Michael A Scharf, MD

Michael A. Scharf, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Rochester Medical Center who earned his medical degree at SUNY Buffalo and completed both his psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of Rochester, where he has remained on faculty since 2003. He is the Mark and Maureen Davitt Distinguished Professor, serves as psychiatrist-in-chief at Golisano Children’s Hospital, and leads child and adolescent psychiatry across UR Medicine. Distinguishing parts of his work include serving as executive director of Project TEACH, which supports clinicians across New York State, and helping found the Rochester Youth Violence Partnership.