Dr. Gwendolyn White Giedd M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
12533 Grey Fox Ln Potomac MD, 20854About
Dr. Gwendolyn Giedd practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Potomac, MD. Dr. Giedd evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Giedd seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
University of Kentucky College of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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