Kevo Rivera MD ((s)he/they)

[Pronunciation: KEH-vohh rih-VEH-ruh]

Psychiatry•La Jolla, CA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Community

Psychiatrist, Educator, Advocate

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8950 Villa La Jolla DriveSuite C101La Jolla, CA 92037

Summary

Dr. Kevo Rivera (accepts all pronouns) is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UC San Diego (UCSD), working in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. They identify as a queer, genderfree, Filipinx-American child of once-undocumented immigrants, who, prior to their career in medicine, worked as a community organizer and speaker in the nonprofit social justice sector. Dr. Rivera received their Doctor of Medicine from the University of Iowa, where they stayed to complete their residency and fellowship. While in training, they served as co-chair of the Department of Psychiatry Diversity Committee, as councilor of the Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society, and as an APA Diversity Leadership Fellow. Dr. Rivera also served on Iowa City’s Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the board of the ACLU of Iowa. They went on to complete Columbia University’s Public Psychiatry Fellowship, during which they worked as an outpatient child psychiatrist at the New York City Children’s Center. Dr. Rivera now provides outpatient psychiatric care to adults in La Jolla, and they supervise trainees in the Community Psychiatry Program who see youth and adults in behavioral health settings throughout San Diego County. Dr. Rivera currently serves as representative to the APA Assembly on behalf of AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists. They enjoy the outdoors, theatre, Survivor, comic books, restaurants, Dungeons and Dragons, and queer art.

Education & Training

Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric InstituteFellowship, Public Psychiatry, 2023 - 2024
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021 - 2023
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Psychiatry, 2018 - 2021
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2018

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2023 - 2025
IA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Association for Community PsychiatryCommunity and Public 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
Junior Resident of the Year Award for Outstanding Performance University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Department of Psychiatry, 2020
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
A Narrative Review of Mental Illness Stigma Reduction Interventions Among African Americans in The United States.
Kevin J Rivera, Jenny Zhang, David C. Mohr, Annie B Wescott, Aderonke Bamgbose Pederson
Journal of Mental Health & Clinical Psychology. 2021-01-01

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
The New Face of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine Affinity Groups - 5/2023
Global Mental Health: Adjusting the Field of View
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Global Health Elective - 4/2023
In My Community: Living publicly as a psychiatrist
APA Minority Fellowships Program Monthly Meeting - 4/2023
Culture and Psychiatry I-IV
UIHC Psychiatry Residency and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Core Lecture Series - 1/2023
Wait, Breathe, Listen: advocacy, leadership, and surviving medical training
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Community Health Outreach Elective - 10/2022
A Narrative Review of Mental Illness Stigma Reduction Interventions Among African Americans in the United States
SSPC Annual Meeting - 4/2022
Charting Paths for LGBTQ+ Asian American Health Professionals
BNGAP LGBT Health Workforce Conference - 4/2022
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Youth Mental Health
UIHC Department of Pediatrics House Staff Academic Half-Day - 2/2022
Our Identities and Our Communities at the Intersection of Mental Health and Stigma
CYFAM National Conference, APAMSA Regional Conference - 11/2021
Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD
Hippo Education Primary Care Bootcamp: Pediatrics - 11/2021
Providing Quality Mental Health Care to Refugee and Immigrant Populations
UIHC Department of Psychiatry Mental Health Equity Grand Rounds - 8/2021
Cultural Identity 1 & 2
UIHC Department of Psychiatry Bite-Sized Brain Podcast - 6/2021
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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 FundAugust 23rd, 2021
'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 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