Gillian L. Sowden, MD

Gillian Sowden, MD, is a licensed psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Dr. Sowden’s clinical interests include adult psychopharmacology for mood, anxiety, personality, eating and trauma related disorders, substance abuse and women’s mental health. She also has expertise in providing psychodynamic therapy. 

Dr. Sowden has special interest in medical student education and previously taught medical students at Harvard Medical School. Currently she is supervising and teaching psychiatry residents at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Research interests have included collaborative care for patients with depression and heart disease, and simulation training for psychiatry residents. 

Dr. Sowden graduated from Williams College, summa cum laude, with a BA in Biology & Biochemistry. She graduated magna cum laude from the Harvard Medical School and did her residency in Adult Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.