Christian S. Monsalve, M.D.

Christian S. Monsalve, M.D.

Christian S. Monsalve, M.D.

Dr. Monsalve is a board-certified psychiatrist whose approach emphasizes careful evaluation, diagnostic clarity, and measured treatment planning. Care begins with understanding and proceeds deliberately—medication is used when likely to help and avoided when it is not. The practice is intentionally kept small to preserve depth of care, clinical continuity, and direct physician involvement.

Dr. Monsalve is a board-certified psychiatrist whose approach emphasizes careful evaluation, diagnostic clarity, and measured treatment planning. Care begins with understanding and proceeds deliberately—medication is used when likely to help and avoided when it is not. The practice is intentionally kept small to preserve depth of care, clinical continuity, and direct physician involvement.

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Board-Certified Psychiatrist • Consultant to ABC News Medical Unit • International academic and advisory involvement with recognized contributions in ethics, psychotherapy and global health

Board-Certified Psychiatrist • Consultant to ABC News Medical Unit • International academic and advisory involvement with recognized contributions in ethics, psychotherapy and global health

Board-Certified Psychiatrist

Consultant to ABC News

Medical Unit

International academic and advisory involvement, with recognized contributions in ethics, psychotherapy and global health

Thoughtful Psychiatry for Those Seeking Careful Treatment

Thoughtful Psychiatry for Those Seeking Careful Treatment

Grounded in research, clinical judgment, and respect for complexity.

Grounded in research, clinical judgment, and respect for complexity.

Careful Evaluation

Careful Evaluation

Careful Evaluation

Time is devoted to understanding the full clinical picture before making recommendations.

Time is devoted to understanding the full clinical picture before making recommendations.

Measured Treatment

Measured Treatment

Measured Treatment

Treatment proceeds deliberately—medication is used when likely to help and avoided when it is not.

Continuity and Discretion

Continuity and Discretion

Continuity and Discretion

The practice is intentionally kept small to support continuity of care and direct physician involvement.

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Evidence Led Clinical Precision

Evidence Led Clinical Precision

Evidence Led Clinical Precision

Care grounded in international clinical standards, advanced diagnostics, and disciplined medical judgment—applied with discernment rather than protocol.

Comprehensive Psychiatric Assessment

Comprehensive Psychiatric Assessment

Comprehensive Psychiatric Assessment

Care considers biological, psychological, and life-context factors not symptoms alone to guide thoughtful treatment planning.

“Dr. Monsalve brings a level of thoughtfulness and clinical rigor that is rare in modern psychiatry.”

“Dr. Monsalve brings a level of thoughtfulness and clinical rigor that is rare in modern psychiatry.”

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Curriculum Vitae:

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Curriculum Vitae:

Education

- Fellowship in Functional & Integrative Psychiatry.
- Psychiatry Residency, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Psychotherapy Concentration.
- Doctor of Medicine, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.
- Bachelor of Arts, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, Major: Philosophy. Minor: Biological Sciences. Full academic merit scholarship.
- Regis High School, New York, NY. Elected graduation speaker; Full academic merit scholarship.

Clinical Experience

2025 – Present

Founder & Medical Director, Verigrate Health

2021 – 2025

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Clinical care across diverse academic, federal, county, pediatric, and specialty settings.

Board Certification

- Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. 2025 - Present.

Select Honors & Awards

- PULSES: Clinical TMS Society International Certification Course (2025). TMS training scholarship. San Diego
- Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators (2025). NIDA/SOBP/ACNP/APA Foundation-funded
- 6th Annual Austen Riggs Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy
- 27th World Congress of IACAPAP, International Scientific Advisory Board (2024–2026), Hamburg, Germany
- American Psychoanalytic Association, Fellow (2024–2025)
- 26th World Congress of IACAPAP, Best Oral Presentation (2024), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- APA/APAF Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow (2023–2025)
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Educational Outreach Program Award (2023)
- Leonine Fellow, New York
- American Academy of Neurology, Medical Student Experience at the Annual Meeting Scholarship
- Duke University, Arete Medical Ethics Summer Seminar
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Summer Research Trainee Program
- NHHF-UHF, Scholar
- Fordham University, Full Tuition Academic Merit Scholarship, New York City
- Phi Sigma Tau, the International Honor Society in Philosophy
- Regis High School, Elected Graduation Speaker by Peers, New York City
- Regis High School, Full Tuition Academic Merit Scholarship, New York City.
- Multiple other national awards, leadership fellowships, and scholarships

