Amy Rasmussen, MD
Biography
Dr. Amy Rasmussen completed psychiatry residency at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. She is a 2017 graduate of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University where she received the Christopher Benedick Psychiatry Award, the AACAP Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, and the Warren Alpert Medical School Summer Research Assistantship. Dr. Rasmussen was also a co-leader of the Klingenstein Foundation Child Psychiatry SIG and The Adolescent Leadership Council (TALC) during medical school. Dr. Rasmussen was extensively involved with education and clinical research during residency. She presented posters at several national meetings and led the development of a certification course for clozapine for her training program. Dr. Rasmussen was the Chief Resident for Ambulatory Services at UPMC and managed the administrative concerns of over 30 residents including helping to transition the outpatient services to telehealth at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.