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Amanda Downey

Amanda Downey

MD

Pediatrician and psychiatrist
Amateur whale watcher and Great Pyrenees dog mom

About me

Accepting new patients

Pronouns: She | Her | Hers

Dr. Amanda Downey is a pediatrician and psychiatrist who cares for adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. She works with patients and their families to develop a treatment plan that honors their unique strengths and challenges. Through education, advocacy and research, she strives to dismantle the systems that increase risk for eating disorders and improve evidence-based eating disorder treatments. She is the assistant medical director of the UCSF Eating Disorders Program.

Downey earned her medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, she completed residencies in pediatrics and adult psychiatry, and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry.

Downey is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Academy for Eating Disorders, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

  • Board Certifications

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry, 2020

    American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, 2019

  • Fellowships

    University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020

  • Residencies

    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pediatrics, 2020

    University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry, 2020

  • Degree

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2015

  • Languages

    English

Eating disorder recovery is both challenging and beautiful, and it is an honor to walk with patients and families on the journey.

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    Wander outside into our Butterfly Garden in Oakland and our healing gardens at Mission Bay.

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