Tomoya Hirota, MD
Tomoya Hirota, MD, received his medical degree from Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan. He completed general psychiatry residency training at Vanderbilt University and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training at UCSF.
Dr. Hirota is an assistant clinical professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is board-certified both in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry in the United States, and he is also a designated psychiatrist under the Mental Health and Welfare Law in Japan.
Clinically, Dr. Hirota specializes in an assessment of co-occurring psychiatric problems in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and pharmacotherapy (both medication management and consultation). He also collaborates with other clinicians and provides diagnostic assessments of autism and other NDDs.