Behind Options MD is a team of experienced medical experts. They worked together with the founders, Morgan and Kyle, to create a unique virtual healthcare practice focused on providing treatment to individuals with major depressive disorder who have treatment-resistant depression.
The medical experts behind Options MD bring together a wealth of experience and knowledge in the healthcare industry. Each of their unique experiences helped to shape the individual care treatment and approach that makes Options MD different.
Dr. Vaidya is a board-certified adult psychiatrist with fellowship training in Psychosomatic Medicine. She currently serves as the Lead Psychiatrist at Options MD and treats patients in New York.
She has practiced as a psychiatrist for more than 20 years. She is passionate about women’s health, collaborative care psychiatry and using cutting-edge health technologies to help patients with treatment resistant mental health conditions.
In her career as a psychiatrist, Dr. Vaidya has served as the Fellowship Director for Consult Liaison Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine (ICSOM) as well as the Director of Transplant Psychiatry at ICSOM. She has also previously held positions as the Clinical Operations Chief at Kaiser Permanente in WA and a Physician Executive at MultiCare Behavioral health hospital. Prior to joining Options MD, she served as a Collaborative Care Psychiatrist at Crossover, providing care to Microsoft employees.
In addition to treating patients at Options MD, she currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Gennev, a leading telehealth company dedicated to providing specialized care for menopausal women and a Physician Ambassador for Solve Care.
Dr. Tandon is an empathetic and dedicated board-certified psychiatrist with a geriatric psychiatry fellowship and with 8+ years of experience in inpatient, outpatient, and assisted living/nursing home patient care.
She also has expertise in providing telehealth care in various settings on multiple platforms. She has been involved in effectively treating a wide range of conditions including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and mood disorders related to cognitive decline. She is adept in integrating multidisciplinary approaches including psychology and medicine. She applies a conservative approach focused on patient and family/caregiver education and support.
Dr. Arnold is a board-certified adult psychiatrist and currently treats patients in California through Options MD.
She completed her medical school training and psychiatry residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport where she also served as the Chief Resident.
Dr. Arnold has completed fellowship training in Addiction and Public Psychiatry at UCSF. She has won several awards including the Gold Humanism Honor Society Award. She is passionate about treating patients with treatment resistant depression, bipolar disorder and trauma.
Dr. Cohen is an adult psychiatrist, serves as Head of Data Science at Options MD, and is a part-time Volunteer Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco. He has extensive experience with treatment-resistant depression, as well as conducting research on new treatment strategies.
As Option MD's Head of Data Science, Dr. Cohen is developing patient assessment tools to more accurately diagnose patients, predict side effects, identify personalized treatment plans for patients, and track symptoms and recovery over time.
Before joining Options MD, Dr. Cohen was on faculty at the University of California San Francisco where he saw patients in their Specialty Depression and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Clinics. He also conducted clinical trials testing novel neuromodulation technologies for the treatment of depression.
Dr. Cohen completed his General Psychiatry Residency Training at the University of California San Francisco and served as Chief Resident for Research.
Dr. Cohen has a great deal of experience using a wide variety of psychopharmacological, behavioral, and interventional approaches, including the most cutting-edge treatments for depression, such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Ketamine. At Options MD, his approach to care is collaborative and he aims to be a partner on your journey to relief and mental well-being. He works with patients to help identify root causes of mental distress and provide treatment that addresses these root causes directly
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