Sheryl B Fleisch

Sheryl B Fleisch, M.D., FACLP

Adjunct Faculty

Department: MD-PSYCHIATRY
Business Phone: (352) 294-4900
Business Email: sfleisch@ufl.edu

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About Sheryl B Fleisch

Dr. Fleisch joined the UF faculty in September 2020 as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry. She serves as Chief of Psychiatric Services at UF Health Shands Hospital and Chief of Health Equity in the Department of Psychiatry.

She is board certified in general psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, and addiction medicine. Since 2010, she has worked in the field of homeless mental health, founding three programs in Pittsburgh, PA, Chapel Hill, NC, and Nashville, TN. Most recently, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Dr. Fleisch developed Homeless Health Services, a comprehensive program providing inpatient and outpatient (street-level) psychiatric and basic medical care, social services, housing navigation, employment, and disability access to persons experiencing homelessness. She also served as Assistant/Associate Program Director in the Adult Psychiatry Residency from 2014-2016 and as Program Director for the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship from 2016-2020.

Dr. Fleisch’s expertise is in value-based healthcare, disaster behavioral health services, and combining informatics and policy to optimize the financial impact on hospitals to improve real-time clinical outcomes for vulnerable patients. She is committed to integrating psychiatric care across health systems and teaching consultation-liaison psychiatry to resident physicians and medical students. Dr. Fleisch is internationally known for her creative approach to integrating homeless health services within academic medical centers and has received awards for innovation, teaching, humanism, and clinical excellence.

Accomplishments

Board Certifications

  • Addiction Medicine
    American Board of Preventative Medicine
  • General Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Profile

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; Street Psychiatry; Substance Use Disorders; Ethics in Mental Health;

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-9577-3465

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:
    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:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ALACHUA CO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS via US DEPT OF THE TREASURY
  6. Street Outreach – Psychiatry Services Agreement

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    ALACHUA CO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS via US DEPT HOUSING AND URBAN DEV

Education

  1. Fellowship, Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry)

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  2. Residency, General Psychiatry

    Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  3. Medical Degree

    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

  4. B.S. East Asian Studies; Molecular and Cellular Biology

    Vanderbilt University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-4900
Emails:
Business:
sfleisch@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
1149 NEWELL DR
GAINESVILLE FL 32610