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Contributor profile

Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA

About

Shariq Refai is a board-certified psychiatrist based in Jacksonville, Florida, and the founder of shrinkMD, an independent multistate psychiatry practice. He founded shrinkiatry and sets its editorial standard: every article is written or reviewed by him before it's published, and each carries a last-reviewed date.

Verified details

Name
Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA
Credentials
MD, MBA, FAPA
Role at shrinkiatry
Editor-in-Chief and founding peer reviewer
Contribution types
Peer reviewer, Expert perspective
Location
Jacksonville, Florida

Disclosures

Dr. Refai is the founder of shrinkMD and of the Shrink Network, which includes shrinkiatry. He receives no payment for editorial review, and the program charges nothing for participation.

Contributions

What this contributor has reviewed or contributed, updated as work is added.

  • Editorial oversight of shrinkiatry content view
    Peer reviewer · Every article is written or reviewed before it's published.
  • Psychiatry Residency Guide view
    Reviewer · Sets the verification standard behind the program profiles.
  • Psychiatry Innovation Atlas view
    Reviewer · Sets the verification standard behind the program entries.
  • Clinical and practice content view
    Expert perspective · Reviews the clinical and practice material for accuracy.

Credit line

When this contributor reviews a page, it carries a credit like this:

Reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA

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