Nikolay Dimitrov

Dr. Nikolay Dimitrov serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, based at the Fresno campus. He holds a clinical appointment at the Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System (VACCHCS) in Fresno, where he provides acute psychiatric services to veterans in the Central Valley and supervises psychiatry residents during VA rotations.

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemistry from UCLA
• Medical degree from Keck School of Medicine of USC
• Psychiatry residency at UCSF-Fresno Psychiatry Residency Program (serving as chief resident)

Board certified in Adult Psychiatry, Dr. Dimitrov focuses on optimizing clinical care for psychiatric patients with special emphasis on veteran populations. His work integrates medical education through resident supervision and teaching with systemic quality improvement initiatives within the VA healthcare framework to enhance service delivery in California’s Central Valley.

As a clinical educator, he actively mentors psychiatry residents during VA rotations while advancing evidence-based practices for acute psychiatric care. His quality improvement efforts target refinements in clinical pathways and healthcare systems specifically for veteran mental health services.