A graduate of the UC San Diego School of Medicine class of 1985 holding California medical license G59169 and NPI 1003841818, Dr. Shannon V. Chavez practices general adult psychiatry from the Arbor Drive medical complex with a clinical focus on bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, postpartum depression, and psychotic-spectrum conditions. Her practice coordinates medication management with internists at UC San Diego Health Internal Medicine – Hillcrest for patients whose psychiatric regimens require monitoring of metabolic, hepatic, or renal parameters. She maintains both telehealth and in-person services, with first visits structured to allow extended history-taking before any prescribing decision. Patients carrying autoimmune or inflammatory comorbidities that complicate psychotropic selection are sometimes co-managed with rheumatology faculty including Monica Guma, MD, PhD on the same campus. Chavez accepts Aetna, Blue Cross, and other major plans and serves an adult population spanning early adulthood through late life. The most demanding cases on her panel are older adults with treatment-resistant bipolar disorder layered on chronic medical illness, requiring careful lithium or anticonvulsant titration alongside cardiovascular and renal management.