Smita Das MD, PhD, MPH

Smita Das, MD, Ph.D., MPH is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Das studied Chemistry and Statistics at Stanford, completed her Masters in Public Health at Dartmouth College, and then completed her MD/Ph.D. in Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She completed her psychiatry residency and was chief resident at Stanford followed by an addiction psychiatry fellowship at UCSF. She has over 2 decades of experience in research in healthcare quality and addiction. Dr. Das has an appointment with the APA Addiction Council. She has been a leader in the Northern California Psychiatric Society since 2012 and is the Immediate Past President of the APA District Branch. Prior to her position as Medical Director of Psychiatry at Lyra Health, Dr. Das was Director of Addiction Treatment Services at the Palo Alto VA. In addition to her work at Lyra, Dr. Das practices in addictions at Stanford School of Medicine where she is a Clinical Assistant Professor.