Paul R. Puri, MD
Psychiatrist & UCLA Assistant Clinical Professor
Paul R. Puri, MD
Psychiatrist & UCLA Assistant Clinical Professor
About me
Dr. Paul R. Puri is a board-certified psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA, and award-winning educator whose career spans medicine, media, and mental health innovation.
With advanced training in over ten psychotherapies and deep expertise in psychopharmacology, he champions personalized, integrative care across diverse clinical settings from academic hospitals to street medicine. He is the founder of WellDAO, a mental health tech startup reimagining access to care, and previously co-founded OOTify and created one of the first iPhone mental health apps, PsychDx.
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