Smitta V.

Patel

, MD, MPH

Associate Physician
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Biography

Dr. Patel is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center. She earned her Master of Public Health and Medical Doctorate degrees from the University of Illinois. After completing her undergraduate and graduate studies, she went on for her adult psychiatry training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her interest in children brought her to UCLA for her child and adolescent psychiatry training. Dr. Patel is also board certified in Addiction Medicine.

Education

2009 – University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago, MD
2012 – Johns Hopkins Hospital, Psychiatry Residency
2014 – UCLA, Child Psychiatry Fellowship

Research & clinical interests

Inpatient Child & Adolescent Unit
UCLA TIES for Families Program
Chief of Innovation and Systems Improvement Department of Mental Health (VA)
CARF and Joint Commission for Mental Health
Quality Improvement Projects (Firearms Prohibition, Use of Artificial Intelligence in Patients with Insomnia, Polypharmacy in the Elderly, Primary Care Follow-up for the Severely Mentally Ill)
Director, HIV Psychiatry Clinic
Medical missions, Gujarat, India

Roles within the division/Fellowship

Child psychiatric services on the Inpatient Child & Adolescent Unit

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program