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Shilpa Sachdeva, MD

Shilpa Sachdeva portrait
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
ssachdeva@kumc.edu

Professional Background

Dr.Shilpa Sachdeva, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She completed her residency in psychiatry as well as her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York. She specializes in Child and Adolescent psychiatry. She also has a role as the psychiatry Clerkship Director for medical students.

Her clinical and research interests include psychotherapy, trauma, attachment, infant mental health, borderline personality disorder, anxiety and depression.

Education and Training
  • MBBS, Medical School, Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India , New Delhi
  • Residency, Psychiatry , State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
  • Residency, Chief Resident Psychiatry, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse , NY
  • Clinical Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
  • Clinical Fellowship, Chief Resident Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Licensure, Accreditations & Certifications
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology –General Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Professional Affiliations
  • Psychiatric Medication Utilization Review (PMUR) Panel - State of Kansas , PMUR Review Panel, Member, 2020 - Present
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , National AACAP Psychotherapy Committee, Member, 2015 - Present
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , AACAP Alliance for Learning and Innovation (AALI), Member, 2015 - 2020
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-Alliance for Learning and Innovation (AALI), Member, 2015 - Present
  • Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Association, Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Association, Member, 2015 - Present
  • American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), Member, 2011 - Present
  • Indo-American Psychiatric Association , Indo-American Psychiatric Association (IAPA), Member, 2011 - Present