Sarah Baker, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assoc Dean for Student Affairs, UT Southwestern Med School Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Associate Dean for Student Affairs | Psychiatry You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Sarah E. Baker, M.D., M.A., serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). Dr. Baker holds a B.A. in History from Rice University, as well as an M.A. in Medical Humanities and an M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). Her graduate studies focused on the cultivation of empathy during medical training. She completed her general psychiatry residency at UTSW. During her residency, she was the recipient of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry Fellowship, the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law’s Rappeport Fellowship, and the Association for Academic Psychiatry Fellowship Award, along with the Residency Education Committee Award for Excellence and the Outstanding Resident Contribution to Medical Student Education Award at UTSW. After graduation, Dr. Baker completed a forensic psychiatry fellowship at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Baker currently serves as an Associate Dean for Student Affairs for the medical school and leads the Mental Health, Policy, and Law area of concentration for the psychiatry residency program. She previously served as the Psychiatry Clerkship Director at UTSW. As a faculty member, she has won the UTSW Faculty Medical Student Education Award in the Department of Psychiatry and the Association for Academic Psychiatry Early Career Development Award. Dr. Baker’s academic interests include forensic psychiatry, community psychiatry, advocacy, and medical education. She is board certified in psychiatry and in forensic psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Education Other Post Graduate Training UT Medical Branch at Galveston (2013) Graduate School UT Medical Branch at Galveston (2013), Medical Education Medical School UT Medical Branch at Galveston (2014), Medicine Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018), Psychiatry Fellowship Yale School of Medicine, Division of Law and Psychiatry (2019), Forensic Psychiatry Publications Featured Publications A Winning Case? Assessing the Effectiveness of a Mock Trial in a General Psychiatry Residency Program. Baker SE, Ogundipe K, Sterwald C, Van Enkevort EA, Brenner A, Acad Psychiatry 2019 Apr Incorporating Critical Reflection Activities into Psychiatry Education. Baker SE, Escamilla K, Ngo SH, Camp ME, Acad Psychiatry 2019 Apr 43 2 209-214 How Medical Students View the Influence of a Student-Run Free Clinic on Empathy Development: a Pilot Study. Baker SE, Brenner A, Acad Psychiatry 2018 06 42 3 428-429 Inadvertent stigmatization of mental disorders in a primary care setting. Baker SE, Pearson RM, Glenn JE, Tex Med 2015 Feb 111 2 66-70 Manikin-Based Simulation: an Update to the Clerkship Experience. Baker SE, Escamilla K, Jacobs M, Sherhart R, Trello-Rishel K, Fuehrlein B, Acad Psychiatry 2021 May Adult ADHD: Pharmacologic treatment in the DSM-5 era Parikh A, Baker S Current Psychiatry 2016 15 10 18-25 Results 1-6 of 6 1 Honors & Awards Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Faculty InducteeUTSW Chapter of AOA (2023) Early Career Development AwardAssociation for Academic Psychiatry (2022) Fellowship AwardAssociation for Academic Psychiatry (2017) Rappeport FellowshipAmerican Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2017) FellowshipGroup for the Advancement of Psychiatry (2016) Gold Humanism Honor Society (2013) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2016) American Medical Association (2009) American Psychiatric Association (2014) Association for Academic Psychiatry (2016) Texas Medical Association (2009) Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (2014)
