
Languages Spoken: English
Kristina Purganan, DO, Assistant Professor (Clinical), earned her medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. She completed her Psychiatry residency at the University of Cincinnati where she served as inpatient chief resident and then went on to pursue a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati VA Medical Center. She also completed an ECT fellowship at Duke University. Dr. Purganan is dually board-certified in Adult Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry by the ABPN.
After completing her training, she stayed on at the University of Cincinnati as an inpatient attending on the geriatric psychiatry unit, consultation & liaison, and ECT services. Prior to joining our faculty, she moved back to her hometown of Seattle, WA and worked at CHI-Franciscan Health to develop and implement the collaborative care model in their outpatient clinics. Dr. Purganan is delighted to be a part of the Psychiatry department and the clinical faculty at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute.
Dr. Purganan serves as Medical Director of the Geriatric Psychiatric Clinic where she provides evaluation, consultation, and treatment for older adults with a variety of mental health concerns including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and dementia. She started the clinic to address the expanding needs of the aging community and the lack of effective mental health care available to older adults that takes into consideration their unique physical, emotional, and social needs. She enjoys working with patients with complex neurological and medical co-morbidities. Dr. Purganan also sees older adults at the Neurobehavior HOME Program, providing psychiatric care to aging patients with cognitive, intellectual, and/or social functioning impairments resulting from neurodevelopmental problems such as genetic disorders, birth trauma, autism spectrum disorders, and brain injuries.
Her academic interests include psychopharmacologic treatments in the elderly, neuropsychiatry of dementia, increasing access to mental health care, improving quality of dementia care for patients and their caregivers, women and minority mental health, advocacy and education.
Clinical Locations
801-581-5515
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Adult Psychiatry |
Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Geriatric) |
Kristina Purganan, DO, Assistant Professor (Clinical), earned her medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. She completed her Psychiatry residency at the University of Cincinnati where she served as inpatient chief resident and then went on to pursue a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati VA Medical Center. She also completed an ECT fellowship at Duke University. Dr. Purganan is dually board-certified in Adult Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry by the ABPN.
After completing her training, she stayed on at the University of Cincinnati as an inpatient attending on the geriatric psychiatry unit, consultation & liaison, and ECT services. Prior to joining our faculty, she moved back to her hometown of Seattle, WA and worked at CHI-Franciscan Health to develop and implement the collaborative care model in their outpatient clinics. Dr. Purganan is delighted to be a part of the Psychiatry department and the clinical faculty at the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute.
Dr. Purganan serves as Medical Director of the Geriatric Psychiatric Clinic where she provides evaluation, consultation, and treatment for older adults with a variety of mental health concerns including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and dementia. She started the clinic to address the expanding needs of the aging community and the lack of effective mental health care available to older adults that takes into consideration their unique physical, emotional, and social needs. She enjoys working with patients with complex neurological and medical co-morbidities. Dr. Purganan also sees older adults at the Neurobehavior HOME Program, providing psychiatric care to aging patients with cognitive, intellectual, and/or social functioning impairments resulting from neurodevelopmental problems such as genetic disorders, birth trauma, autism spectrum disorders, and brain injuries.
Her academic interests include psychopharmacologic treatments in the elderly, neuropsychiatry of dementia, increasing access to mental health care, improving quality of dementia care for patients and their caregivers, women and minority mental health, advocacy and education.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Psychiatry
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Adult Psychiatry |
Board Certification | American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry) American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Geriatric) |
Research Interests
- Geriatric Psychiatry
Education History
Fellowship | Duke University School of Medicine Electroconvulsive Therapy Fellow, 2015 |
Fellowship | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine/Cincinnati VA Medical Center Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow, 2014 |
Chief Resident | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience Chief Resident, 2013 |
Residency | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience Resident, 2012 |
Professional Medical | Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Osteopathic Medicine D.O., 2009 |
Graduate Training | Northwestern University Graduate Studies in Neurobiology & Physiology , 2003 |
Undergraduate | University of Washington Major: Psychology; Minor: Chemistry B.A., 1999 |
Undergraduate | University of Washington Cell & Molecular Biology B.S., 1999 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Purganan K, White C, Mossman D (2011). “Boxed in” or “boxed out”? Prescribing atypicals in dementia. Curr Psychiatr, 10(3), 77-80.
- Tsuang DW, Riekse RG, Purganan KM, David AC, Montine TJ, Schellenberg GD, Stenbart EF, Petrie EC, Bird TD, Leverenz JB (2006). Lewy body pathology in late-onset familial Alzheimer's disease: a clinicopathological case series. . J Alzheimers Dis, 9(3), 235-42.
- Craft S, Asthana S, Cook DG, Baker LD, Cherrier M, Purganan K, Wait C, Petrov A, Latendresse S, Watson GS, Newcomer JW, Schellenberg GD, Krohn AJ (2003). Insulin dose-response effects on memory and plasma amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer's disease: Interactions with apolipoprotein E genotype. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 28(6), 809-22.
- Watson GS, Peskind ER, Asthana S, Purganan K, Wait C, Chapman D, Schwartz MW, Plymate S, Craft S (2003). Insulin increase CSF Abeta42 levels in normal older adults. . Neurology, 60(12), 1899-903.