Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP, is a Professor (Teaching) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development) at Stanford University School of Medicine, with courtesy appointments in Pediatrics and Education. He currently serves as Senior Associate Vice Provost for Academic Well-being. Joshi received a BS in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988 and an MD from Baylor College of Medicine in 1993, followed by triple board residency training in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1994-1998). At Stanford since 1999, he directs School Mental Health Services at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training, and the Triple Board Residency Program. He advises centers including the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the John Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities.

His academic interests center on school mental health, youth wellbeing, positive psychology, pediatric psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, therapeutic alliance, cultural competence in pediatrics, suicide prevention in educational settings, and faculty development. Joshi teaches Stanford psychology courses like PSYC 151: Wellbeing on The Farm, focusing on emotional problem-solving skills. He has earned prestigious honors such as the Stanford Polymath Award (2021), Association for Academic Psychiatry Roberts Award for Mentorship (2018), American Psychiatric Association Nancy C.A. Roeske Award (2017), AACAP Sidney Berman Award (2016), and AACAP Distinguished Fellowship (2015). Notable publications include Strategies for Reducing Suicide at Railroads (2024), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents (2024, Pediatrics), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (2024, Pediatrics in Review), co-edited Partnerships for Mental Health (2015), and Thinking About Prescribing: The Psychology of Psychopharmacology with Diverse Youth & Families (2022). Through national leadership in AACAP and AAP committees, Joshi advances school-based mental health practices and youth suicide prevention.

Professional Email: svjoshi@stanford.edu