Dr. Daniel Fishman

Biography

Daniel Owen Fishman is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was recognized as Chief Resident and awarded a Teaching Award. Following his residency, he completed a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at the same institution, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society. He has practiced as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist and has held academic positions within community hospitals in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. Dr. Fishman's outpatient work involves managing complex cases that intersect neurology and psychiatry, specializing in non-epileptic episodes. Since joining Stanford in 2020, he has led medical psychiatry services and is instrumental in providing psychiatric care in acute settings and graduate medical education across various disciplines. His clinical interests include psychosomatic medicine, psycho-oncology, catatonia, and interdisciplinary education in medicine and psychiatry. He has developed guidelines for evidence-based practices and has been acknowledged as a finalist for the DLIN/Fischer award in 2020. Additionally, Dr. Fishman chairs the Chief Inpatient Proactive Psycho-Oncology Service, focusing on early identification of psychopathology in cancer patients during hospitalization, and collaborates with oncology teams to enhance comprehensive care.

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