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John Leipsic Jr., MD, Psychiatry, Tucson, AZ

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Psychiatry Tucson, AZ

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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  • Office

    2695 N Craycroft Rd
    Tucson, AZ 85712
    Phone+1 520-322-2888

Summary

  • Dr. John Leipsic is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Tucson, AZ. He is currently the associate medical director at Palo Verde Behavioral Health. He is in private practice and an acute inpatient hospitalist at Palo Verde Behavioral Health. He received his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and completed his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at UC Davis. He has been in practice over 30 years. He specializes in child & adolescent psychiatry and is highly experienced in childhood and teen depression, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, tic disorders, OCD, bipolar disorder, early onset schizophrenia, and of course ADHD.

Clinical Expertise

  • Bipolar disorder, Depression, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Schizophrenia, Child and adolescent psychiatry, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Tic disorders, Anxiety disorders

Education & Training

  • University of California Davis Health
    University of California Davis HealthFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1992 - 1994
  • St Elizabeth's Medical Center
    St Elizabeth's Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1990 - 1992
  • Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury)
    Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1990
  • Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
    Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 1989, MD
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyBA, Neurobiology, 1981 - 1985

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1992 - 2026
  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2011 - 2025
  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 2015 - 2022
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2015 - 2019
  • HI State Medical License
    HI State Medical License 1994 - 1998
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1995 - 1996
  • ND State Medical License
    ND State Medical License 1995 - 1995
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Training Director's Award University of Arizona, Department of Psychiatry, 2012

Publications & Presentations

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