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Brad Nichinson, MD

Audit-Finance Committee, Board of Directors, On The Move

Brad is a psychiatrist who had a private practice in La Jolla for 20 years before moving to the Napa Valley in 2008. In addition to his training as a psychopharmacologist he has extensive Cognitive and Analytic training as a therapist. While in San Diego, he was on Clinical Faculty at UCSD School of Medicine, and served as the Psychiatric Consultant for UCSD’s Student Health Service and Psychological and Counseling Center. He has extensive clinical experience working with a diverse population of young adults as well as training and teaching non-MD clinical staff.

Brad maintains a small private practice in St. Helena and has been a mental health consultant and resource for the staff of VOICES Napa since 2011. He is also working closely with OTM on the Napa Innovations Mental Health Services Act Project. In early 2013 he started consulting in a support role with the St. Helena Family Center. Brad was named to the Board of Directors of The Napa Valley Community Foundation in July, 2013. Brad grew up in Great Neck, NY and is a graduate of Haverford College. After a year of research at Harvard Medical School he attended the Medical College of Virginia, where he received his MD. He completed his residency at UCSD School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and is Board Certified.