Dr. Arunprasad Chidambaram

Dr Arun Chidambaram is a forensic psychiatrist and Executive Medical Director for Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Arun was previously Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Locality Medical Director at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. Arun has previously worked as a Deputy Medical Director across a number of organisations, including being the Interim Medical Director and Medical Director for Operations at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Arun holds two masters degrees in psychiatry and a postgraduate certificate in Healthcare Leadership. He has a wealth of clinical experience in addition to leadership expertise within a healthcare setting.
He is a sitting member of Royal College of Psychiatry Standard Setting Panel and an approved CASC examiner.

He has a keen interest in digital mental health, teaching and training. He is an amateur radio jockey in an internet based radio broadcast from Yorkshire.

Guest speaker as part of NHS75 talk series