Select Honors & Awards

- PULSES: Clinical TMS Society International Certification Course (2025). TMS training scholarship. San Diego
- Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators (2025). NIDA/SOBP/ACNP/APA Foundation-funded
- 6th Annual Austen Riggs Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy
- 27th World Congress of IACAPAP, International Scientific Advisory Board (2024–2026), Hamburg, Germany
- American Psychoanalytic Association, Fellow (2024–2025)
- 26th World Congress of IACAPAP, Best Oral Presentation (2024), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- APA/APAF Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow (2023–2025)
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Educational Outreach Program Award (2023)
- Leonine Fellow, New York
- American Academy of Neurology, Medical Student Experience at the Annual Meeting Scholarship
- Duke University, Arete Medical Ethics Summer Seminar
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Summer Research Trainee Program
- NHHF-UHF, Scholar
- Fordham University, Full Tuition Academic Merit Scholarship, New York City
- Phi Sigma Tau, the International Honor Society in Philosophy
- Regis High School, Elected Graduation Speaker by Peers, New York City
- Regis High School, Full Tuition Academic Merit Scholarship, New York City.
- Multiple other national awards, leadership fellowships, and scholarships

Select Professional Affiliations

- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Philosophical Practitioners Association
- American Psychiatric Association (APA)
- American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA)
- American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
- Clinical TMS Society
- International Society for Sports Psychiatry

Select Peer-Reviewed Publications

- Monsalve CS. Psychotherapy, Spanish, and Hispanic Patients with Limited English Proficiency. American Journal of Psychotherapy. 2021 Aug 1;74(3):135-137. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20200044. Epub 2021 May 3. PMID: 33934613.
- Monsalve CS. Why Spanish Matters. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. February 1 2021; 60 (2): 207-208. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.10.021. Epub 2020 Nov 12. PMID: 33189875.
- Honselmann KC, Finetti P, Birnbaum DJ, Monsalve CS, et al. Neoplastic-Stromal Cell Cross-talk Regulates Matrisome Expression in Pancreatic Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 2020 Dec;18(12):1889-1902. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-20-0439. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID: 32873625.

Select Scientific Presentations

- 17th World Congress on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- 11th Congress of the European Academy of Pediatric Societies, Lisbon, Portugal.
- 25th World Congress of Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic.
- 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Los Angeles, CA. 
- 24th World Psychiatric Association World Congress of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico.
- 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Miami, FL.
- 93rd Annual Education Conference of of the Catholic Medical Association, Orlando, FL.
- 26th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
- 70th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Austin, TX.
- 23rd World Psychiatric Association World Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria.
- 2023 Annual Meeting at the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, CA.
- 2023 Conference on Medicine and Religion, Columbus, OH.
- 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, New Orleans, LA.
- 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Virtual.
- 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Virtual.
- 2019 New England Science Symposium, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
- 2018 Orthopedic Surgery Summer Externship Program, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, NY.
- 2018 New England Science Symposium, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
- 2017 Summer Research Trainee Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Select Popular Publications

- Monsalve CS (2025, Sept 4). LSD shows early promise as a potential anxiety treatment. ABC News.
- Monsalve CS (2025, Aug 12). Autism diagnoses happening early for boys but many girls still wait years, study finds. ABC News.
- Monsalve CS (2025, July 6). Letter to the Editor: Op-ed omits key facts. Dallas Morning News (Dallas).
- Monsalve CS, (2020, May 6) La Importancia del Español (The Importance of Spanish). El Diario (New York). Vol. 107.
- Levounis, P, Zerbo, E, (et al including Monsalve, CS, contributing author) (2020, September). Ward Wisdom: Psychiatry Questions for Medical Students, Written by Medical Students, 4th Edition. 

