Vivek Datta, MD, MPH
HS Asst Clin Professor
Cio
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Dr. Datta is the Consulting Neuropsychiatrist for the UCSF Epilepsy Center and Associate Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at UCSF Health. He also serves as the Consulting Psychiatrist to the OPTIMAL Post-COVID clinic.

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He specializes in the evaluation and treatment of functional neurological disorders, early onset dementias, psychiatric manifestations of neurological disease, somatoform disorders, factitious disorders, traumatic brain injury, and trauma-related disorders. He maintains an outpatient neuropsychiatry practice and provides forensic evaluations and consultation to the courts and attorneys on psycholegal issues.

He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, Co-Chair of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law's Forensic Neuropsychiatry Committee, serves on the USMLE Neurology/Neuroscience Test Development Committee and is Co-Chair of the Scientific Program for the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 2020 Conference.

Awards

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  • Laughlin Fellowship, American College of Psychiatrists, 2017
  • Rappeport Fellowship, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2015
  • BRAIN Conference Scholarship, American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training, 2015
  • International Medical Graduate Fellowship, American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training, 2015
  • Diversity Leadership Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2014-2016
  • PRITE Fellowship, American College of Psychiatrists, 2013-2015
  • Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University, 2011-2012

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
  • Internship Medicine and Surgery Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
  • M.B. B.S. Medicine Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Medicine
  • M.P.H. Public Health Harvard University
  • Fellowship Psychiatry and the Law University of California, San Francisco
  • B.Sc. Psychology University of London
  • Internship Medicine University of Washington
  • Residency Psychiatry University of Washington

Interests

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  • Functional Neurological Disorder
  • Forensic Neuropsychiatry
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Atypical and Late Life Psychiatric Disorders
  • Somatization
  • Amnesia and Dissociative Disorders
  • Hypnosis
  • Illness Deception
  • Traumatic Stress
  • Frontotemporal Dementia
  • Early Onset Dementia

Websites

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