ShawnSunilVermaMD

Psychiatry • Santa Ana, CA

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Office
2677 North Main Street
Suite 130
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone+1 714-274-7577
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Summary

Ivy League Educated, Double Board-Certified, Fellowship-Trained Psychiatrist

Education & Training

University of California (Irvine)Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021 - 2023
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 2018 - 2021
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 2018, Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Brown UniversityBachelor of Arts (A.B.), Community Health • Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), 2009 - 2013

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2021 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2020 - 2023
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Heart AssociationBasic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider
The International Society for Sports Psychiatry (ISSP)Certificate of Additional Training in Sports Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Medical Student Teaching Award Given to the one resident physician who received the highest overall feedback for medical student teaching. Awarded as a PGY-2 resident physician, 2020
First Prize Brown University Public Health Research Symposium, 2013
Esteemed Recipient New York State Board of Regents Scholar
Recipient Mental Health Association of Onondaga County Youth Community Service Award
Medalist (Ranked in Top 5 in the United States) National Science Olympiad Competition
Recipient National Merit Scholarship
Recipient CollegeBoard National Advanced Placement Scholar
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Publications & Presentations

Books/Book Chapters

First Aid for the USMLE Step 1
Associate AuthorMcGraw-HillEdition 2016,2016

Abstracts/Posters

Athletes with Acute Mania with Psychotic Features: A Case Series and Review of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in Athletes
Shawn Verma, et al., International Society for Bipolar Disorders, Chicago, IL, USA, 6/2023
Offering Free Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) to RIte Care Women: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Shawn Verma, et al., Brown University Public Health Symposium, Providence, RI, USA, 4/2013

Lectures

"Improving workflow of UCI Psychiatry Residents and Fellows through instituting more-streamlined default Letter Templates in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)" - Chi...
University of California, Irvine • School of Medicine - 6/2023
"Sports Psychiatry Didactic Series: ADHD, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders" - General Psychiatry Residency Program
University of California, Irvine • School of Medicine - 6/2023
"CAP Case Conference" - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program
University of California, Irvine • School of Medicine - 4/2023
"Suicide Attempt and Risk of Substance Use Disorders Among Female Youths" - Fellowship Program Journal Club
University of California, Irvine • School of Medicine - 11/2022
"ECT and TMS" - Neuropsychology Didactic Series
University of California, Irvine • School of Medicine - 9/2022
"Complementing Standard Western Measures of Depression with Locally Co-developed Instruments: A Cross-Cultural Study on the Experience of Depression Among the Luo in K...
State University of New York - 10/2020
"The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory, Sibling Position" - Family Systems Thinking and Practices Didactic
State University of New York - 9/2020
"Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Pediatric Patients: A Case Study and Systematic Overview"
Hasbro Children's Hospital • Brown University Medical School - 5/2016
"Lessons from indigenous ethnomycology and contemporary scientific understanding of psilocybin, and applications in the therapeutic treatment of psychological maladies...
Brown University, MEDTalks - 4/2016
Why Health Care Reform? I: Costs
Hospital of the University of Tübingen, Germany - 6/2012
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Other

First Aid Step 1 Flash Facts
Author
2015

Authored Content

Can Psilocybin Make People Feel More Empathy to Nature?August 2018

Press Mentions

Honest Hour: Pathway To PsychiatryJuly 16th, 2022
Psych Space: Mental Health Care and Misconceptions with Dr. VermaJuly 16th, 2022

Committees

Fellowship Program Representative, Wellness Committee; University of California (Irvine) Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior 2022 - 2023
Member, Yale University Psychedelic Science Group 2016 - 2018
Member, Brown University Psychoanalysis Society 2015 - 2018
Member, Student Physicians For Social Responsibility 2015 - 2018
Member, Psychiatry & Philosophy Reading Group 2014 - 2018
Member, Child Psychiatry Interest Group, Brown Medical School 2014 - 2018
Founding Student Member, Rhode Island Medical Navigator Partnership (Volunteer Homeless Outreach Medical Student Group) 2014 - 2016
Student Representative, Brown University Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) Senate 2009 - 2013

Research History

Clinical Research AssistantState University of New York Upstate Medical University. The Institute for Sensory Research. I performed clinical research and patient trials on encoding and processing of stimuli by the auditory nervous system for cochlear implant development.
Seminar Seminar Original Research ProjectBrown University School of Public Health. Conducted health economics-policy research, wrote research manuscript, won First Prize at Brown University symposium, April 2013. Promoting and Offering Free Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) to Women Enrolled in RIte Care: A Cost Benefit Analysis.
Research FellowHarvard Medical School. McLean Hospital, Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program. Assisted with laboratory bench, systems troubleshooting and clinical research towards a published paper. “New Clathrin-Based Nanoplatforms for Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” (2012) PLoS ONE 7(5): e35821.

Professional Memberships

American Psychiatric Association - APA
Conference Participant
American Medical Association - AMA
Conference Participant
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - AACAP
Conference Participant
International Society for Sports Psychiatry - ISSP
Member
Indian Medical Association of Southern California - IMASC
Member
Orange County Psychiatric Society - OCPS
Member

Other Languages

Spanish, Hindi

Industry Relationships

Health Finance Analyst, Rhode Island Department of HealthReviewed research findings, quantified and coded data to more efficiently allocate public financial resources. Provided data driven recommendations to state department officials on policy amendments and considerations.
Business Development, MED InternationalRaised funds and developed business operations for start-up firm that engaged in transnational medical equipment supply to underserved locales, especially in Tanzania. Won several prestigious grants and gained national recognition.
Internal Consultant, Shoulder To ShoulderProvided consulting services to a non-profit organization to assist their construction of a healthcare delivery facility in rural Honduras. The clinic being built was the first of its kind in the community.