Grace Cheney, M.D.

Psychiatrist

Dr. Grace Cheney is a board-certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist who provides comprehensive psychiatric treatment for children, adolescents, young adults, and their families. Her areas of expertise and academic interest include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder across the lifespan, mood and anxiety disorders, educational optimization (IEP/504), and developmental neuroscience.

Originally from Texas, Dr. Cheney graduated from Davidson College before earning her MD from the University of Texas (UTHSCSA). Dr. Cheney completed an adult psychiatry residency at the University of South Florida and further specialized by completing a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of Colorado, serving as chief resident for both programs. In June 2023, Dr. Cheney completed additional subspecialty fellowship training in forensic psychiatry at Stanford.

Dr. Cheney holds a Clinical Assistant Professor appointment at Stanford University School of Medicine and was the second physician to join the innovative Adult ADHD Evaluation Clinic. She assists with curricula development for Stanford’s forensic psychiatry fellowship and will also continue to dedicate time as an expert consultant for the Youth Education and the Law Project and Mental Health Informed Lawyering Project at the Stanford School of Law.

Dr. Cheney enjoys presenting at national conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals; her most recent presentation given at the 2023 annual American Psychiatric Association meeting was titled “Neuroscience in the Courtroom: Behavioral and Legal Implications of the Developing Brain.” Dr. Cheney is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), and the American Psychiatric Association (APA). 

In her free time, Dr. Cheney enjoys reading, hiking, skiing, and spending time with her husband & their energetic black Labrador.

To schedule with Dr. Cheney, please submit an inquiry form on our Contact Us page. Our practitioners are with patients during business hours, but we will do our best to reach you within 24 hours.

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