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Jeremy Hirst

Title	Associate Clinical Professor
School	University of California, San Diego
Department	Psychiatry
Address	9500 Gilman Drive #0658 CA La Jolla 92093
Phone	858-822-5381
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Biography

Dr. Hirst is a board-certified psychiatrist. As part of Patient & Family Support Services at Moores Cancer Center, he treats people who may be experiencing depression, anxiety, insomnia or other psychiatric symptoms that are either a result of the cancer experience or are interfering with cancer treatment. He can provide psychiatric assessments, treatment and medication management.

Dr. Hirst is also part of UC San Diego’s interdisciplinary palliative care team. He focuses on improving the quality of life of patients with cancer and other complex illnesses by providing patients and families with relief from psychiatric, psychological, social, spiritual or other types of distress.

He was named a “Top Doc" in San Diego Magazine’s “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence" annual survey performed in collaboration with the San Diego County Medical Society for four years in a row and was part of the innovative palliative care psychiatry program at San Diego Hospice that received the 2009 Gold Achievement Award from the American Psychiatric Association’s Institute for Psychiatric Services.

Dr. Hirst serves as a peer reviewer for multiple journals including the Journal of Palliative Care, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and the Journal of Palliative Medicine. He has also been published in various publications, including the Journal of Palliative Medicine, Psychiatric Times and the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and has co-authored several book chapters related to psychiatry and medical illness.

Before joining UC San Diego Health System in 2013, Dr. Hirst was the assistant director of the clinical and educational psychiatry programs at San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine. He has also served as a psychiatric consultant for San Diego Unified School District.
Dr. Hirst is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed his residency and fellowship training at UC San Diego, and received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is board certified in psychiatry with subspecialty eligibility in child and adolescent psychiatry.

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Lee EE, Chang B, Huege S, Hirst J. Complex Clinical Intersection: Palliative Care in Patients with Dementia. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2017 Jun 29. PMID: 28822692.

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Hirst J, Vaughan CL, Irwin SA. Delirium: Use Antipsychotics When Appropriate and Appropriately. J Palliat Med. 2017 Aug; 20(8):799. PMID: 28410450.

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Iglewicz A, Morrison K, Nelesen RA, Zhan T, Iglewicz B, Fairman N, Hirst J, Irwin SA. Ketamine for the Treatment of Depression in Patients Receiving Hospice Care: A Retrospective Medical Record Review of Thirty-One Cases. Psychosomatics. 2015 Jul-Aug; 56(4):329-37. PMID: 25616995.

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Irwin SA, Pirrello RD, Hirst J, Buckholz GT, Ferris FD. Clarifying delirium management: practical, evidenced-based, expert recommendations for clinical practice. J Palliat Med. 2013 Apr; 16(4):423-35. PMID: 23480299.

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Jellinek MS, Hirst J, Stein MT. Giving bad news: a 13-year old with acute psychotic symptoms and catatonia. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Apr; 31(3 Suppl):S103-6. PMID: 20414058.

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Hirst J, Mignot E, Stein MT. Episodic hypersomnia and unusual behaviors in a 14-year old adolescent. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Apr; 31(3 Suppl):S18-20. PMID: 20414066.

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Hirst J, Mignot E, Stein MT. Episodic hypersomnia and unusual behaviors in a 14-year old adolescent. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2007 Dec; 28(6):475-7. PMID: 18091094.

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Jellinek MS, Hirst J, Stein MT. Giving bad news: a 13-year old with acute psychotic symptoms and catatonia. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2007 Jun; 28(3):241-4. PMID: 17565293.

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