Saba Masood, Ph.D.

Psychiatry

Effective July 12, 2023, Dr. Masood will be closing her practice at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

The clinic will be happy to recommend a physician to assume your care. Patients can obtain a copy of their medical records by calling 214-645-3030 or by email at medical.records@utsouthwestern.edu.

Biography

Saba Masood, Ph.D. (she/her), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She is a licensed psychologist at the Multispeciality Outpatient Psychiatry (Dallas) and Behavioral Health (Richardson) Clinics and works alongside the Transitional Age Youth and Adult Autism specialty teams.

Her clinical interests include mentalization-based and psychodynamic psychotherapy, serious mental illness in emerging adults, relational trauma, sociocultural considerations in identity development, and collaborative/therapeutic assessment.

Dr. Masood’s training background is in child clinical psychology, which provides her with a unique perspective in working with emerging adults. A particular interest of hers is the progression of pre-existing childhood mental illness into young adulthood.

Education & Training

Fellowship - Menninger Clinic - Baylor College of Medicine (2021-2022), Psychology
Graduate School - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2017-2021), Clinical Psychology
Internship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2019-2021), Clinical Psychology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Society of Personality Assessment (2021)
National Register of Health Service Psychologists (2022)
Therapeutic Assessment Institute (2021)

Honors & Awards

Rush C. Williams Award for Diversity and Inclusion, UT Southwestern Medical Center 2020
Cultural Diversity Fellowship, Children’s Health - Dallas 2017

Books & Publications

Publications
- Digital medicine program with pediatric solid organ transplant patients: Perceived benefits and challenges.
  Triplett KN, El-Behadli AF, Masood SS, Sullivan S, Desai DM, Pediatric transplantation 2019 11 23 7 e13555
- Examining the association of medical complications and posttraumatic stress symptoms in pediatric solid organ transplant patients and their caregivers.
  Masood SS, Triplett KN, Killian M, Mayersohn GS, Desai DM, Pediatric transplantation 2021 Sep 25 6 e14030
- Posttraumatic Growth in Youth, Young Adults, and Caregivers Who Experienced Solid Organ Transplant.
  Triplett KN, Mayersohn GS, Masood SS, Pickwith K, Mbroh H, Killian M, Journal of pediatric psychology 2022 Sep 47 9 965-977
- Measurement of health-related quality of life in pediatric organ transplantation recipients: a systematic review of the PedsQL transplant module.
  Killian MO, Triplett KN, Masood SS, Boehler J, Mayersohn GS, Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2020 May 29 5 1137-1146

Research

Trauma
Emerging adults
Qualitative methodology