Assistant Professor
Duke University
Kristen Shirey, M.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine at Duke University and serves in the role of Medical Director of both the Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison and Medicine-Psychiatry clinical services at Duke University Hospital. She completed medical school at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed residency training in both Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at Duke. She is active in clinical leadership, teaching and patient care. Her clinical interests include inpatient Medicine-Psychiatry, Electroconvulsive Therapy, and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. She has a background in global mental health and disparities research, and is currently engaged in a number of quality improvement initiatives designed to improve patient and staff safety and to address mental health and racial disparities in inpatient medical settings.