Kinza Tareen, MD

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
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Kinza Tareen, MD
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Clinical Assistant Professor
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  • About

    Dr. Tareen is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and works as a Transplant and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist at Michigan Medicine. She graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She later completed her Adult Psychiatry residency training at the Cleveland Clinic followed by a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital where she subspecialized in transplant and perinatal psychiatry.

    Areas of Interest

    - Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine
    - Transplant Psychiatry
    - Psychodermatology
    - Women's Mental Health
    - Medical Education
    Dr. Tareen's interests in education have involved serving on the consultation-liaison fellowship evaluation committee at Michigan Medicine, the interdisciplinary education subcommittee within the national Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and participation in community events to increase mental health awareness. She also values DEI initiatives and serves on the Advancing Inclusive Leadership committee at Michigan Medicine. Through the American Psychiatric Association and American Medical Associations she remains engaged in advocacy efforts.

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Automating Psychosocial Screening In Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Patients With Large Language Models
      San Loh W, Tareen K, Sow M, Ni L, Waits S, Sheetz K. American Journal of Transplantation, 2026 Jan 17; 26 (1): s69 - s70. DOI:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.12.154
    • Journal Article
      Geographic Differences in Transplantation Among Patients with Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis
      Rentas C, Tareen K, Sheetz K. American Journal of Transplantation, 2026 Jan 17; 26 (1): s59 - s60. DOI:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.12.132
    • Journal Article
      More than just the surgeon: the collective moral injury in the liver transplant team.
      Shingina A, Tareen K, Waits S. Am J Transplant, 2025 Sep 10; DOI:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.09.001
      PMID: 40939818
    • Journal Article
      An Analytic Review of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in the Intensive Care Unit.
      Radhakrishnan V, Tareen K, Cassady M, Morgan CA, Martin A. J Intensive Care Med, 2025 Aug 19; 8850666251368776 DOI:10.1177/08850666251368776
      PMID: 40831217
    • Journal Article
      Advancing Models of Care in Transplant Psychiatry: A Review and Considerations for Enhancing the Multidisciplinary Approach
      Tareen K. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2024 Nov 1; 26 (11): 626 - 634. DOI:10.1007/s11920-024-01535-y
      PMID: 39305360
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Artificial Intelligence as a Screening Method for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Patients Receiving Solid Organ Transplant
      Frenegal A, Eisner Z, White A, Riba M, Rosinski A, Seyfried L, Tareen K. 2024 Nov 8;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Artificial Intelligence as a Screening Method for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in Patients Receiving Solid Organ Transplant
      Frenegal A, Eisner Z, White A, Riba M, Rosinski A, Seyfried L, Tareen K. 2024 Nov 8;
    • Journal Article
      Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
      Tareen K, Clifton EG, Perumalswami P, Mellinger JL, Winder GS. Clinics in Liver Disease, 2024 Oct 22; 28 (4): 761 - 778. DOI:10.1016/j.cld.2024.06.011

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