Sabrina

Reed

, MD, MACM

Associate Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Biography

Sabrina Reed is the Associate Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Psychiatry and holds an appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor in the division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is originally from the suburbs of Chicago where she earned a BA in psychology at Northwestern University and completed her medical degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Following her psychiatry residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she participated in the clinical educator track, she completed a fellowship in child & adolescent psychiatry at UCLA and served as chief fellow.

Dr. Reed has built a career as a clinician educator and held many roles since completing fellowship including serving as the associate program director for the USC/LAG psychiatry residency and as assistant director for the psychiatry clerkship at the Keck School of Medicine. She has also been involved in the southern California society for child & adolescent psychiatry (SCSCAP) since being a fellow as a member in training and now serves as the president for the 2024-2025 year.

Dr Reed currently serves in various clinical roles at UCLA including supervising psychiatry trainees and medical students on the child & adolescent inpatient unit (4 West) and the child & adolescent emergency and consult-liaison psychiatry service. In addition to these clinical roles, Dr. Reed has developed her expertise in clinical education and is passionate about training the next generation of psychiatrists. She completed a masters in academic medicine at the University of Southern California and currently serves as a specialty advisor for medical students interested in psychiatry and as a co-chair for the clinician educator area of the distinction.

Education

2008 – Northwestern University, BA
2015 – University of Illinois at Chicago, MD
2018 – University of Wisconsin Madison, Adult Psychiatry Residency
2020 – University of California, Los Angeles, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Chief Fellow
2024 – University of Southern California, MACM (Masters of Academic Medicine)

Research & clinical interests

Curriculum Development & Clinical Education of Trainees
Inpatient Psychiatry
Emergency psychiatry

Roles within the division/Fellowship

Associate Vice Chair of Education
Child Psychiatry Attending, Inpatient Child & Adolescent Unit
Child Psychiatry Attending, ER & CL
Clinician Educator Area of Distinction Co Chair
David Geffen School of Medicine Specialty Advisor for Career Exploration
Lectures on topics of being a clinician educator and academic careers in negotiation