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Colleen E. Sari, MD

Dr. Sari completed her undergraduate education at the Georgia Institute of Technology, followed by study at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. She received her medical degree at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, then completed her psychiatric residency and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine. Throughout her training she was engaged in biomolecular research.

At the completion of training, Dr. Sari joined a prominent psychoanalytic group private practice with Aruffo, Cambor and Farley. This was followed by an academic appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. In 1996, Dr. Sari moved to Pittsburgh to accept a faculty appointment at Allegheny General Hospital.

Since leaving academia, Dr. Sari has worked in school-based partial hospital programs, for private mental health groups, a faith-based organization, the Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute and for a Medicaid managed care organization. She continues to work with children and families in private practice with Highland Therapy Associates and at a community mental health clinic. She also provides direct clinical care to students at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. In addition, she serves as a psychiatric school consultant to the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.