Steve Koh, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. is HS Clinical Professor and Chief of General Psychiatry Division and Director of Community Psychiatry Program at University of California, San Diego. He is Board Certified in Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry and carries certification for Community Psychiatry from American Association of Community Psychiatry.

Dr. Koh graduated from Johns Hopkins University and medical school at UC San Diego. He received Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Masters in Business Administration from Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business. He finished his internship at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, general psychiatry residency at UC San Diego and geriatric psychiatry fellowship at UC San Diego.

At UCSD Department of Psychiatry, he is the Chair of the Compensation Committee, member of the Clinical Council, and oversees its Oncall, Clinical Training, Quality Improvement and Measurement Based Care initiatives. He also serves the wider UCSD community on the Interdisciplinary Practices Council. Dr. Koh has had research support and funding at Johns Hopkins Lipid Research Laboratories, Palo Alto VA Hospital, Intramural Program of NIH at National Institute of Aging, UC San Diego Dept of Psychiatry, Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence, San Diego Hospice and Institute for Palliative Care, and T-32 NIH program. He currently has grants and contract support from HCAI, HRSA, SAMHSA, San Diego County BHS, and Price Philanthropies.

Dr. Koh currently serves on Government Affairs Committee for California State Association of Psychiatrists, President-elect of San Diego County Medical Society, Member of Finance and Audit committee and Social Determinants of Health Committee member of American Psychiatric Association. He is Educational Committee Chair for the San Diego County Alzheimer’s Disease project and member of California Medical Association’s telehealth committee. Dr. Koh is Past President of the San Diego Psychiatric Society, Association of Korean American Psychiatrists, and Board of San Diego NAMI, and Past representative on the Board of American Psychiatric Association, and American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr Koh has been active on APA Council on Advocacy and Government Relations, Quality Improvement and Political Action Committees, and past Chair of APA Early Career Psychiatrists.

Education

• T32 National Institute of Health Geriatric Psychiatry Research Fellow
• Geriatric Psychiatry Clinical Fellow – University of California, San Diego
• Chief Resident VA Hospital San Diego – University of California, San Diego
• PGY-2, 3 – University of California, San Diego
• PGY-1 – Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
• University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine – MD
• The Johns Hopkins University
  • MBA –Carey School of Business
  • MPH – Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • BA – School of Arts and Sciences

Awards and Honors

• NAMI San Diego and Imperial County Program of the Year Award – UCSD Community Psychiatry Program (2022)
• 2022 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
• 2022 Inaugural Lecture for APA RFM Fellowship Program (2022)
• Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (2021)
• Top Doc – San Diego Magazine and San Diego Physician (2019)
• APA Assembly Mentorship Award, Area 6 (2017)
• AAMC Minority Faculty Development Travel Award (2014)
• Hartford Foundation Communications Leadership Travel Award (2014)
• Visionary Award – San Diego Psychiatric Society (2014)
• Ethel Ginsburg Fellow for Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (2011)
• UCSD Chairman’s Clinical Research Award (2010)
• UCSD Psychiatry Residency Teaching Excellence Award (2010)
• San Diego Psychiatric Society Resident / Early Career Psychiatrist Award (2010)