JasleenChhatwalMDMBBS, FAPA

Summary

• Dr. Jasleen Chhatwal is a board certified psychiatrist with experience treating complex mental health disorders in inpatient, outpatient and residential settings. She is intentional in treating the whole person, using psychotherapy, allopathic, neuro-therapeutic and integrative evidence based treatments. She believes each individual has a unique, authentic story, and is grateful to all those who have entrusted her with their stories.
  
  As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Chhatwal is responsible for managing the medical department, which includes psychiatrists, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, as well as overseeing the integrative care and applied neuroscience teams. She strives to ensure consistent, high-quality patient care through the optimization of internal processes that help increase provider face-time with patients. In addition, Dr. Chhatwal leads the facility’s mental health education outreach efforts at national and international conferences and seminars.
  
  She is also active in the mental health community, advocating for her patients', colleagues and profession through elected positions in the Arizona Psychiatric Society and American Psychiatric Association. Through various leadership positions, she has a demonstrated history of leading teams through change.
  
  Echoing naturalistic healing disciplines, Dr. Chhatwal believes that the human body has the inherent capacity to heal itself when provided with a nurturing environment for the mind, body and spirit. As a firm believer that staff care is important to providing optimal patient care, she aims to also assist the Sierra Tucson medical staff to prioritize their own self-care. Dr. Chhatwal’s treatment philosophy includes intervening early, providing holistic, culturally competent, gender-affirming and evidence-based care.