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Keynotes, clinical training, and expert commentary from a triple board-certified psychiatrist at the intersection of mental health and technology.
Dr. Sharon Batista, MD speaks to clinical and professional audiences nationwide — on the OCD and anxiety expertise most training never covered, and on the responsible integration of AI into clinical practice and professional life.
Mental health talks that change how clinicians practice
Dr. Batista is a national conference speaker (IOCDF, ADAA) known for making complex psychiatry immediately usable — the diagnostic blind spots, the medication myths, and the conditions clinicians see every week but were never trained to treat.
- OCD: Everything Your Training Skippeddiagnosis, misdiagnosis, and what actually works
- Intrusive Thoughts in the Therapy Roomrecognizing OCD before it's mislabeled as anxiety (or worse)
- Are We Teaching Would-Be Mothers OCD?perinatal anxiety, contamination fears, and digital tools (ADAA 2026)
- Supporting Kids with OCD in Uncertain Timespresented at IOCDF 2025
- OCD and Comorbid Medical Illnesstreating the whole patient (IOCDF 2025)
- Reproductive Psychiatry Across the Lifespanpractical guidance for mental health professionals (ADAA 2026)
- Psychopharmacology for Non-Prescriberswhat therapists need to know about the medical side
- Physician & Clinician Mental Healthburnout, perfectionism, and sustainable practice
A practicing physician's view of AI — not hype, not fear
As a Doximity Digital Health Fellow and telemedicine pioneer who has treated 1,500+ patients via telehealth, Dr. Batista partners with developers on HIPAA-compliant clinical tools and teaches clinicians how to reclaim their time — and reinvest it in patients.
- Varied Perspectives on AI in Clinical Practicepanel presented at ADAA 2026
- The Modern Medical Stack: Reducing Admin Burden with LLMs
- Responsible AI Integration for Behavioral Health
- Mental Health Implications of AI UseAssessing Impact and Advising Patients on Safe Use
- Beyond Efficiency: Reinvesting AI "Time-Wins" into Patient Care
- The AI-Augmented Academic: Tools for Research & Teaching
- The Digital Infrastructure of Modern Telepsychiatry
Panelist — ADAA 2026 Annual Conference
Are We Teaching Would-Be Mothers OCD? Perinatal Anxiety, Contaminant Avoidance, and the Double-Edged Sword of Digital Tools
Varied Perspectives on AI in Clinical Practice
Reproductive Psychiatry Across the Lifespan: Practical Guidance for Mental Health Professionals
Supporting Kids with OCD in Uncertain Times
OCD and Comorbid Medical Illness: Treating the Whole Patient
OCD: Everything Your Training Skipped — Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis, and What Actually Works
Expert training for the clinicians patients actually see
Most people with OCD and anxiety are treated by therapists, NPs, and PAs — not psychiatrists. Dr. Batista's live cohort courses bring psychiatrist-level training to the clinicians on the front line: live teaching, real case discussion, and the pharmacology and diagnostic skills your graduate program never covered.
Live cohort courses
Quarterly enrollment. Four to eight weeks of live teaching and case-based discussion — bring your hardest cases.
Built for non-prescribers and prescribers alike
Therapists, psychologists, NPs, PAs, and physicians: understand the medical side of psychiatric care and collaborate (or prescribe) with confidence.
In-house training for organizations
Group practices, clinics, and health-tech teams: bring Dr. Batista in to train your clinicians or advise your product.
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OCD: Everything No One Ever Taught You
Diagnosis, misdiagnosis, evidence-based treatment, and medications — the course version of the lecture 500+ clinicians showed up for. Join the waitlist to get first access and founding-cohort pricing.
A practicing psychiatrist's perspective, on your team
Dr. Batista advises health-tech companies, digital health platforms, and behavioral health organizations — bringing 15+ years of clinical practice and telepsychiatry experience to product, clinical, and go-to-market decisions.
Clinical & product advisory
Guidance on clinical workflows, safety, and responsible AI integration for health-tech and digital health products.
Organizational training
In-house training and consultation for group practices, clinics, and care teams on OCD, anxiety, and psychiatric collaboration.
Strategic partnerships
Ongoing advisory relationships for companies building HIPAA-compliant clinical tools.
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Sharon M. Batista, MD is a triple board-certified psychiatrist, founder of Balanced Psychiatry of New York, and a Doximity Digital Health Fellow. A Harvard- and Mount Sinai-educated telepsychiatry pioneer, she specializes in OCD and anxiety and speaks nationally on psychiatry and responsible AI in clinical practice.
Sharon M. Batista, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety disorders, and women's mental health. She is the founder of Balanced Psychiatry of New York, a private telepsychiatry practice serving 11 states, and has treated more than 1,500 patients via telehealth over 15+ years in practice. Dr. Batista holds three board certifications — Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine — and completed her training at Harvard Medical School-affiliated programs and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. A Doximity Digital Health Fellow and national conference speaker (IOCDF, ADAA), she is known for translating complex psychiatric science into clinical clarity — on OCD and anxiety, medication, and the responsible integration of AI into clinical practice and professional life.
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