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Dr. Amit P. Kurani, MD

Dr. Kurani

Dr. Amit P. Kurani, MD

Director of Psychiatry

Biography

Dr. Kurani provides clinical and administrative oversight over a team of 20 full-time and part-time practitioners including psychiatrists, Internal medicine consultants, and Psychiatric nurse practitioners. He completed his psychiatry residency training at the acclaimed UMDNJ (Newark) Psychiatry residency program. 

During his time there, Dr. Kurani was elected as the Assistant Chief and subsequently re-elected as the program’s Chief resident. He has multiple publications in international medical journals and has been a recipient of the prestigious Lester A. Granet award. 

Dr. Kurani joined the Northbrook Behavioral Health Hospital in 2014. Prior to then, he had worked at Inspira Health Network serving as Medical Director and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry for several years.

He has been involved with the field of Psychiatry for 20 years and has vast experience in the areas of inpatient, outpatient, crisis, and consultation- liaison psychiatry. Through the years, he has played a key role in identifying and implementing innovative treatment programs across various settings while partnering with different hospital systems, State agencies and Community services.

For more than a decade, he has been actively involved in the development and propagation of Telepsychiatry as an effective treatment modality while maintaining an active practice of Telepsychiatry across multiple states.