Bio

Dr. Trishna Narula is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where she provides psychiatric care across inpatient, emergency, and outpatient settings and teaches and supervises medical students and residents. She serves patients through Stanford’s Women’s Wellness Clinic, Adult ADHD Assessment Clinic, and Centerspace Clinic, where she is the founding and leading psychiatrist of Stanford’s innovative clinical program focused on South Asian mental health. She also provides psychiatric care to a diverse Medicaid population through Momentum for Health, a nonprofit community mental health organization. Dr. Narula’s clinical practice integrates evidence-based psychopharmacology with psychodynamic psychotherapy, for which she has completed additional advanced training. Her professional interests also include public health, mental health policy, and advocacy, and she currently serves as a Councilor for the Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS).

Clinical Focus

  • Cultural Psychiatry
  • Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic
  • Women's Health
  • Health Policy
  • Psychiatry

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (2025)
  • Residency: Stanford University Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (2025) CA
  • Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine (2021) CA
  • Residency, Stanford University, Psychiatry
  • MD, Stanford University
  • MPH, Emory University, Epidemiology & Maternal/Child Health
  • BA, Rice University, Psychology & Global Health

Contact

  • Clinical (Primary)  Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic in Palo Alto 401 Quarry Rd MC 5723 Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 724-9900 (fax)

Additional Clinical Info

All Publications

  • Electronic Health Records and the Frequency of Diagnostic Test Orders AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE Hakim, I., Hathi, S., Nair, A., Narula, T., Bhattacharya, J. 2017; 23 (1): E16-?

    Abstract

    To determine whether electronic health record (EHR) access influences the number of laboratory and imaging tests ordered, which is a frequently cited mechanism for EHR-enabled cost savings.We analyzed data on non-federally employed office-based physicians from the 2008 to 2012 Electronic Health Medical Records Survey, a supplement to the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.We estimated logistic regressions to determine the relationship between EHR utilization and the volume of laboratory and imaging tests ordered in our study population, controlling for age, sex, race, clinic type, payer type, health status, comorbidities, and new patients.Physicians who actively used an EHR system ordered more complete blood count (CBC) tests than physicians who did not (odds ratio [OR], 1.34; P <.001), even after adjusting for patient demographics, health status, and case mix. EHR-using physicians also ordered more computerized tomography scans (OR, 1.41; P <.001) and x-rays (OR, 1.39; P <.001); the difference for magnetic resonance imaging scans was not significant (OR, 1.08; P = .449). Subgroup analysis highlighted differences in ordering among various patient cohorts.Using the most recent available nationally representative data, excluding federal and Veterans Affairs' hospitals, we found that physicians with EHR access ordered more tests than their non-EHR counterparts, thus contradicting a common rationale for EHR implementation. We argue that EHR use may actually increase healthcare expenditures by facilitating the ease of ordering tests. Whether these extra tests carry clinical utility requires further analysis.

    View details for Web of Science ID 000392952800003

    View details for PubMedID 28141935

  • The Role of Age and Gender Bias Among Medical Students in the Evaluation of Constipation in Elderly Women Ramprasad, C., Narula, T., Corrington, A., Hebl, M. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. 2016: S251–S252

    View details for DOI 10.14309/00000434-201610001-00552

    View details for Web of Science ID 000395764600545