KalpanaINathanMD

Summary

• Kalpana Nathan, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Scrivner Center, Mental HEalth & Addiction Services at El Camino Health is a board-certified psychiatrist with added qualifications in Addiction and Forensic Psychiatry. She is an Adjunct Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine After completion of residency and research fellowship at Stanford, she served 4 years at the San Francisco General Hospital/UCSF, gaining experience in the areas of substance use, HIV and public health. She then served for more than a couple of decades at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She has worked and taught in various settings, both inpatient and outpatient, as well as private and public sectors. Her interests include wellness and self-care for physicians, philosophy and human rights education. She is a certified meditation teacher, has completed sprint and Olympic triathlons, and enjoys traveling around the world. She received the outstanding community clerkship preceptor award in 2010 and the Arthur L. Bloomfield Award in Recognition of Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine in 2015 at the Stanford University School of Medicine.