Dr. Sarah Wakefield
Sarah Mallard Wakefield, M.D., serves as the chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). She is a fellowship trained child and adolescent and forensic psychiatrist, and she is a member of the American Psychiatry Association (APA), the American Academy is Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) and much more.
In recent years, Dr. Wakefield's work has revolved around relational psychiatry. She has given presentations regarding children's mental health, perinatal mental health and juvenile justice. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry.