DanielOrtizMDMLS(ASCP)(he/him)

Summary

• Currently a PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident at the University of Kansas Hospital following almost a decade of training and practice in Clinical Laboratory Sciences on a multi-disciplined laboratory team. I have been proud to have been an active part of the surrounding Kansas City, Kansas community through JayDoc in both undergraduate and doctorate capacities and have dedicated my studies to the pursuit of whole-person health. This manifested as a keen interest in Medicine-Psychiatry, and an approach to the patient as a person of both physical and mental presentations of illness. It is my desire to continue to advocate for mental (and physical) health in the community through legislation and through spreading awareness to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, allowing reconciliation of its effect on physical wellness and subsequent benefit to the patient.
  
  I'm also a happy father of two who, along with my wife, have been guiding lights throughout training by laughing at my dad jokes.