Reshma Bhat

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About

Trained in the consult-liaison interface between psychiatry and serious medical illness, Dr Reshma Bhat, MD practices in San Diego's Allied Gardens at Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center, 4647 Zion Ave, 92120. She graduated from Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences in 2001 and completed her psychiatry residency at UC San Diego Medical Center from 2004 to 2008, a training pathway that included work with UCSD-affiliated primary care and HIV-specialty internal medicine at Owen Clinic. Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, her published research in Psychosomatics on psychiatric resident education in palliative care reflects a clinical interest in patients whose depression, anxiety, and mood disorders arise from or co-occur with oncological, immunological, and end-of-life medical conditions, a treatment population that also overlaps with chronic-pain management at practices including Better Life Chiropractic in the College Area. Her scope covers seasonal affective disorder, adjustment disorders, and medication management for patients referred from oncology, internal medicine, and primary care within Kaiser's integrated system. Psychiatric medications can produce oral-health side effects including xerostomia, and dental monitoring falls within the coordination pathway that includes community providers such as Talmadge Family Dental for patients managing long-term psychotropic regimens. The Zion campus sits between Waring Road and Orcutt Avenue in Allied Gardens, accessible from the Interstate 8 freeway corridor. Appointments route through Kaiser behavioral health at (619) 528-5000.