Sumita Sharma, MD

HS Asst Clinical Professor
Psychiatry

Sumita Sharma, MD is a board-certified adult psychiatrist and child and adolescent psychiatrist who is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She completed her adult psychiatry training at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and her child and adolescent psychiatry training at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Based in Mission Bay at UCSF, Dr. Sharma specializes in outpatient child psychiatry, with a dedicated focus on general psychiatry and enhancing accessibility to care. Her commitment to holistic healing and psychopharmacological approaches is evident in her research, which centers around nature-based mental health interventions for youth. Driven by a profound passion for unlocking the innate strengths of her patients and fostering enduring resilience, she stands as a compassionate advocate for comprehensive mental well-being.