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Psychiatrist Who Can Help You Heal
Finding the right mental health professional can help you take control of any issue in your life.
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Altaf S Kasmani, MD
Psychiatry Adult Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
With his professional experience lasting for more than 27 years, Dr. Altaf S Kasmani is a Chester County Based Psychiatrist who is focused on providing compassionate individualized psychiatric care to his clients. He is an expert in the diagnosis, treatment and management of a variety of psychiatric conditions.
He believes it is the process of self-exploration that heals and allows patients to break free from worries and destructive patterns that leave clients feeling hopeless and trapped. Dr. Kasmani utilizes a relational-dynamic approach which focuses on integrating past experiences with the here-and-now moments that patterns that leave clients feeling occur in the office.
Our Mission
We care for the whole person, complexity of each person’s life.
Our Space
You can count on us to keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy.
Our Approach
A community in which all use a team approach to providing health care.
Biography Details
Qualification
Dr. Altaf Kasmani attended medical school at Quaid-e-Azam Medical College in Bhawalpur, Pakistan. He completed his residency in adult psychiatry at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and followed that with a 1-year fellowship in child psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Dr. Kasmani is currently a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine and a distinguished Fellow of American Psychiatric Association. He is also Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine. Since 2009, he’s been an attending physician at Tower Health’s Brandywine Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, while maintaining his private practice in Chester County, Pennsylvania since its establishment in 2011.
He has previously served as Chief of the Psychiatry Department at Delaware State Hospital overseeing the psychiatry residency training program. He was honored with Best Teacher Award by Delaware Psychiatric Center Residency Training Program for year 2010.
Continuously since 2010, Dr. Kasmani been nominated as Top Psychiatrists by Mainline Today Magazine and was a profiled psychiatrist in the Philadelphia region for the years 2011 and 2012 in that same magazine.
Certfications
American Board of Addiction Medicine, January,1 2019
Professional Memberships
American Psychiatric Association
Academy of child and adolescent psychiatry
American Medical Association
Pennsylvania Psychiatric society.
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.
Achievements, Honors and Awards
Nominated Top Doctor by Philadelphia Magazine for Psychiatry 2019
Nominated Top Doctor by Philadelphia Magazine for Psychiatry 2019
Nominated Top Doctor by Philadelphia Magazine for psychiatry 2017.
Nominated Top Doctor by Mainline Today Magazine for psychiatry 2016.
Nominated Top Doctor by Mainline Today Magazine for psychiatry 2015
Nominated Top Doctor by Mainline Today Magazine for psychiatry 2014
Nominated Top Doctor by Mainline Today Magazine for psychiatry 2013.
Nominated as Top Doctor by Mainline today magazine for child psychiatry 2012.
Nominated as Top Doctor in Philadelphia area in field of Psychiatry 2011.
Nominated as Top Doctor in the area, in Psychiatry as per main line today 2010.
Distinguished fellow of American Psychiatric association. 2019
Delaware Chairman of Medical Staff committee Delaware Psychiatric Center 2009
Chairman of Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee DPC Delaware 2008-2010
Member of Graduate Medical Education Committee DPC Delaware 2008-2010
Senior Educator at Delaware Psychiatric Center Residency Program 2008-2010
Best teacher award by residents at Delaware Psychiatry residency program 2010.
President of Patient welfare society (QAMCARE) 1993-1994
Chief Resident Child Psychiatry program at Duke University 7/2004-10/2004.
Useful Lectures
The help and company of good friends, the rediscovery of old pleasures, the support of my family, being useful to others, feeling part of the community – of old pleasures, these are all essential factors in my recovery.
Kelly Tubman
Our team
Making professional Psychiatry accessible
Altaf Kasmani MD
Adult/Child Adolescent & Addiction Medicine Psychiatry
We provide high quality mental health care for our clients. Our expert clinicians will take the time to gather your history and discuss the best possible treatment options with you. We are able to accommodate children, adults as well as geriatric patients. Our practice welcomes one-time consultations from other mental health professionals and physicians. We also able to provide suboxone treatment with an office based opioid dependence treatment.
Our Services
Psychiatric Illnesses/Disorders:
- Anxiety
- Addiction/Substance Abuse
- Bipolar
- Dual Diagnosis
- Depression
- Eating Disorder
- Insomnia/sleep
- Panic Disorder
- PTSD/Trauma
- Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Therapy/Counseling:
- Individual
- Group
- Couples
- Children & Family