About Me

Wellness focused medical practice where the goal is building resilience and optimizing health. Unlike the traditional physician’s role, in our practice the clinician is more like a personalized coach and mentor. The clinical care provided is collaborative rather than paternalistic. The focus is on building individualized treatment. Various elements are used in the treatment plan :

  • Psychiatric medications
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychoeducation
  • Motivation enhancing and skill building
  • Prescribing intensive lifestyle interventions : mindfulness, sleep, nutrition, exercise
Dream Big, Live Well, Love Always

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 2020-present

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Section of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma (OU), 2018-2020

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Section of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, OU, 2009-2018

  • Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program, OU, 2014-2020

  • Associate Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program, OU, 2011-2014

  • President, Oklahoma Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018-current

  • Vice President, Oklahoma Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2016-2018

  • Director, Child Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service Program, OU, 2014-2018

  • Co-Director, Child Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service Program, OU, 2009-2014

  • Distinguished Fellow with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020

  • Best Didactic Teacher, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2019-2020

  • Most supportive Child Attending, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 2019-2020

  • Top Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist 2020

  • Elected as President of Oklahoma Child Psychiatry Council : June 2018 - June 2021

  • Rainbolt endowed Chair in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry at OUHSC : March 1, 2016 - April 2020

  • Outstanding Teacher Award, OU College of Medicine Clinical Curriculum Subcommittee and the Medical Education Committee, 2019

  • Excellence in Classroom Teaching, Medical Student Education Awards, 2019

  • AADPRT Nyapati Rao/Francis Lu IMG Fellowship: Mentor, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, 2019

  • Gordon H. Deckert Award for Sustained Excellence, OU, 2016

  • Awarded Fellow Status, American Psychiatric Association, 2014 - current

  • Excellence in Medical Student Teaching, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences OU, 2011

  • Outstanding resident : Educational Outreach Program, AACAP, 2008

  • A conversation on suicide prevention Facebook live event with Dr Swapna and Dr Nicole, 2020

  • Interviewed Expert, Oklahoma State Department of Health, podcast on reducing stigma in addiction, 2020

  • Interviewed Expert, KOCO News Channel 5, Social Media and Impact on Children,  September 6, 2019

  • Interviewed Expert, KFOR-TV (Video), Suicide Prevention for Teenagers, as part of Suicide Prevention Month, September 7, 2018 

  • Interviewed Expert, The Oklahoman, “Cutting Addictions leaves Deep Scars”, https://newsok.com/article/3601414/oklahomans-share-stories-about-self-injuring, 2011

  • Interviewed Expert, Oklahoma Magazine, article on Bullying, 2010

  1. "Physician Leadership for IMGs: An Affair of the Mind and Heart!", Annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California, May 21, 2019.

  2. "Brief Free and Easy to Incorporate Psycho-educational resources on Mindfulness and Suicide prevention for Child Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic", AACAP : AACAP Alliance on Learning and Innovation (AALI) Focus Group meeting, 65th AACAP Annual Meeting, October 25, 2018.

  3. "Teen Suicide", Governor's Suicide Prevention Council Meeting, OK Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma City, OK, November 21, 2019.

  4. "Suicide in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Approach", Griffin Memorial Hospital, June 14, 2019, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, May 9, 2019, OUHSC, April 13, 2018, Oklahoma Psychiatric Physicians Association, Tulsa, OK, April 7, 2018

  5. Guest speaker, Pediatric Behavioral & Emotional Health ECHO, OSU Center for Health Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, May 7, 2019.

  6. "Medical Leadership: An Affair of the Mind and Heart!", Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, April 11, 2019.

  7. "Integrating a Modern Neuroscience Perspective into Clinical Teaching", Professorial Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, April 8, 2019.

  8. "Adolescent Depression and Suicide", American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, Oklahoma Chapter, Annual Symposium, OKC,  November 10, 2018.

  9. "POTS I&II - Pediatric OCD Treatment Study & Practice Parameters: OCD", Journal Club, Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, OUHSC, August 6, 2018.

  10. "Childhood suicide prevention form a Universal, Selective and Indicated perspective", Central Oklahoma Psychiatric Society,  June 7, 2018.

  11. "Evidence Based Approach to Adolescent Suicide Prevention", 5th Annual Oklahoma Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Oklahoma City, OK,  April 18, 2018.

  12. "Psychotropic Medications", Oklahoma Children's Court Conference, Administrative Office of the Courts Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Norman, Ok, November 29, 2017.

  13. "Research Made Easy", Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Panelist. September 28, 2017.

  14. "Paving the Way in Pediatrics", 9th Annual Pediatric Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1, 2016.

  15. "Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment", Central Oklahoma Psychiatric Society, Oklahoma City, OK, June 19, 2014.

  16. "Is this Child Bipolar", Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City, OK, February 13, 2013.

