George Teaford

George Teaford, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department: MD-PSYCHIATRY
Business Phone: (352) 265-4357
Business Email: hteaford@ufl.edu

About George Teaford

Dr. Teaford completed his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a bachelors in Psychology with honors. He then completed his premedical coursework at Santa Monica College, while employed as a research coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, contributing to research on a treatment intervention being developed for low frequency drug users at risk for addiction. Dr. Teaford also spent a year working as an operating room assistant at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.

He earned his medical degree at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA, then moved to Gainesville, FL to complete his psychiatry residency, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training at UF. As a trainee, he engaged in a wide range of professional activities from co-authoring poster presentations and housestaff lectures, to participation in institutional and professional organization committees. After graduation, he joined the UF Department of Psychiatry faculty as an assistant clinical professor. In this role, he supervises resident and fellow clinics, oversees an early psychosis inpatient treatment team at the Shands Psychiatric Hospital, and has a faculty practice that he hopes to grow into a comprehensive first episode psychosis treatment program in the coming years.

Accomplishments

Exemplary Faculty Teaching Award
2023 · University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry
Ralph Maurer Award for Excellence in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2022 · Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida
Quality and Safety Star Award, August
2021 · Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida
Quality and Safety Star Award, February
2021 · Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida
2nd Place, Annual UF Department of Psychiatry Quality Improvement Day
2018 · Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida
Dr. W. Grady Carter Award in Academic Execellence
2017 · Department of Psychiatry, Mercer University School of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Adult Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
Areas of Interest
  • Adolescent depression
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Generalized anxiety disorder
  • Generalized anxiety disorder in children
  • Major depression
  • Psychosis
  • Schizophrenia
  • School-age children development
  • Social anxiety disorder

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0009-0009-1251-3472

Grants

Apr 2024 ACTIVE
Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for Early Serious Mental Illness (ESMI) First Episode Psychosis (FEP).
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: LSF HEALTH SYSTEMS via SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HLTH SER ADMIN

Education

Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2022 · University of Florida, College of Medicine
Residency, Psychiatry
2020 · University of Florida College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
2017 · Mercer University School of Medicine
Bachelor of Arts
2008 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate of Science
2006 · Young Harris College, Georgia

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-4357
Emails:
Business:
hteaford@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 103424
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
4037 NW 86TH TER
GAINESVILLE FL 32606