Carmen Kilpatrick

Carmen Kilpatrick, MD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine and a practicing Attending Psychiatrist at UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital. She also provides psychiatric care through the San Francisco Department of Public Health in the county jail system.

• BA in Film & Media Studies and German Studies from Dartmouth College
• Postbaccalaureate studies at Columbia University
• MD from Brown University
• Psychiatry residency and Teaching Scholars Program at UCSF

Her research and clinical focus spans inpatient psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, perinatal mental health, and medical education innovation, with publications analyzing virtual therapy models, school violence patterns, and medical curriculum development. She actively mentors students from underrepresented backgrounds through formal programs at UCSF, including serving as Psychiatry Career Advisor and Visiting Elective Scholarship Program Champion.

• 2024: Association of Academic Psychiatry - Sustaining a New Generation for Education Award
• 2023: UCSF - Award for Excellence in Promoting Diversity & Inclusion
• 2022: UCSF - Resident Teaching Award
• 2006-2009: Dartmouth - Presidential Scholar in Film & Media Studies

Key publications examine group psychotherapy innovations, school violence behavioral patterns, and medical student education reforms. Her work appears in journals like International Journal of Group Psychotherapy and Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.