Rachel A. Weir, MD

Languages Spoken: English

As a primary career focus, Dr. Weir is committed to increasing the accessibility of mental health treatment through finding innovative ways to provide care in primary care and other medical settings. She is the program director and supervisor for the Mental Health Integration program through the Department of Psychiatry. This rotation places psychiatry residents in the University Community Clinics where they work as part of a team to improve the mental health of clinic populations. In the downtown location, she sees patients for consultation for their primary care providers in the UNI Consultation Clinic, which offers patients and providers access to a psychiatric evaluation in a timely manner. She is a cofounder of GATE Utah, an online consultation system working towards improving primary care and psychiatry collaboration. She is interested in expanding innovation in psychiatry through the use of technology and team based care.

Clinically, she holds an interest in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and treating patients who have experienced abuse or other traumatic events. She focuses on enhancing resiliency as a critical aspect of recovery. She has volunteered as a consulting psychiatrist in a primary care clinic for Utah's refugee population and has worked at Utah Health and Human Rights. She also serves as a consultant for the Utah Department of Health, advising on the screening and treatment of mental health issues in refugees.

As a primary career focus, Dr. Weir is committed to increasing the accessibility of mental health treatment through finding innovative ways to provide care in primary care and other medical settings. She is the program director and supervisor for the Mental Health Integration program through the Department of Psychiatry. This rotation places psychiatry residents in the University Community Clinics where they work as part of a team to improve the mental health of clinic populations. She is a cofounder of GATE Utah, an online consultation system working towards improving primary care and psychiatry collaboration. She is interested in expanding innovation in psychiatry through the use of technology and team based care. She has completed training through the American Psychiatric Association in collaborative care and other mental health integration models, and runs a monthly lecture series on Mental Health Integration for the third year psychiatry residents.