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Kirtida Desai

MD Medical Director

MD Medical Director, Adolescent Program

Kirtida Desai, MD earned her medical education from Government Medical School, Surat, India. She received her psychiatry residency training at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS from 1993-1997. She later joined the faculty at UMC and was part of the Psychiatry Consultation Liaison, covering the Emergency Room.

She earned her board certification in Adult Psychiatry from ABPN in 1999 and was recertified again in 2009. She is a Fellow of APA and an affiliate faculty with the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at UMMC.

Her experience also includes working at Mississippi State Hospital with adult and geriatric females with chronic mental illnesses and providing psychiatric consultations at the Jaquith Nursing Home, the largest nursing home in the State of Mississippi.

Dr. Desai has consulted with Psycamore since May of 2006.

Programs: Adult

Services: Medical Monitoring Services

Office Location: 2540 Flowood Drive Flowood, MS 39232

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