Dr. S. Ananth after completing his medical training (MBBS) at the Stanley Medical College (University of Madras, Chennai), moved to France to pursue a Masters (MS) in Molecular & Cellular Biology & Immunogenetics ( Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris). He then obtained the Diploma in Études Approfondies En Immunologie (DEA) at the Pasteur Institute, followed by his PhD thesis in Immunology at the University of Paris VI, France. His 5 year post doctoral fellowship in Immunology was accomplished at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. After a four year rigorous medical and psychiatric residency training program, he obtained his Doctorate in Medicine (MD) in Psychiatry at the Barnes Jewish Hospital-Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).