Kala Bailey, M.D.

Biography

Kala Bailey, M.D., M.B.A., joined the UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty in 2014. She is the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory Services at UT Southwestern Health System and Executive Clinical Director for the Neurosciences Service Line. As a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry, she is engaged in clinical care, education, and research in interventional psychiatry.

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 and utilizing neurostimulation and other innovative methods to treat medication-refractory mental disorders.