  17. "Pediatric Bipolar Disorder", 20th Oklahoma Child Abuse and Neglect and Healthy Families Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, September 5, 2012.

  18. "Foster Care and Psychotropic Medications", 20th Oklahoma Child Abuse and Neglect and Healthy Families Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, September 5, 2012.

  19. "Current Psychotropic Medications for Children", 19th Oklahoma Conference in Child Abuse and Neglect and Healthy Families, Oklahoma City, Ok, September 9, 2011.

  20. "Pediatric Psychiatry", The Oklahoma Academy of Physicians Assistants 37th Annual CME for Physician Assistants, Oklahoma City, OK, October 22, 2010.

  21. "Neuroscience of Mother-Infant Relationships", 16th Annual Oklahoma Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect and Healthy Families, Oklahoma City, OK, 2008.

  22. "Developmental, Individual, Relationship-Based (D.I.R.) Model as Developmental Model for Children", Resident presentation Oklahoma Psychiatric Physicians Association Annual Meeting, 2008.

  1. Deshpande, S.N., Lokhande, A., Lyons, D., Ekambaram, v. (2019). Utility of the Suicide Risk Assessment for Children and Adolescents Checklist (SRACC) training module to improve competency of clinicians evaluating child and adolescent suicide risk. AACAP 66th Annual Meeting.

  2. Oden, B., Patel, H., Motiwala, R., Deshpande, S. N., "Use of Suicide Risk Assessment for Children and Adolescents Checklist (SRACC) to improve competency of suicide risk assessment in adult psychiatry residents", Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, OUHSC, Poster. October 18, 2019.

  3. Lokhande, A., Ekambaram, V., Deshpande, S.N., Lyons, D., "Utility of the Suicide Risk assessment for Children and Adolescents Checklist", AACAP's 66th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, IL, Poster. October 14, 2019.

  4. National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative (NNCI) app, Part of a team to create questions on teaching modules on neuroscience for NNCI website and app, 2018 led by Maja Sikkic, NNCI working group.

  5. Lokhande, A., Ekambaram, V., Deshpande, S.N., "Training module for resident physicians on use of Suicide Risk Assessment for Children and Adolescents Checklist (SRACC) to improve competency in adolescent suicide risk evaluation", AACAP's 65th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, Seattle, Washington, Poster. October 25, 2018

  6. Lokhande, A., Oliva, W., Abid, H., Deshpande, S. N. , "Eight Year Old with Rumination Disorder: A Case Report and Literature Review", American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association (APA), New York City, NY, Poster. May 5, 2018.

  7. Waller, A. P., Lokhande, A. P., Ekambaram, V., Deshpande, S. N. , Ostermeyer, B. (2018). Cyberbullying: An Unceasing Threat in Today's Digitalized World. PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS, 48 (9), 408-415. DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20180821-01

  8. Allen, S. F., Pfefferbaum, B. J., Deshpande, S. N. (2018). Resilience and coping intervention for children in universal, selective, and indicated populations. Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association.

  9. Ostermeyer, B., Shoaib, N. A., Deshpande, S. N.  (2017). Legal and Ethical Challenges in Emergency Psychiatry. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 40 (3). . PMID: 28800808. DOI:10.1016/j.psc.2017.05.003

  10. Deshpande, S. N. (2017). Managing Adult ADHD: To Treat Or Not To Treat? Psychiatric Annals, 47(6), 315-321. DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20170515-01

  11. Krishnan, S., Deshpande, S. N., Mallapa, A., Divya, G., Lane, P., Vishwanath, A., McNall-Knapp, R. (2017). Management Challenges in a Child with Chronic Hyponatremia: Use of V2 Receptor Antagonist. Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2017 , 4. PMID: 28751997. DOI: 10.1155/2017/8132129

  12. Pfefferbaum, B. J., Deshpande, S. N., Allen, S. F., Sherrieb, K. (2015). Children’s reactions and adjustment to natural disasters. Handbook of Public Health in Natural Disasters: Nutrition, Food, Remediation and Preparation: Natural Disasters and Public Health (pp. 113-124). DOI:10.3920/90-8686-806-3

  13. Nixon, C. D., Deshpande, S. N., Sternlof, S. (2015). Obesity and Mental Health in Children: An approach for Clinicians. The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 108(2), 8-11.

  14. Deshpande, S. N., Pfefferbaum, B. J., Allen, S. F., Smith, L. B. (2014). Children's emotional and behavioral reactions to disasters: role of the primary care physician. The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 107(9-10), 501-6. PMID: 25790598.

  15. Deshpande, S. N., Coffey, B. J. (2011). Fragile X Syndrome and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 21(6), 639-642. DOI: 10.1089

  16. Parikh, D., Nixon, C., Deshpande, S. N. (2011). “The Dynamics of School Bullying: A Review Article”. The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 104(10), 377-383.