting and scriptwriting. During his time at medical school, he was the vice president of the King Edward debating society. When he is not busy with research, Hesham likes to work out in the gym, play cricket and table tennis, watch soccer.