March 12, 2025 at 8:30am - 9:30am
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FASD-CAN is excited to have secured a date with this FASD expert who is very much in demand!
NOTE: This event is the morning session, live from London. It will be recorded to replay in the evening on the same day at 7.30pm. See our events page to register for evening (recorded) session.
Professor Mukherjee will be speaking about co-morbidities that can occur alongside FASD and the overlap in symptoms including (most commonly) ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – as well as common physiological symptoms such as vision and hearing difficulties. He will discuss where FASD sits in the wider neurodevelopmental perspective and why FASD is important to recognise.
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Professor Raja Mukherjee is an Adult Learning Disability Consultant Psychiatrist for Surrey and Border’s Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, with interest in the management of developmental disorders across the lifespan. In September 2009 he started the first NHS based specialist Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders behavioural clinic and since then has seen over 250 cases for specialist second opinion as a National referral service. Dr Mukherjee completed his PhD on the subject of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in 2014.
He has also acted as an invited advisor to the BMA board of science, The Department of Health (UK) and the World Health Organisation on the subject of FASD. In his own time he volunteers as a medical advisor to various FASD charities both in the UK and internationally. In 2021 he was made an Honorary Professor at the University of Salford related to his work on FASD.
In his wider work, Raja is currently Clinical Lead for Adult neurodevelopmental services provided by Surrey and Borders including Adult ASD and ADHD services across Surrey, Hampshire and Portsmouth.
Prof Mukherjee was awarded an MBE for his work related to FASD in the Kings Birthday Hours list in June 2023.
