Richa Lavingia, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Richa Lavingia, MD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Clinical Interests

Consultation-liaison psychiatry; Community psychiatry

Education Interests

Medical student and resident education

Selected Publications

  1. Lavingia R, Zwiebel SJ, Len-Barriera R. Successful injectable-Only buprenorphine initiation in the inpatient setting. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2026 Aug 11:S2667-2960(26)00083-2.
  2. Zuk P, Sanchez CE, Kostick-Quenet K, Muoz KA, Kalwani L, Lavingia R, Torgerson L, Sierra-Mercado D, Robinson JO, Pereira S, Outram S, Koenig BA, McGuire AL, Lzaro-Muoz G. Researcher Views on Changes in Personality, Mood, and Behavior in Next-Generation Deep Brain Stimulation. AJOB Neurosci. 2023 Jul-Sep;14(3):287-299. doi: 10.1080/21507740.2022.2048724. Epub 2022 Apr 18. PMID: 35435795; PMCID: PMC9639000..
  3. Lavingia R, Mondragon E, McFarlane-Johansson N, Shenoi RP. Improving opioid stewardship in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatrics. 2021 Dec 1;148(6):e2020039743. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-039743. PMID: 34851415.
  4. Lavingia R, Bryan JL, Asghar-Ali AA. Using a standardized patient encounter to teach psychiatry residents how to recognize and respond to elder abuse. Acad Psychiatry. 2021 Apr;45(2):246-247. doi: 10.1007/s40596-020-01336-4. Epub 2020 Oct 26. PMID: 33106951.
  5. Lavingia R, Raghavan R, Morain SR. Emergency-only hemodialysis policies: Ethical critique and avenues for reform. J Law Med Ethics. 2020 Sep;48(3):527-534. doi: 10.1177/1073110520958877. PMID: 33021161.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Education
MPH, , UTHealth School of Public Health
Residency
General Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Fellowship
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Fellowship
Public Service Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

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