Dikea (kay) Nicole Roussos-ross MD

Dr. Kay Roussos-Ross is an Associate Professor in the Departments of OB/GYN and Psychiatry and is currently the Division Chief of the Division of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at UF graduating with Research Honors from the College of Medicine and receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2002.

Dr. Roussos-Ross first completed a residency in Psychiatry and joined the UF Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor and Medical Director of the Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit with a primary area of focus in Perinatal Psychiatry. Dr. Roussos-Ross continued further in pursuing her interest in women’s health with a second residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, which she completed in 2012, at which time she joined the Department of OBGYN.

Dr. Roussos-Ross is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. Her areas of focus include high-risk obstetric patients with co-morbid mood, other psychiatric, and substance use disorders. Dr. Roussos-Ross’s clinical practice also includes general obstetrics, gynecology, and surgical gynecology. In 2017, she initiated a perinatal mood disorders clinic within the obstetrics clinics providing immediate and easy access to pregnant patients with psychiatric concerns.

She is also the Medical Director of Healthy Families Florida Program and Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visitation Program. Her research interests include perinatal psychiatric disorders, perinatal substance use disorders, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and perimenopausal mood disorders. She lectures nationally and regionally on these topics.