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Kevo Rivera, MD, Psychiatry, Brooklyn, NY

KevoRiveraMD

Psychiatry • Brooklyn, NY

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Community

Psychiatrist, Educator, Advocate

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Summary

  • Dr. Kevo Rivera (accepts all pronouns) is a queer, genderfree, Filipinx-American child of once-undocumented immigrants. They received their Doctor of Medicine with Global Health Distinction from the University of Iowa, where they stayed to complete their psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship. During Kevo’s training, they served as co-chair of the Department of Psychiatry Diversity Committee, as councilor of the Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society, and as a Diversity Leadership Fellow with the American Psychiatric Association. They were also involved in local community advocacy as an appointed member of Iowa City’s Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission and as a board member of the ACLU of Iowa. Kevo now works as a full-time child psychiatrist in the New York State Office of Mental Health’s NYC Children’s Center while concurrently completing a year-long fellowship in Public Psychiatry through Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Public Psychiatry, 2023 - 2024
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021 - 2023
  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Psychiatry, 2018 - 2023
  • University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
    University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2018

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • IA State Medical License
    IA State Medical License 2018 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award UI Health Care Office of Graduate Medical Education, 2023
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award UI Health Care, 2022
  • Resident Excellence Award Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society, 2021
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • A 50 Year Retrospective: How Psychiatry Stopped Making Homosexuals Sick 
    Indiana University Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds - 11/2023
  • A 50 Year Retrospective: How Psychiatry Stopped Making Homosexuals Sick 
    OneIowa LGBTQ Health and Wellness Conference (Keynote) - 9/2023
  • A 50 Year Retrospective: How Psychiatry Stopped Making Homosexuals Sick 
    UIHC Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship - 6/2023
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Authored Content

  • A Narrative Review of Mental Illness Stigma Reduction Interventions Among African Americans in The United StatesJune 2021

Press Mentions

  • Structural racism in Johnson County assistance program proves the need for an Excluded Workers Fund
    Structural racism in Johnson County assistance program proves the need for an Excluded Workers FundAugust 23rd, 2021
  • 'Honor the people who live here': Activists push Iowa City to acknowledge Indigenous land
    'Honor the people who live here': Activists push Iowa City to acknowledge Indigenous landAugust 5th, 2021
  • 'Trans people are Iowans': Dozens rally in Iowa City to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility
    'Trans people are Iowans': Dozens rally in Iowa City to mark the International Transgender Day of VisibilityMay 1st, 2021

Committees

  • Co-chair, AGLP Early Career Psychiatrists Committee 2023 - Present
  • Co-chair, University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry Diversity Committee 2020 - 2023
  • Diversity Leadership Fellow, American Psychiatric Association Council on International Psychiatry 2020 - 2022
  • Councilor, Resident Fellow Member Representative, Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society Executive Council 2019 - 2023

Professional Memberships

External Links

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