
Dr. Sarit Hovav, MD, FAPA
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
32158 Camino Capistrano Suite 115 San Juan Capistrano CA, 92675About
Dr. Hovav graduated medical school at Ross University School of Medicine with Honors, completed an Internal Medicine internship at Beth Israel Medical Center, and then became a Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA's Semel Institute of Neuroscience in Brain Stimulation and Neuroimaging in Mental Illness. She later completed her residency in Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska-Creighton University joint program and was awarded Diplomate status by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. After residency, she served as a Medical Director of Behavioral Health running a geriatric and adult unit, and later moved to private practice work which she enjoys her role as psychiatrist in long-lasting and rewarding relationships with patients. Dr. Hovav has published in top medical journals on a variety of topics and has lectured to physicians around the country. She believes in using an evidence-based treatments, but also a creative psychopharmacologic approach to those who suffer with more treatment-resistant disorders.
Education and Training
Ross University School of Med MD 2006
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Buprenorphine and Office-Based Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Reclaim® DBS Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
DBS for Parkinson’s Disease
Brainsway dTMS H1
NeuroStar University Clinical Training for TMS Therapy
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
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Awards
- Patient’s Choice Award 2016 Creighton University Psychiatric Clinic
- William Sorum Assembly Resident-Fellow Member Award 2015 American Psychiatric Association, Recognized in the 60th Convocation of Distinguished Fellows
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Best Presentation Award 2015 Creighton-Nebraska Residency Program
- Excellence in Performance 2010 Weight Watchers International Inc
- Rookie of the Year 2010 Weight Watchers International Inc
Professional Memberships
- American Medical Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Orange County Psychiatric Society
- Metro Omaha Medical Society
- Nebraska Medical Association
- Nebraska Psychiatric Society
- American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Fellowships
- University of California Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience Postdoctoral Scholar, Brain Stimulation and Neuroimaging in Mental Illness 2012
- University of California Los Angeles K30 Track I fellow, Graduate Training in Translational Investigation 2012
Internships
- Beth Israel Medical Center
Fellowships
- UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience
Professional Society Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association
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