Anna Fiskin, MD, MS

Title(s)Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
AddressLocation Required, #001
Varies CA 00000
Phone415-352-2000
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    Yale UniversityPsychiatry Residency2015Department of Psychiatry
    Case Western Reserve UniversityMedical Doctor2011School of Medicine
    University of OxfordMSc in Medical Anthropology2010Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
    University of CincinnatiB.S. in Biology with Honors2006McMicken School of Arts & Sciences
    McGill UniversitySummer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry2011Department of Psychiatry
    UCSFFellowship2017Public Psychiatry
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    Yale University2012Bertram H. Roberts Memorial Fund in Social Psychiatry
    University of Pittsburg2009Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship
    Jack Kent Cooke Foundation2006  - 2011Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
    University of Cincinnati2005Fellowship for Women in Science and Engineering
    National Science Foundation2003  - 2004Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Grant

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    Anna Fiskin is a psychiatrist with training in medical anthropology who specializes in cultural psychiatry and global mental health. She is a currently the assistant medical director at Chinatown North Beach Mental Health Services, where she works with a diverse patient population from China, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. She is the one of the directors of the Cultural Psychiatry Area of Distinction for UCSF Psychiatry residency and the faculty lead in Cultural Psychiatry for UCSF Psychiatry HEAL Fellowship in Global Mental Health. She is the Education co-chair for the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture.

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    1. Competencies for Global Mental Health: Developing Training Objectives for a Post-Graduate Fellowship for Psychiatrists. Ann Glob Health. 2018 11 05; 84(4):717-726. Buzza C, Fiskin A, Campbell J, Guo J, Izenberg J, Kamholz B, Hung E, Acharya B. PMID: 30779522; PMCID: PMC6748267.
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    2. Implications of Global Mental Health for Addressing Health Disparities in High-Income Countries. Psychiatric Annals. 2018; 3(48):149-153. Anna Fiskin, MD, MSc; Megha Miglani, MD; Colin Buzza, MD, MPH, MSc. View Publication.
    3. Novel Brief Cultural Psychiatry Training for Residents. Acad Psychiatry. 2016 Apr; 40(2):366-8. Díaz E, Armah T, Linse CT, Fiskin A, Jordan A, Hafler J. PMID: 25636254.
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    4. Formative research towards a development of a Mental Healthcare Plan in Nepal: Results of a Formative Study among Stakeholders. Programme for Improving Mental Healthcare Report. 2013. Luitel, N. Adhikari A. Pokhrel Pooja. Pandey S, Bhadhari R. Koirala L. Subba P. Brenman N. Fiskin A. de Silva M. Jordans M.
    5. Interspecific transmission of endosymbiotic Spiroplasma by mites. Biol Lett. 2007 Feb 22; 3(1):23-5. Jaenike J, Polak M, Fiskin A, Helou M, Minhas M. PMID: 17443956; PMCID: PMC2373825.
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