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Yelzaveta Sher, MD, FACLP (she/her/hers)

Stanford University School of Medicine

• Yelizaveta (Liza) Sher, MD received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley; majored in Molecular and Cell Biology with emphasis in Neuroscience.
• Received MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and was awarded the Olin Fellowship, for “female graduate students with exceptional professional promise.” and received several awards upon graduation.
• Completed Psychiatry Residency (including being a Chief resident) and Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine
• Currently a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in Division of Medical Psychiatry, at Stanford University School of Medicine
• Serves as a Director of Psychological and Psychiatric Services at Stanford Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center
• Consultant to Lung Transplantation Program; ICU Psychiatry Attending
• Dr. Sher has been a Stanford co-PI on a multi-site study on cystic fibrosis (CF)-specific Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with the lead site MGH and funded by CF Foundation and is currently involved in another CF Foundation study on disseminating CF-CBT to mental health providers across the US CF centers.
• In addition to a number of publications and conference presentations, Dr. Sher co-edited 5 books: Psychosocial Care of End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients; Facing Cystic Fibrosis: Guide for Patients and Their Families ; Facing Transplantation ; Facing COVID-19 ; and Transplant Psychiatry: A Case-Based Approach.
• She has been recognized for her clinical innovation with The Annual Chairman's Award from Stanford Department of Psychiatry and for her teaching with the Best Teacher Award by the Graduating Psychiatry Residency Class. She has been recognized for her national clinical expertise by being elected to Academy of Consultation Liaison Fellowship and awarded the 2021 Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute (CFRI) Professional of the Year Award.
• Dr. Sher currently serves as Deputy Chief, Division of Medical Psychiatry, Medical Director of Transplant Psychiatry, and Medical Director of the CLP – Evaluation and Continuity Clinic.

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