Dr. Jessica "Jessi" Gold, MD, MS

Jessica (“Jessi”) Gold, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Wellness, Engagement, and Outreach in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine. She is a widely read and referenced expert on mental health among physicians and other health care workers, especially during the pandemic, as well as college students. She may be best known for her general audience original publications, in the Washington Post, New York Times, Forbes, SELF, and InStyle, and her research and academic publications in JAMA, the American Journal of Psychiatry, and elsewhere. She is also working on a book about healthcare worker mental health with Simon Element. She works clinically as an outpatient psychiatrist and primarily sees faculty, college and graduate students, as well as staff, and hospital employees. She has spoken at major national and international meetings and at grand rounds around the United States. She teaches and mentors faculty, both in and outside of psychiatry, students, and trainees.

Dr. Gold is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.A. and M.S. in Anthropology, in addition to being a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and Phi Beta Kappa. She also completed her medical degree at the Yale School of Medicine and her residency training in Adult Psychiatry at Stanford University, where she served as chief resident from 2017-2018. She has received numerous awards and accolades for her contributions in the areas of mental health and psychiatry.

She is a nationally recognized expert on:

• Mental health and burnout among healthcare workers, particularly during the pandemic
• College mental health
• Mental health advocacy using writing for the popular press and other forms of media, including social media
• The overlap between pop culture and mental health, including celebrity mental health and self-disclosure

Dr. Gold speaks about these and other adjacent mental health topics at national and international conferences, regularly participates in interviews for news outlets in all forms of media, and consults for publishing and media. She can be found on twitter and instagram at @drjessigold.

Sub-specialties:
Youth mental health
Burnout
Healthcare workers
Coping Skills
Therapy