Shaili Jain, M.D.

Shaili Jain, MD, is an internationally recognized psychiatrist and PTSD specialist who currently serves as the Medical Director for Integrated Care at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. She is a trauma scientist with the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, a consortium which is widely regarded as the world's leading center of excellence on PTSD, and a Clinical Associate Professor affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Dr. Jain’s PTSD research has been published in some of the most prestigious medical journals, such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, Psychiatric Services and the Journal of Traumatic Stress, in addition to being featured in national publications such as The New York Times.

She is also a leader in communicating to the public about trauma and PTSD. Her posts for her Psychology Today PTSD Blog, “In the Aftermath of Trauma” have been viewed over 200,000 times. Her acclaimed debut non-fiction trade book, The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science (Harper, 2019) is a textured portrait of this widely misunderstood yet crushing condition that afflicts millions. Her essays and commentary about trauma and PTSD have also appeared on the BBC, CNN, STAT, Newsweek, TEDx, public radio and elsewhere.

Expertise: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder