Kala Bailey, M.D.

Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Drs. Anne and George Race Professorship of Student Psychiatry

Psychiatry
Treatment Resistant Depression
Interventional Psychiatry

Biography

Kala Bailey, M.D., M.B.A., joined the UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty in 2014. She currently serves as Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Psychiatry. She is also a member of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute clinical leadership committee.

In 2021, Dr. Bailey received UT Southwestern’s Leaders in Clinical Excellence Program Development Award for her team’s commitment to patient care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the extensive coordination and collaboration between critical care, psychiatry, and palliative care.

Dr. Bailey earned her medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School and completed a residency in psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, where she was Chief Resident in her final year of training and achieved the outstanding graduating resident award. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Her clinical expertise is in interventional psychiatry, utilizing neurostimulation and other innovative methods to treat medication-refractory mental disorders.

Education & Training

Medical School - UT Southwestern Medical School (2006-2010)
Residency - Baylor College of Medicine (2011-2014), Psychiatry
Internship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010-2011), Psychiatry

Honors & Awards

D Magazine Best Doctor 2023-2025

Books & Publications

Publications
- The genetics of severe depression.
  Franklin CE, Achtyes E, Altinay M, Bailey K, Bhati MT, Carr BR, Conroy SK, Husain MM, Khurshid KA, Lencz T, McDonald WM, Mickey BJ, Murrough J, Nestor S, Nickl-Jockschat T, Nikayin S, Reeves K, Reti IM, Selek S, Sanacora G, Trapp NT, Viswanath B, Wright JH, Sullivan P, Zandi PP, Potash JB, Molecular psychiatry 2025 Mar 30 3 1117-1126
- Clinical Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Young Adult With Down Syndrome Regression Disorder.
  Kelley BJ, Bailey KJ, Hubregsen JJ, The journal of ECT 2024 Dec
- A Model for Formal Residency Training in Interventional Psychiatry.
  Egan D, Bailey KJ, Abu-Hamad S, Kennedy Z, Beck R, Karlay BK, Hubregsen J, Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 2024 Sep
- Professionally responsible intrapartum management of patients with major mental disorders.
  Babbitt KE, Bailey KJ, Coverdale JH, Chervenak FA, McCullough LB American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Jan 210 1 27-31
- Exercise-induced decrease in insular cortex rCBF during postexercise hypotension.
  Lamb K, Gallagher K, McColl R, Mathews D, Querry R, Williamson JW Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2007 Apr 39 4 672-9