RobertA.RootMD

Psychiatry • San Francisco, CA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Physician

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Office
2282 Union St
2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone+1 415-601-9673

Education & Training

University of WashingtonFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1991 - 1993
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 1988 - 1991
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1988
Brown UniversityBA, English, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978 - 1982

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1991 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor* Castle Connolly--as featured in San Francisco Magazine, 2014-2021

Publications & Presentations

Books/Book Chapters

Image In Mind: The Psychiatrist as Photographer
Robert Root MDRockOut Books, SF2008

Lectures

Climate Change: Science, Solutions and Human Health
Multiple Locations

Authored Content

Climate Change, the Coronavirus and Children's Mental HealthJuly 2020

Press Mentions

SF Chronicle: How to Deal with Climate AnxietyAugust 6th, 2020