Dr Priti Kothari, Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist, Boca Raton FL

Priti Kothari, Psychiatrist

Dr. Priti Kothari is a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist with fellowship training at John Hopkins Medical Center.

Dr. Kothari completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University with a major in Anthropology and a concentration in Women’s Studies. She then went on to perform research in Eating Disorders at Hunter College/CUNY with an affiliation to Cornell Medical Center. She completed Medical School at Ross University and did her Adult Psychiatry Training at University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Hospitals. Subsequently, she completed Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Kothari’s professional interests include Anxiety disorders, Mood disorders, ADHD, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Women’s issues as well as the relationship between Mental Health and Weight Loss. She has been practicing in Boca Raton since 2005 and offers services of psychiatric evaluation and medication management. She has dedicated her practice to treating individuals with a wide range of psychiatric illness. Her approach is a comprehensive evaluation, which incorporates various perspectives of illness; including biological/personality/cognitive/dimensional traits, behavioral and psychosocial stressors.

In addition, she serves as a consulting psychiatrist for Dr. Kahlil Shillingford’s Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery Practice. Her duties include providing clinical supervision to office and hospital staff and involvement with support and education to patients. Pediatric and adult obesity have become a growing epidemic and it is well known that overall physical wellness can contribute to a healthy mental outcome.

Dr. Kothari believes in being available and having close follow up. She is dedicated, committed and culturally sensitive to the various needs of not only the client but the family as well. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as well as Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In her free time she enjoys spending time at the beach, yoga, travel and reading. She also participates in various community fairs and volunteer coordination efforts both with international organizations and local services as well.

She is a member of the following organizations and their corresponding regional bodies:

    American Society of Bariatric Physicians
    American Psychiatric Association
    American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    Indo-American Psychiatric Association
    American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
    Tourettes’ Syndrome Association
    Alumni Schools Committee – Princeton University
    International OCD Foundation