Aw Tsung Wai, MD

I’m the founder of Telehope Health, a telemental health platform.

I’ve been seeing US patients virtually over the last three years, and I’m excited to do the same in Malaysia. Apart from my practice, I’m a clinical instructor at Yale University School of Medicine.

Having grown up with a family member with mental health challenges, I saw firsthand how mental health affects family relationships, which sparked my interest in clinical psychology and then psychiatry. It’s so satisfying to see patients get healthier and become closer to their families!  

And when it comes to social anxiety, it is a huge issue that stops a lot of people from achieving important goals in life. While most of us would have some anxiety when meeting new people, for some, the anxiety is too high and becomes unhelpful.

Psychotherapy techniques work for most people, but some of my patients use medication as part of their toolkit in managing social anxiety, and it’s been effective for them. 

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University 
General Psychiatry Residency, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, Yale New Haven Hospital

Certifications

Board of Certification in General Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Academic publications

Aw, T.W. (2022). Panic Attacks in Transplant Recipients. In: Zimbrean, P.C., Sher, Y., Crone, C., DiMartini, A.F. (eds) Transplant Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15052-4_6 

Mullan C., Caraballo C., Ravindra N., Miller P., McCullough M., Brown K., Aw T., Gruen J., Clarke JR., Velazquez E., Geirsson A., Mori M., Desai N., Ahmad T. Psychiatric Comorbidity and Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for End-Stage Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Heart Failure 2020 Jul;8(7):569-577

Abbasi O., Aw T. Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures: Clinical Issues for Psychiatrists. Psychiatric Times Vol 34 No 3 March 2017