Chandra E Cullen, MD

Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent

Biography

Dr. Cullen received a B.A. in Psychobiology (2001) from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska. She completed her Doctor of Medicine degree (2005) from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Following her MD degree she completed 5 years of residency in general psychiatry and a child psychiatry fellowship at the University of New Mexico.

Personal Statement

My career focus has been the treatment of children and adolescents with psychiatric illness and the education of future physicians and psychiatrists. I have spent my career at the University of New Mexico. I have had a wide variety of clinical roles include child psychiatric inpatient attending, inpatient pediatric consultation-liaison psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, and child psychiatric outpatient medical director, I also spent 2 years as the child psychiatry fellowship training director. My current role is Vice Chair for the child psychiatric division of the Department of Psychiatry. I have interest and involvement in improving systems of care and hold the role of Quality and Safety officer for child psychiatry, in addition to being involved in the Behavioral Health Informatics Committee and Physician Advisory group.