Dr. Vesna Pirec, MD PhD

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My extensive experience, knowledge and multicultural sensitivity, have shaped my approach to treatment as individualized and holistic.

I am combining integrative methods with psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic modalities, when needed, to address complex mental health difficulties.

I am a board certified psychiatrist who has been working in both academic and private sectors for over 20 years in the Chicago area. My areas of expertise are reproductive psychiatry (psychiatric issues in pregnancy, postpartum, during infertility treatment and in perimenopause), as well as mood, anxiety and eating disorders in both genders. I also provide one time consultations regarding management of psychiatric symptoms during pregnancy, postpartum or infertility treatment. Recommendations from these consultations are then forwarded to your ongoing provider.

I am an emphatic and engaging listener who truly cares about my patients. By obtaining a detailed history along with addressing your concerns, difficulties and needs, I would suggest a comprehensive treatment plan, and work with you towards achieving your goals.

Professional Experience:

2018-2020 Center of Excellence Medical Leader for Mood and Anxiety Programs Nationally ERC Insight Behavioral Health

2012-2018 Senior Medical Director Eating Recovery Center/ Insight Illinois

2010-2012 Program Director, Women’s Mental Health Program Department of Psychiatry University of Illinois at Chicago

2007-2012 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Inpatient Women’s Division Department of Psychiatry University of Illinois at Chicago

2001-2006 Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry Rush Behavioral Health


Academic Appointments:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Rush Medical School


Education:

1997-2001    Psychiatry Residency Program University of Illinois at Chicago 

1989-1993        Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago

1982-1988        Doctor of Medicine, University of Belgrade Medical School