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Joanna Kowalik, MD, MPH


Joanna Kowalik, MD, MPH is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who is board certified by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, in both, Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is Creighton University SOM Psychiatry Clerkship Director and Valleywise Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry. Dr. Kowalik is Valleywise Emergency Psychiatry Rotation Supervisor and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Director. She is an experienced child and adolescent psychiatrist with a demonstrated history of working in various clinical settings. She has dedicated her professional carrier to patient care, as well as educating and mentoring medical students, residents, and child psychiatry fellows. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Assistant Professor at the Creighton University School of Medicine. Dr. Kowalik served as the President of Arizona Psychiatric Society 2013-2014. Her clinical interests include psychosomatic medicine, ethics, neurodevelopmental disorder, and trauma-related disorders.

Dr. Kowalik has many years of experience in emergency psychiatry, child psychiatry, neurodevelopmental disorders, psychosomatic medicine, teaching, mentoring, administration, as well as policy development and implementation.