Dr. Sarit Hovav, MD, FAPA​
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Dr. Sarit Hovav, MD, FAPA​

Psychiatrist | Psychiatry

5/5(11)
32158 Camino Capistrano Suite 115 San Juan Capistrano CA, 92675
Rating

5/5

About

Dr. Hovav graduated medical school at Ross University School of Medicine with Honors, completed an Internal Medicine internship at Beth Israel Medical Center, and then became a Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA's Semel Institute of Neuroscience in Brain Stimulation and Neuroimaging in Mental Illness. She later completed her residency in Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska-Creighton University joint program and was awarded Diplomate status by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. After residency, she served as a Medical Director of Behavioral Health running a geriatric and adult unit, and later moved to private practice work which she enjoys her role as psychiatrist in long-lasting and rewarding relationships with patients. Dr. Hovav has published in top medical journals on a variety of topics and has lectured to physicians around the country. She believes in using an evidence-based treatments, but also a creative psychopharmacologic approach to those who suffer with more treatment-resistant disorders.

Education and Training

Ross University School of Med MD 2006

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Buprenorphine and Office-Based Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Reclaim® DBS Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

DBS for Parkinson’s Disease

Brainsway dTMS H1

NeuroStar University Clinical Training for TMS Therapy

Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Provider Details

Female English, Hebrew

Awards

  • Patient’s Choice Award 2016 Creighton University Psychiatric Clinic 
  • William Sorum Assembly Resident-Fellow Member Award 2015 American Psychiatric Association, Recognized in the 60th Convocation of Distinguished Fellows 
  • Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Best Presentation Award 2015 Creighton-Nebraska Residency Program 
  • Excellence in Performance 2010 Weight Watchers International Inc 
  • Rookie of the Year 2010 Weight Watchers International Inc 

Professional Memberships

  • American Medical Association  
  • American Psychiatric Association  
  • Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology  
  • Orange County Psychiatric Society  
  • Metro Omaha Medical Society  
  • Nebraska Medical Association  
  • Nebraska Psychiatric Society  
  • American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry  
  • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry  

Fellowships

  • University of California Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience Postdoctoral Scholar, Brain Stimulation and Neuroimaging in Mental Illness  2012
  • University of California Los Angeles K30 Track I fellow, Graduate Training in Translational Investigation  2012

Internships

  • Beth Israel Medical Center

Fellowships

  • UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Psychiatric Association

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