Carmen Kilpatrick, MD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Dr. Kilpatrick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at University of California, San Francisco. Her primary clinical role is as an Attending Psychiatrist at UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital. She also works for the San Francisco Department of Public Health in the county jail system.

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She is an Assistant Course Director for the foundational brain sciences course in the UCSF School of Medicine, "Brain, Mind, and Behavior."

Her interests include inpatient and emergency psychiatry, perinatal psychiatry, medical education and mentoring. She serves as a main career advisor in the field of psychiatry for the UCSF School of Medicine.

Awards

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• Sustaining a New Generation for Education Award, Association of Academic Psychiatry, 2024
• Award for Excellence in Promoting Diversity & Inclusion, UC San Francisco, 2023
• Resident Teaching Award, UC San Francisco, 2022
• Presidential Scholar in Film & Media Studies, Dartmouth College, 2006-2009

Education & Training

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• MD Medicine Brown University
• Postbacclaureate Studies Columbia University
• BA Film & Media Studies, German Studies Dartmouth College
• Psychiatry Residency UC San Francisco
• Teaching Scholars Program UC San Francisco

Publications (5)

• Is Virtual Group Therapy an Effective Alternative to In-Person Group Therapy for Patients with Early Psychosis?
  International Journal of Group Psychotherapy 2023 Kilpatrick, C. and Kanas, N.
• The Pre-Clerkship Guide Procedures and Skills for Clinical Rotations
  Chapter 36: “Progress Note Oral Presentation: Psychiatry.” 2022 Eltorai, Adam; George, Paul; Rougas, Steven
• Assessing How Violent Threats from Students Toward Schools Are Affected Before and After a School Shooting
  Psychiatric Annals 2021 Haddad, J., Curtis, K., Kilpatrick, C., Chambers, A., Hoffman, P., & Donise, K
• A Retrospective Chart Review Assessing Patients Making Violent Threats Toward School Surrounding Two Incidents of Mass School Shootings
  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2018 Haddad, J., Kilpatrick, C., Hoffman, P., & Donise, K
• Breastfeeding Education for Medical Students
  Breastfeeding Medicine 2017 Kilpatrick, C., & Bilodeau, C.