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Chris Pagnani, MD is a Psychiatrist with offices in Philadelphia, Manhattan and Wilmington, DE offering Psychiatric Evaluations and Medication Management. He provides in-office and Virtual Telehealth Psychiatric Appointments for Anxiety Treatment, Depression Treatment, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD Medication Management and other Mental Health Conditions, including Substance Use Disorders.
Chris Pagnani, MD is an Instructor at The Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine, he supervises psychiatric residents at Jefferson Hospital, he is the Medical Director of Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates and a private practice psychiatrist licensed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Florida, California and the US Virgin Islands for Virtual Psychiatric Telehealth appointments. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Pagnani has been recognized as a best local psychiatrist and “Top Doc” for his treatment of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and ADHD annually since 2020. He has been interviewed on Good Day Philadelphia providing expert commentary regarding depression treatment and medication management, and is frequently interviewed by local and national press regarding psychiatric conditions, their treatment and mental health news.
Conditions treated include Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Mood Disorder Treatment, Adult ADHD and Substance Use Disorder Treatment (alcohol and opiate use disorders).
Dr. Pagnani believes in evidenced-based, holistic and thorough psychiatric care. Initial evaluations are 60 or 90-minutes in length. He also offers 2-3 hour comprehensive evaluations with reports. He believes that it is vital for psychiatric providers to take a patient’s illness, personality and temperament, life story (and any history of traumas), current stressors and behaviors into account, when formulating a psychiatric diagnosis and treatment plan. He believes that providers must be thoughtful, thorough and conscientious about their prescribing, and he always aims to utilize the fewest number of medications, at the lowest effective doses, with minimal side effects for his patients.
While medication management is a component of most of his patient’s treatment plans, he additionally has expertise in tapering patients off of psychiatric medications (such as SSRIs, SNRIs, benzodiazepines, sleep medications, buprenorphine and others) when they are not effective, or causing more harm than good.
Patients may schedule through either Chris Pagnani MD PC or Rittenhouse Psychiatric Associates.