Avanti Bergquist, MD, MS, FAPA, DFAACAP is physician with board certifications in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as well as Adult Psychiatry who serves as a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center in Bellevue, WA. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Duke University, a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Oregon School of Science and Engineering at OHSU, and received her MD from the University of Louisville. She completed both her Psychiatry residency and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at the University of Washington. Prior to moving to Eating Recovery Center she was on faculty at the University of Washington in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department and an attending psychiatrist on the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Bergquist is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) where she serves on the Advocacy Committee; Inpatient, Residential, and Partial Hospitalization Committee; and President’s Initiative Task Force on Emotion Dysregulation in children and Adolescents. She has many local leadership responsibilities in the Washington State Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (WSCCAP), the Washington State Psychiatric Association (WSPA), and is a governor appointee to the Washington State Children and Youth Behavioral Health Workgroup. As a community leader, she is an elected director of the Renton School Board of Directors. Dr. Bergquist is passionate about advocating with policy makers to improve the mental health system locally and nationally.

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