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3020 Children's WaySan Diego, CA 92123
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Summary
- Dr. Aaron Besterman is a practicing psychiatrist based in San Diego, CA, specializing in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. He obtained his medical degree from the New York Medical College in 2012 and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the University of California (San Francisco) from 2012 to 2016. Dr. Besterman has served as an attending physician at Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego since 2020 and spent his earlier years as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at Stewart & Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He has an array of publications in esteemed journals like the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Schizophrenia Research. Dr. Besterman also leads clinical trials, including two focused on mental health crises in youth and multiomic diagnostics in youth with psychosis.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Psychiatry, 2012 - 2016
New York Medical CollegeClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2013 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Trials
- Multiomic Diagnostics in Youth With Psychosis Start of enrollment: 2022 Oct 10
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
- Mental Health Crises in Youth With IDDs Start of enrollment: 2023 Mar 29
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Monoallelic loss-of-function variants in GSK3B lead to autism and developmental delay.Senwei Tan, Qiumeng Zhang, Rui Zhan, Si Luo, Yaoling Han
Molecular Psychiatry. 2025-05-01 - Long-Read Genome Sequencing in Clinical Psychiatry:Haploinsufficiency in a Hospitalized Adolescent With Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Behavioral Decompensation.Milad Mortazavi, Sergey Batalov, Jerica Lenberg, Corrine Blucher, Aisha Omorodion
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2025-04-09 - Psychiatric Genetics in Clinical Practice: Essential Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals.Aaron D Besterman, Mohamed A Alnor, Mauricio Castaño, Lynn E DeLisi, Dorothy E Grice
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2025-03-26
Press Mentions
HMN 2025: How Advanced Genome Sequencing Permits Genetic Prognosis for Complicated Psychiatric SituationsApril 10th, 2025- Genetic Breakthrough in Psychiatry Using Genomic SequencingApril 10th, 2025
- Advanced Genome Sequencing Enables Genetic Diagnosis for Complex Psychiatric ConditionsApril 9th, 2025
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