Dr. Chandler Self, MD, FAPA
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
2929 Allen Pkwy Ste 200 Houston TX, 77573About
Dr. Self is a licensed and board-certified adult psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University, where she competed for their Cross Country & Track & Field teams, earning Academic All–Big XII First Team.
She obtained her medical degree from University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2011 and completed residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City, graduating in 2015.
Following residency, Dr. Self served as Physician-In-Charge of the Assertive Community Treatment Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which is an outreach program for patients with severe mental illness in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Additionally, she worked as an Attending Psychiatrist in the Comprehensive Psychiatry Emergency Program. While there, she also served as Associate Residency Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
She returned to UTMB in 2018 where she was appointed Co-Director of the Neuroscience & Human Behavior Course in the John Sealy School of Medicine and earned the title of Associate Professor. She served as Attending Physician in the Adult Outpatient Clinic. In 2022, she took on the role of Assistant Dean for Career Advising.
Dr. Self is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians as well as past president of the Galveston Psychiatric Society from 2020-2022.
She enjoys spending time relaxing at home with her husband, her border collie named Cru, shelter rescue Jack Russell named Tiller and fluffy cat, Jetty.
Education and Training
UTMB MD 2011
Texas A&M University B.S., Kinesiology 2007
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Faculty Titles & Positions
- Assistant Dean of Academic Advising & Career Counseling University of Texas Medical Branch 2022 - 2023
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Texas Medical Branch 2018 - 2023
- Attending, Infectious Disease Psychiatry University of Texas Medical Branch 2018 - 2022
- Associate Residency Program Director Mount Sinai Beth Israel 2017 - 2018
- Chief Resident Mount Sinai Beth Israel 2014 - 2015
Awards
- Teaching Excellence Star Award 2023
- Apple Service Award: Five Years as Pre-Clinical Course Director 2023
- Excellence in Resident Teaching Award, UTMB Dept of Psychiatry 2022
- Jimmy Doyle Dickens Memorial Faculty Award 2022
- White Coat Ceremony Faculty Coater 2022
- Nominated to Alpha Omega Alpha by SOM Class of 2021 2021
Professional Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- President, Galveston-Brazoria Chapter of Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
- President Elect, Galveston-Brazoria Chapter of Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
- Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
- Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
- American Association of Community Psychiatrists
- International Society for Sports Psychiatry
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
Awards
- Dr. Self has been consistently recognized with the annual award for UTMBs Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Excellence in Resident Teaching in both 2022 and 2020. She has also won the annual award for Excellence in Medical Student Clerkship Teaching in 2020 and 2019.
Hobbies / Sports
- Sailing, running
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