Hisla Bates, MD

Hisla Bates, MD

Expedient Medicolegal Services
16060 Ventura Blvd., STE 110, #715
Encino, CA 91436
Office: 855-855-0525
Introduction

Dr. Hisla Bates, MD, Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric and Adult psychiatrist. After completing an internship in primary care internal medicine at Yale, her general psychiatry training was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She continued on to her Child and Adolescent psychiatry Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s, Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean’s program. She went on to complete a 12 month Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry in 2020.

She uses Mindfulness, Positive Psychology/Psychiatry, and the Expressive and Creative Arts working with children and adults.

Dr. Bates is also the Co-Chair of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Art Committee and the Assistant Arts Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). She is a Parsons School of Design graduate, an illustrator, printmaker, speaker and author.

She hosts the podcast, Healer Heal Yourself, Reduce Burnout, Discover Your Creativity While You Heal Others that explores the intersection of art, creativity and medicine. She is one of the authors in Alien Nation: 36 True Tales of Immigration and is working on her memoir and several children’s books.


Areas of Expertise
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry

References

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