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Szigethy, Eva

Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD

Director, Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology; The Lois C. Orr Endowed Chair in Pediatric Psychiatry

Gender: Female

Practices/Specialties: Psychology and Psychiatry

Primary Location:
Practicing in Akron and 1 other locations |


Appointments: 330-543-5015

ALL LOCATIONS:

Akron Children's Behavioral Health, Akron
Considine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 2
Akron, Ohio 44308
Fax: 330-543-3856
Map & directions

Appointments: 330-543-5015

Akron Children's Sports Health at The University of Akron
Stile Athletics Field House
254 Spicer St.
Akron, Ohio 44304
Map & directions

Appointments: 330-543-2778

Meet Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD

Dr. Szigethy joined Akron Children’s as the Director of Pediatric Psychology and Psychiatry in 2023. She earned her medical degree from the University of Rochester, Rochester, Minn. and her PhD in neuroanatomy from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She completed residencies in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a residency in child and adolescent psychiatry at Harvard University. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry (AAPDP), the American Psychosomatic Society (APS), the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA), the Advances in IBD Steering Committee (AIBD), the Crohn’s and Colitis UK Steering Committee, the Medical Traumatic Stress in Chronic Illness Steering Committee, the Rome V “Centrally Mediated Pain Syndrome” Committee and fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). 

Education & Affiliations

Medical School:

University of Rochester, Rochester, MN

Residency:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA & Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Fellowship:

Neuropsychology: Princeton University & John Carroll University

Board Certifications:

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Associations:

  • American Psychiatric Association (APA) 
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
  • Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
  • American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
  • American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry (AAPDP)
  • American Psychosomatic Society (APS)
  • American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Fellow status
  • American Gastroenterology Association (AGA)
  • Advances in IBD Steering Committee Member (AIBD)
  • Crohn’s and Colitis UK Steering Committee Member
  • Medical Traumatic Stress in Chronic Illness Steering Committee Member
  • Rome V “Centrally Mediated Pain Syndrome” Committee Member

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