Dr. Surya is an attending psychiatrist at the East Central Regional Hospital acute mental health unit and will be involved in training of residents and medical students. His clinical and research interests include geriatric neuropsychiatry and therapeutic brain stimulation in psychiatry. He completed medical school training in Bangalore, India and post-graduate training in Psychiatry at Wake Forest University and Augusta University. He served as Chief Resident during his training at Augusta University. He then complete Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship training from Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA.