A Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and former Medical Director at Alleviate Addiction Suffering (AAS) Trust & AAS Recovery Center, Pakistan, and currently working with the pediatric population.

In this capacity, she actively pursued her academic and healthcare administrative career as a clinician. She had led various Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) related advocacy and capacity building initiatives.

Dr Chachar is a graduate of ISRA University, Hyderabad. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Aga Khan University. She has worked at a faculty position at the Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University. At the same time, the Office of Dean of Students, Aga Khan University, Karachi, jointly appointed her as a College Psychiatrist. In 2020, she completed her second fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

She serves as a peer reviewer for national and international academic journals. She has authored several academic papers, and book chapters. She is a frequent contributor to the lay press on CAMH and community mental health related issues. She has extensive experience in leading and facilitating clinical training workshops, sessions, educational groups, and medical education research.

She is a member of the WPA (World Psychiatry Association) Early Career Psychiatrist Committee, IACAPAP Early Career Psychiatrist Task Force, UK Balint Society and International member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP).

Dr. Chachar’s clinical and academic interests span across Transcultural CAMH practices, ADHD across lifespan, Balint Groups, Academic Psychiatry based Research, Clinical Governance and Quality Assurance & Early Career Leadership.