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Mary Ellen Trunko, M.D.,Assistant Clinical Professor Phone: (858) 534-8052 Fax: (858) 534-6727 |
Dr. Mary Ellen Trunko, staff psychiatrist, has worked with the UCSD Center for Eating Disorders Treatment and Research since its inception, and has been involved in planning and development of services, delivery of patient care, and supervision and teaching of junior staff members. With the Day Treatment, Intensive Outpatient and the Intensive Family Therapy programs, Dr. Trunko performs comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, handles medication management, and educates patients and their families on physiological, medical and psychological aspects of eating disorders. She also runs an outpatient practice that involves treatment planning, medication management and individual psychotherapy, working with patients with eating disorders as well as those with general psychiatric needs.
In addition, Dr. Trunko is board certified in internal medicine, and has helped educate primary care providers on the care of eating-disordered patients through presentations and consultation. On the research side she serves as a study physician for our clinical trials, where she conducts physical examinations as well as psychiatric evaluations and psychological assessments with study participants. Along with drs. Kaye and Schwartz, Dr. Trunko has a strong interest in developing new and better treatments for eating disorders, and has collaborated with them on review papers and clinical case reports exploring more effective pharmacological interventions.
Dr. Trunko earned her M.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, and completed separate residencies in both internal medicine and psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.