Christopher Varley, MD

Personal Statement

My primary  interest is Graduate Medical Education and Faculty Development in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I was the program  director for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry residency at the UWSOM for 32  years. I am now the Director of Education and Faculty  Development in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. My clinical interests are in pediatric psychopharmacology, particularly  re ADHD. 

Education

Child Psychiatry, UW School of Medicine, 1976-1978
Pediatrics, Mount Zion, San Francisco, 1973-1974
Psychiatry, UW School of Medicine, 1974-1977
MD, UW School of Medicine, 1969-1973
BA, Biology, Whitman College, 1965-1969

Department Affiliations

Other Affiliations

Consultation and Liaison Service (C/L) – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Training Clinic
Emergency Department Extension – Seattle Children’s Hospital

Teaching Philosophy

My educational aims are to promote compassionate and patient centered care, at the same time incorporating the best  evidence based practices. It is increasingly clear that there are many more youth with mental health disorders than can be served by the numbers on child and adolescent psychiatrists in the United States and around the world. Development of effective integrated care models which extends the scope of child psychiatry expertise via collaboration with primary care and other health care system is critically important. ​

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