Larissa A. McGarrity, PhD

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  • Larissa A. McGarrity, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation where she provides behavioral health services to inpatients at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital as well as patients seen by the Comprehensive Weight Management Clinic. Dr. McGarrity's research has focused broadly on clinical health psychology/behavioral medicine at the intersection of mental and physical health. Research areas include health disparities – better understanding how psychosocial risk and resilience, stigma and discrimination, and socioeconomic factors impact mental and physical health for marginalized groups - and psychosocial risk and resilience in weight management and among patients before and after bariatric surgery.

    Dr. McGarrity is the Associate Section Chief of PM&R Psychology, the Ambulatory Operation Lead of PM&R Bariatric PSychology, and the Director of the Health (Bariatric) Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. As the Director of the Health (Bariatric) Postdoctoral Fellowship, she supervises trainees in performing presurgical psychological bariatric evaluations and also provides services for individuals struggling to adjust to the significant behavioral, emotional, and interpersonal changes that can occur post-surgically.

    Dr. McGarrity's services are available by referral only. She is not taking new patients at this time.

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  • Larissa A. McGarrity, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation where she provides behavioral health services to inpatients at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital as well as patients seen by the Comprehensive Weight Management Clinic. Dr. McGarrity's research has focused broadly on clinical health psychology/behavioral medicine at the intersection of mental and physical health. Research areas include health disparities – better understanding how psychosocial risk and resilience, stigma and discrimination, and socioeconomic factors impact mental and physical health for marginalized groups - and psychosocial risk and resilience in weight management and among patients before and after bariatric surgery.

    Dr. McGarrity is the Associate Section Chief of PM&R Psychology, the Ambulatory Operation Lead of PM&R Bariatric PSychology, and the Director of the Health (Bariatric) Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. As the Director of the Health (Bariatric) Postdoctoral Fellowship, she supervises trainees in performing presurgical psychological bariatric evaluations and also provides services for individuals struggling to adjust to the significant behavioral, emotional, and interpersonal changes that can occur post-surgically.

    Dr. McGarrity's services are available by referral only. She is not taking new patients at this time.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments -Primary
    Academic Divisions

    Education history

    Postdoctoral Fellowship Clinical Psychology, Rehabilitation Psychology - University of Utah School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow
    Clinical Psychology, APA Accredited, Behavioral Medicine Track - Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Intern
    Doctoral Training Clinical Psychology, Specialization: Health - University of Utah M.S., Ph.D.
    Major: Psychology; Minor: Sociology - University of Texas at Austin B.A. (Hons)