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Amanda Downey, MD
She | Her | HersPsychiatry (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)- Accepting new patients
- Telehealth visits
Amanda Downey, MD
She | Her | HersPsychiatry (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)- Accepting new patients
- Telehealth visits
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About me
Dr. Amanda Downey is a pediatrician and psychiatrist who cares for adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. She works with patients and their families to develop a treatment plan that honors their unique strengths and challenges. Through education, advocacy and research, she strives to dismantle the systems that increase risk for eating disorders and improve evidence-based eating disorder treatments. She is the assistant medical director of the UCSF Eating Disorders Program.
Downey earned her medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, she completed residencies in pediatrics and adult psychiatry, and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Downey is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Academy for Eating Disorders, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
Education & training
Board certification
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Fellowship
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry
Residency
- Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry
- Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - GME
Degree
- MD, ICAHN School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Academic Title
- Health Sciences Clinical Professor
My expertise
Specialties
Conditions
- Eating Disorders
Locations
My research
Publications
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