Bio

Dr. Dany Lamothe is a board-certified, fellowship-trained psychiatrist with Stanford Health Care Gastrointestinal Behavioral Medicine. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the lead psychiatrist in the Gastrointestinal Behavioral Medicine Program and the medical director of psychiatric emergency services at Stanford Health Care. In addition, Dr. Lamothe is a supervisor of the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic.

Dr. Lamothe specializes in addressing emotional, behavioral, and psychological factors that contribute to persistent gastrointestinal symptoms. He uses evidence-based therapies and medication management to help improve his patients’ quality of life.

Dr. Lamothe’s research interests include health anxiety, nutritional support outcomes in patients with gastroparesis, and integrative care models for disorders of gut-brain interaction.

Dr. Lamothe has published his research in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, the Canadian Journal of Bioethics, and General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He has also presented his research at international, national, and regional meetings, including the annual meetings of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP), and the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM).

Dr. Lamothe is a member of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, the ACLP, the APA, the Canadian Psychiatric Association, the EAPM, the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (IEDTA), and the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (SBSM).

Clinical Focus

  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Medical Director, Psychiatry Emergency Service, Stanford Health Care (2022 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic Teachers’ Academy, American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) (2026)
  • Early Career Researcher Mentee Award, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) (2025)
  • AAEP Rising Scholars Fellowship, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (2025)
  • Developing Investigator Program, Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (SBSM) (2025)
  • Developing Scholarship and Research Colloquium - Primary Clinicians Engaged in Research Track, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) (2024)
  • Dre Rachel Bujold Award, Best Quality Assessment Project (Université de Sherbrooke)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Member, ACLP (2020 - Present)
  • Member, American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (2021 - Present)
  • Member, American Psychiatric Association (2015 - Present)
  • Member, Canadian Psychiatric Association (2014 - Present)
  • Member, European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (2021 - Present)
  • Member, International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (2021 - Present)
  • Member, Persistent Somatic Symptoms Special Interest Group, International Society of Behavioral Medicine (2023 - Present)
  • Member, SBSM (2021 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Consultation-Liason Psychiatry (2023)
  • Board Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), Psychiatry (2021)
  • Board Certification: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Psychiatry (2019)
  • Fellowship: Stanford University Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship (2021) CA
  • Residency: University of Sherbrooke (2019) Canada
  • M.A, King's College London, Philosophy of Medicine & Psychiatry (2020)
  • Medical Education: Universite Laval (2014) Canada

Contact

  • Academic
    dlamothe@stanford.edu
    Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Position: Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Clinical (Primary)  Psychiatry 401 Quarry Rd Ste 2114 MC 5723 Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 724-9900 (fax)

Additional Clinical Info

Additional Info

All Publications

  • Rectal Prolapse Repair Improves Bowel Symptoms in Women With Psychiatric Disorders: A Cohort Analysis of a Single-Center Registry. Diseases of the colon and rectum Rajasingh, C. M., Earley, M., Akeel, N., Bungo, C., Au Hoy, S., Lamothe, D., Neshatian, L., Gurland, B. H. 2025

    Abstract

    Psychiatric disorders are prevalent in patients with rectal prolapse. While psychiatric disorders are associated with poor surgical outcomes and worse health in general, it is unknown how they impact rectal prolapse repair.To determine rectal prolapse symptom severity in patients with psychiatric disorders and how surgical repair modified these symptoms.Retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database.Academic colorectal practice.Female patients with and without psychiatric comorbidities who underwent rectal prolapse repair with preoperative and 1-year postoperative Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20) scores.One-year change in PFDI-20 score.Of 365 female patients in our registry, 146 met inclusion criteria. 54 (36%) had a psychiatric disorder. Depression (66%) and anxiety (44%) were the most prevalent conditions. Patients with a psychiatric disorder were significantly younger (median [IQR] age: 61 [48, 67] vs. 70 [60,77], p<0.001) but otherwise had a similar prevalence of comorbidities such as cardiac disease. Preoperative symptom profile was similar, but patients with psychiatric disorders reported higher PFDI-20 scores reflecting greater prolapse-related distress (mean [SD]: 146 [70] vs 115 [55], p = 0.01). Postoperatively, PFDI-20 scores improved significantly in both groups (adjusted mean change from baseline for patients with rectal prolapse repair: psychiatric disorders: -88 [-130, -47] vs. no psychiatric disorders: -44 [-68, -19]). Models did not reveal statistically significant differential improvement between groups, though patients with psychiatric disorders tended to have greater improvement in their scores compared to patients without psychiatric disorders.Single-center study with limited data on psychiatric comorbidity severity and disease control.Rectal prolapse patients with psychiatric disorders suffer from prolapse-related distress at baseline but experience significant improvement after surgical repair, suggesting that appropriate management of rectal prolapse can improve their quality of life. Long-term durability of symptom improvement should be the focus of further work. See Video Abstract.

    View details for DOI 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003964

    View details for PubMedID 40970548

  • The Policy Landscape for Armed Personnel in Health Care Facilities: A Preliminary Scoping Review of State Policies Priest, K., Lamothe, D. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. 2023: S80-S81

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jaclp.2023.11.633

    View details for Web of Science ID 001161339100153

  • An Opened Space for The Elaboration of the Suffering of the Caregiver: ReFLections on the Training Course in Ethics at the University of Sherbrooke (French) Lamothe , D., Bergeron , B., Hassoun , J., Roy-Desruisseaux, . Can. J. Bioeth. 2020
  • Conceptual and ethical problems in screening for major depressive disorder DEVELOPMENTS IN NEUROETHICS AND BIOETHICS, VOL 2: MENTAL HEALTH AS PUBLIC HEALTH: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON THE ETHICS OF PREVENTION Lamothe, D., Gupta, M. edited by Cratsley, K., Radden, J. 2019: 145-165

    View details for DOI 10.1016/bs.dnb.2019.05.002

    View details for Web of Science ID 000631377700008

  • The Support of the Subject in a World of Globalization: Narrative and Discussion Around a Clinical Case (French) Lamothe, D., Duchesne, A. Correspondances, The Magazine of the Freudian School of Québec, vol 20, no 1. 2019
  • Psychiatry and Globalisation: a Resident's Perspective (French) ). Correspondances, The Magazine of the Freudian School of Québec, vol 19, no 1, December B.-Duchesne, A., Pham Thi Desmarteau, S., Lamothe, D. 2018
  • Huge malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura. General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Arab, W. A., Lamoth, D., Echavé, V., Rizcallah, E., Sirois, M. 2012; 60 (6): 397-400

    Abstract

    Solitary fibrous pleural tumors are rare mesenchymal tumors that can be mistaken for mesothelioma. A positive staining of vimentin, negative staining of cytoplasmic keratin, and expression of the CD34 antigen can confirm their diagnosis. These tumors should be surgically excised although they are benign because they have malignant potential and tendency for recurrence.We present here a 63-year-old patient who had an inconclusive biopsy of a huge right intrathoracic lesion. Further testing after radical surgical resection revealed a malignant solitary fibrous pleural tumor. Surgery was complicated with injury of the thoracic duct. Patient was re-operated upon for ligation of the thoracic duct. He is doing well with no recurrence after 18 months of follow-up.In conclusion, definitive treatment for solitary fibrous tumor is radical surgical resection with close follow-up for the recurrences. Follow-up of this tumor is essential especially when it showed malignant features on pathological examination.

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11748-012-0014-6

    View details for PubMedID 22566249

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