Dr. David Feifel, MD, PhD

Top3Doctors.com selected Dr. David Feifel as a top psychiatrist in La Jolla because of his early work in ketamine and TMS care and his long research record. He holds both an MD and a PhD. In 2008 he started a ketamine treatment program for mental illness, and in 2009 he founded San Diego’s first TMS program at UC San Diego. He has also been listed by Castle Connolly as a Top Doctor. That history gives patients a doctor who helped build these treatments, not one who only adopted them.

What sets Dr. Feifel apart is the range of options at his own clinic, Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute in La Jolla. Patients can receive standard TMS, Deep TMS, or Accelerated TMS. Kadima also provides ketamine therapy and SPRAVATO (esketamine) for people whose depression has not responded to other care. The clinic runs FDA-regulated psychedelic clinical trials too. For these reasons, Top3Doctors.com proudly names Dr. David Feifel among the top three psychiatrists in La Jolla.