Psychiatrist
Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute
Falls Church, Virginia, 22042
Navid Rashid, M.D., FAPA
Dr. Rashid completed the combined 7 year BA/ MD program at The George Washington University, followed by Psychiatry residency at the University of Illinois-Chicago during which he was named a chief resident, and after graduation went on to complete a fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine through Georgetown University/ Inova Fairfax Hospital. He is board certified in Psychiatry and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Rashid has dedicated his career to public sector inpatient psychiatry, with nearly a decade as a staff psychiatrist at NVMHI before being named Medical Director. He has been recognized as an educator by The George Washington University, twice receiving the Clinical Faculty Award for his work with psychiatric residents, and the recipient of the prestigious Elaine W. Cotlove MD Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Education in 2013. He continues to teach at NVMHI, and is also an active teaching faculty in the Psychosomatic Medicine fellowship through Inova Fairfax Hospital. He is recognized as a recovery-oriented psychiatrist in the Northern Virginia region and has consulted to the Virginia Recovery Initiative. As Medical Director at NVMHI, Dr. Rashid is committed to the mission of NVMHI, and works to provide clinical leadership that promotes an understanding of patients encompassing biological, psychological, social and spiritual perspectives. He believes in a balanced and integrated approach to the diagnosis and treatment of serious mental illness that is humanistic, scientific, and ultimately based in caring and service.
