Quentin Reynolds, MD

Quentin “Q” Reynolds, MD is an Assistant Professor at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Pediatrics and Psychiatry. He is an attending child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center.

Dr. Reynolds received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, where he completed a scholarly concentration in medical education. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai–Beth Israel Hospital and went on to complete a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. During fellowship, he simultaneously completed postdoctoral research in complex trauma through the Shaffer Scholars Program, a NIMH-supported physician-scientist research track in child psychiatry and later served as Chief Fellow in Child Psychiatry Research. He also completed advanced training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.

Dr. Reynolds’ clinical and academic interests include trauma and stress-related disorders, complex trauma, and the impact of emerging personality pathology on mental health outcomes for adolescents and emerging adults. His clinical approach integrates evidence-based psychopharmacology with trauma-informed and transference-focused psychodynamic principles.

Research

Dr. Reynolds’ research focuses on understanding the effects of childhood and adolescent trauma exposure on psychiatric outcomes across development. He has a particular interest in complex trauma, racial trauma, emotional maltreatment and neglect, and the factors that contribute to resilience or the development of post-traumatic symptoms following adversity. His work seeks to better understand how trauma-related psychopathology impacts identity development and engagement in care. His academic work has also examined the implementation of trauma-informed approaches and trauma-specific interventions within different care settings.