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Dawn-Christi M Bruijnzeel

Dawn-Christi M Bruijnzeel, M.D.

Associate Professor

Department: MD-PSYCHIATRY
Business Phone: (352) 376-1611
Business Email: dheron@ufl.edu

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About Dawn-Christi M Bruijnzeel

Dr. Bruijnzeel received her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida in Neurobiological Sciences. She also completed medical school and the general psychiatry residency program at the University of Florida. She has worked at the Malcom Randall VA Hospital in a variety of capacities over the past 18 years. Her interests include inpatient care, neuromodulation, treatment refractory depression and psychosis and community psychiatry. She worked on the inpatient psychiatric service at the VA for a total of 10 years, with a focus on psychotic disorders. Beginning in 2006 and spanning the next decade, she revitalized and grew the electroconvulsive (ECT) therapy program at the VA. She then turned her sights to transcranial magnetic therapy and founded the TMS program at the VA in 2016. Finally, over the past 2 years, she has developed the ketamine/esketamine program at the VA. She continues to be clinically active in all forms of neuromodulation, in- and outpatient consultations for treatment refractory illness and she sees both inpatients and outpatients at the VA.

Dr. Bruijnzeel also has a strong interest in community psychiatry. She volunteered her services at the Helping Hands clinic weekly for over ten years during residency and the beginning of her faculty position. She then worked with community programs through the VA from 2012 through 2016. In the past year, she established a Street Psychiatry program that is funded by a collaborative grant with Grace Marketplace. This program brings psychiatric care to unhoused individuals who are otherwise unable to access services.

She has served in a number of administrative roles including Chief of Psychiatry Service at the Malcom Randall VA from 2018-2022. She is now Associate Chief for Inpatient Services at the VA.

Lastly, she greatly enjoys her role as an educator with the Department of Psychiatry within the UF College of Medicine. She provides clinical teaching and didactics to psychiatry residents, medical students and other trainees.

Accomplishments

  1. Distinguished Fellow

    American Psychiatric Association

  2. Fellow

    American Psychiatric Association

  3. APA-Aventis Fellowship for Women

    American Psychiatric Association

  4. John E. Adams Memorial Academic Achievement Award

    University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry

  5. PGY-3 Resident of the Year

    University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry

  6. Resident Educator Award for Excellence in Medical Education

    University of Florida, College of Medicine

  7. John E. Adams Memorial Academic Achievement Award

    University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry

  8. Richard C. Christensen, MD Community Service Award

    University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. MDC7830 – Psychiatry Clerkship

    College of Medicine

  2. MDT7840 – Elect Top/Psychiatry

    College of Medicine

  3. PAS5125 – Psychiatry

    College of Medicine

  4. PAS5020 – Intro to Medicine 2

    College of Medicine

  5. MDU4001 – Introduction to Medical Science Seminar 1

    College of Medicine

  6. BMS6813 – Introduction to Clinical Medicine 2A

    College of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Psychiatry

Subspecialties

  • Adult Psychiatry

Areas of Interest

  • Depression
  • Depression in Older Adults
  • Major Depression
  • Major Depression with Psychotic Features
  • Psychosis
  • Schizoaffective Disorder
  • Schizoid Personality Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizotypal Personality Disorder
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-8275-7845

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. CURE-HCV: Community-Based Uptake of Rapid Evaluation and HCV Treatment

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HLTH SER ADMIN

  2. Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Psychiatry Street Outreach

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ALACHUA CO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS via TASKFORCE FORE ENDING HOMELESSNESS

  3. Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Psychiatry Street Outreach

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ALACHUA CO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS via ALACHUA CNTY

  4. Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Psychiatry Street Outreach

    Role:
    Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ALACHUA CO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS via ALACHUA CNTY

  5. Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Psychiatry Street Outreach

    Role:
    Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ALACHUA CO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS via US DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Education

  1. Residency – Psychiatry

    University of Florida

  2. Medical Degree

    University of Florida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 376-1611
Emails:
Business:
dheron@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100256
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
PO BOX 100256
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
 GAINESVILLE FL 326100256