Toral Desai
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
1400 EMELINE AVE SANTA CRUZ CA, 95060About
Dr. Toral Desai practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in SANTA CRUZ, CA. Dr. Desai 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. Desai seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
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