Avanti Bergquist, M.D

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​Avanti Bergquist, MD, MS, FAPA, DFAACAP is a physician with board certifications in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as well as Adult Psychiatry. She currently works as a child and adolescent psychiatrist in both community mental health and inpatient treatment programs. 

She has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Duke University, a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Oregon School of Science and Engineering at OHSU, and received her MD from the University of Louisville. She completed both her Psychiatry residency and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at the University of Washington. She previously worked as a healthcare lobbyist in the Washington State Legislature, as a psychiatrist specializing in eating disorder partial hospitalization and residential treatment, and prior to that was on faculty at the University of Washington in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department and an attending psychiatrist on the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital. 

Dr. Bergquist is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) where she serves on the Advocacy Committee. She has many local leadership responsibilities in the Washington State Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (WSCCAP), the Washington State Psychiatric Association (WSPA), and is a governor appointee to the Washington State Children and Youth Behavioral Health Workgroup. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Washington Master of Arts in Applied Child & Adolescent Psychology program. As a community leader, she is a publicly elected director of the Renton School District Board of Directors. 

Dr. Bergquist is passionate about advocating with policy makers to improve the mental health system locally and nationally.