Faculty

Priya R Gopalan, MD

Priya R Gopalan, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

MD
University of Virginia, School of Medicine
General Adult Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Specialty Certifications

Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Current Appointments

Medical Director, Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service
Chief of Psychiatry, Magee Women's Hospital
Co-Director, Academic Administrator/Clinician Educator Track, Office of Residency Training

Professional Affiliations

Member, Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
Member, Marce of North America

Clinical Interests

Consultation-liaison psychiatry; Women's health; Health equity
Selected Clinical Publications & Products
  1. Gopalan P, Spada ML, Shenai N, et al. Postpartum depression-identifying risk and access to intervention. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2022;24(12):889-896. doi:10.1007/s11920-022-01392-7
  2. Tamargo R, Moschenross D, Clark T, Novoa K, Gopalan P. Consultation-liaison case conference: Psychiatric evaluation and management following gunshot injury. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2022;63(5):426-433. doi:10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.02.009
  3. Nagle-Yang S, Sachdeva J, Zhao LX, et al. Trauma-informed care for obstetric and gynecologic settings. Matern Child Health J. 2022;26(12):2362-2369. doi:10.1007/s10995-022-03518-y
  4. Gopalan P, Auster L, Brockman I, Shenai N. Consultation-liaison telepsychiatry on an inpatient obstetrical labor and delivery unit. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2021;62(6):577-581. doi:10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.04.001

Pitt Psychiatry at the 2023 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting

ACLP 2023

Pitt Psychiatry consultation-liaison (C-L) faculty and trainees attended the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) annual meeting and presented 9 symposia/workshops, 11 posters, and 5 oral papers. Travel Award Congratulations to Isaiah Crum, MD (PGY3) who received an ACLP trainee travel award. Presentations Twenty-five Department of Psychiatry presentations covered a range of topics including trauma...

M-PIRE: The Psychiatry Maternal Perinatal Infant Research Collaborative

Drs. Rachel Kolko Conlon and Heather Joseph

Two years ago, Rachel Kolko Conlon, PhD (Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry), and Heather Joseph, DO (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics), were looking for opportunities to merge their mutual research interests in perinatal and infant mental health. They formed the Psychiatry Maternal Perinatal Infant Research Collaborative, which brings together faculty and trainees with both research and...

Recent Clinical Innovations in Perinatal and Geriatric Psychiatry

Pregnant Woman and African American Older Man

Recent papers from the Department of Psychiatry examine clinical initiatives around integration of behavioral health teams in OB-GYN clinics, fetal inflammatory response and risk for psychiatric disorders, and the association between benzodiazepine use and risk of cognitive impairment among older adults. Impact of colocated behavioral health on OB-GYN clinicians' rate of perinatal behavioral health diagnosis and...

Pitt Psychiatry at the 2022 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting 

Pitt Psychiatry consultation-liaison faculty and trainees attended the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry annual meeting and presented seven symposia/workshops, five posters, and five oral papers. Award Meredith Spada, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) received a poster award for “Stakeholder Assessment for a Remote Perinatal Telepsychiatry Service.” Presentations Seventeen Department of Psychiatry...

Priya Gopalan, MD Receives the 2022 Association for Academic Psychiatry Roberts Award for Mentorship

Dr. Priya Gopalan

We are delighted to announce that Priya Gopalan, MD (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology), has received the 2022 Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Roberts Award for Mentorship, which recognizes psychiatric educators who have supported medical students, residents, and early-career psychiatry faculty in their development as educators and who have, by their...