Nadia Taylor, MD, MS (she/her)

EDUCATION:

  • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF): Doctor of Medicine (MD)

  • University of California, Berkeley: Masters in Health and Medical Sciences (MS), cognitive anthropology

  • University of California, Berkeley: Bachelor of Arts, cognitive science and philosophy of mind, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING:

  • UCSF: Internship and Residency in Adult Psychiatry

    • Area of Distinction in Women’s Mental Health

    • Chief Resident of Intensive Services

    • Laughlin Award for Excellence in Clinical Care

    • Elected President of Residents Association

FURTHER TRAINING:

  • San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program

  • Psychiatry Redefined: Integrative and Functional Psychiatry Fellowship

  • Additional psychotherapy training: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Jungian, Infant-Parent Psychotherapy Program (San Francisco General Hospital), and intergenerational psychotherapies. I also have training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy (IPT), emotionally-focused therapy (EFT).

LICENSURE:

  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certification

  • Licensed by Medical Board of California

Growing up internationally in culturally blended families, I came to understand that there's no single path to a fulfilling life, and that even the practice of medicine is culture-bound. This instilled a curiosity for understanding diverse perspectives, as well as a skepticism of absolutism. I was nonetheless drawn to medicine as a field that would allow me to combine my intellectual interest in science with my emotional desire to ease suffering. Attending my younger sibling’s natural birth when I was 13, I was transformed by the power of attachment-based birthing, and in that moment decided to become an OB-Gyn with a life mission of bringing natural birthing to academic hospitals.

At university, alongside my academic pursuits, I developed my own meditation and yoga practice, and experienced firsthand how powerful these can be in calming the mind and finding ground. This is also where I discovered philosophy of mind. After college, I worked in international health in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, where I also continued my exploration of culture, psyche, and health. Returning to the Bay Area, I studied the impact of socioeconomic change on women's concepts of happiness in Vietnam. Throughout, I continued to cary my childhood dream of becoming an integrative OB-Gyn, but my fascination with the mind would not abate, and I realized my true calling was psychiatry.

After residency, I joined the faculty at UCSF. There, I led the Women's Mental Health Clinic and the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy program, taught residents and medical students, and consulted to Women's Health Primary Care and the Gender Affirming Health Program. I attended at Zuckerberg SF General’s High Risk OB clinic and cared for inmates at the Santa Rosa jail.

This tapestry of experiences informs my approach to psychiatry. I bring a culturally sensitive lens to my work, recognizing the unique perspectives of individuals from diverse backgrounds.  While I have trained at premier academic medical centers, I take a holistic and integrative approach to health. I look beyond the status quo, and immerse myself in cutting-edge research and new treatment frontiers.  I have thus pursued additional training in integrative and functional psychiatry, which is now the focus of my practice.

I live in San Francisco with my partner and our two young children in another culturally-blended and multilingual family; we value spending time in nature, connecting with loved ones, moving our bodies, eating good food, and forever learning.