Select Teaching

- Monsalve, CS (2025, April 24) How Systematic Reviews can Serve Debates in Medicine: Lessons from Finland, Sweden & the United Kingdom. Presentation at the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians Resident Research Spotlight. 
- Monsalve, CS (2025, March 21) Systematic Reviews & Clinical Guidelines in Pediatric Gender Medicine. Presentation at the UT Southwestern Medical Center Clements University Hospital. 
- Monsalve, CS (2024, October 14) Euthanasia & Implications for Psychiatry. Presentation at the Psychiatry Department Parkland Consultation-Liaison Case Conference.
- Monsalve, CS (2024, June 5) Cannabis & Mood. Presentation at the Psychiatry Department Parkland Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic Case Conference. Virtual.
- Monsalve, CS(2024, April 24) Is There a Mismatch of Monolingual Spanish Speaking Patients & Bilingual Residents in the Parkland Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic? Presentation at the Psychiatry Department Parkland Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic Quality Improvement Presentation ay. Virtual.
- Monsalve, CS (2023, December 20) Exercise as Treatment for Depression and Anxiety. Presentation at the Psychiatry Department Parkland Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic Case Conference. Virtual.
- Monsalve, CS (2023, February 2) The Expansion of Euthanasia: Implications for Psychiatric Practice. Presentation at the Psychiatry Department Psychopharmacology Conference at the Dallas Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Virtual.
- Monsalve, CS (2022, April 28) Physician-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia & Eugenics: Psychiatric Considerations. Presentation at the Psychiatry Emergency Department Case Conference at Parkland Hospital.
- Monsalve, CS (2022, April 12) Religion & Mental Health: Considerations. Presentation at the Psychiatry Emergency Department Case Conference at Parkland Hospital.

Select Media Highlghts

- VanDewater, K. (2023, June 12) Euthanasia for Psychiatric Reasons Uncommon in Belgium, Netherlands. Healio.
- Alvarez, L. (2009, June 26) In Uncertain Times, Valedictorians Look Ahead. The New York Times.

Select Media Experience

- ABC News Medical Unit, Physician Consultant, New York, New York, 2025 - Present

Select Volunteering

- APA Council on Psychiatry & Law, Fellow Member (2024–2025)
- APA Ethics Committee, Fellow Member (2023–2024)
- Faith Fitness Ministry, Counseling Coordinator (2021-Present)
- Mentor to immigrant & underrepresented students (2013–present)

Languages

- English
- Spanish

Medical Licenses

- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.

Additional Information

Full CV available upon request

Private psychiatric consultation grounded in clarity, discretion, and continuity.

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Private psychiatric consultation grounded in clarity, discretion, and continuity.

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Private psychiatric consultation grounded in clarity, discretion, and continuity.

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Psychiatry in service of human flourishing

Private Offices
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© 2026 Verigrate Health
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Verigrate Health

Psychiatry in service of human flourishing

Private Offices
Dallas
5944 Luther Lane · Suite 406 · (214) 214-4355
New York
515 Madison Avenue · Suite 8180 · (212) 540-6808
Miami
1395 Brickell Avenue · Suite 800 · (800) 299-2833

Serving Patients In
Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Kansas · Maryland · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia · Washington · Washington, D.C. · Wisconsin

© 2025 Verigrate Health
Confidential · Secure · HIPAA-compliant

Verigrate Health

Psychiatry in service of human flourishing

Private Offices
Dallas
5944 Luther Lane · Suite 406 · (214) 214-4355
New York
515 Madison Avenue · Suite 8180 · (212) 540-6808
Miami
1395 Brickell Avenue · Suite 800 · (800) 299-2833

Serving Patients In
Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Kansas · Maryland · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia · Washington · Washington, D.C. · Wisconsin

© 2026 Verigrate Health
Confidential · Secure · HIPAA-compliant