Dr. Kate Ward is a licensed psychologist at Rady Children’s Hospital’s Medical Behavioral Unit (MBU). She completed her PhD in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego. Kate completed her clinical internship at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT working with children, adolescents, and families with a wide variety of psychiatric needs. She then returned to San Diego to complete a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Rady Children’s Hospital’s Medical Behavioral Unit (MBU), where she confirmed her passion for inpatient eating disorders treatment. Kate has also had specialized training in many challenges that co-occur with eating and feeding disorders, such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and developmental disorders.