OUR PHYSICIANS
Giovani Zelada, MD
Co-Founder | Dual Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry | Bilingual English–Spanish Physician
Professional Background
Dr. Giovani Zelada is dual board-certified in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. This combined training gives him a particularly useful perspective when psychiatric symptoms occur alongside chronic illness, medication effects, metabolic conditions, neurologic concerns, sleep disturbance, substance use, or other medical contributors.
Dr. Zelada earned his medical degree from the University of California, Davis. He subsequently completed combined residency training in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health, where he also served as chief resident. His training included the evaluation and management of medically and psychiatrically complex adults across hospital, outpatient, primary-care, and integrated-care settings.
His approach emphasizes careful consideration of the relationship between physical illness, psychiatric symptoms, medications, substance use, functional impairment, and treatment response. In an independent evaluation, this perspective can be especially valuable when the referral requires differentiation between a primary psychiatric disorder and symptoms that may be caused, intensified, or complicated by an underlying medical condition.
Dr. Zelada has worked with medically underserved and culturally diverse populations and is fluent in both English and Spanish. His language skills support direct Spanish-language interviewing when appropriate and allow for more culturally responsive assessment of an individual’s history, symptoms, treatment experience, and functioning.
His professional background also includes integrated behavioral health, adult outpatient psychiatry, comprehensive primary care, chronic-disease management, clinical education, and the supervision of trainees. He has served in a clinical faculty role with Texas Health Resources in Dallas.
At Verity, Dr. Zelada contributes a whole-person medical-psychiatric perspective to complex independent evaluations. His work is grounded in structured interviewing, careful review of available medical and psychiatric records, diagnostic reasoning, and clear communication of clinically supported findings and limitations.
Education and Training
Medical Degree — University of California, Davis
Combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residency — UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health
Chief Residency — Internal Medicine and Psychiatry
Board-Certified — Internal Medicine
Board-Certified — Psychiatry
Fluent in English and Spanish
Areas of Focus
Medically and psychiatrically complex evaluations
Chronic illness and psychiatric functioning
Medication-related and medical contributors to psychiatric symptoms
Integrated medical-psychiatric diagnostic assessment
Spanish-language and culturally responsive evaluations
Record review, consultation, and clinically supported opinions
Professional Affiliations
American College of Physicians
American Psychiatric Association
Association of Medicine and Psychiatry
Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
National Hispanic Medical Association
Latino Medical Student Association
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Verity provides independent evaluation and consultation services. These services do not include medication prescribing, psychotherapy, emergency care, or ongoing treatment.