Dr. Kim Gaitskill MD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
79 S Pleasant St Amherst MA, 01002About
Dr. Kim Gaitskill practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Amherst, MA. Dr. Gaitskill evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Gaitskill seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
Rush Med Coll of Rush Univ, Chicago Il 1987
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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