Nicole Cirino

Dr. Nicole Cirino a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine where she also serves as the Director of the Division of Reproductive Psychiatry. She carries a secondary appointment in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry. She is a fellowship trained Reproductive Psychiatrist with 25 years of academic experience. She specializes in specialty clinical care, education, program development, advocacy and research for women with perinatal, perimenstrual and perimenopausal psychiatric conditions, as well as disorders of female sexual dysfunction. She earned her medical degree at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine and residency and fellowship at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. She has earned additional certifications in sexual medicine, perinatal trauma and perinatal mental health. Over her career she has founded multiple specialty clinic and education programs. She serves in leadership roles on many national organizations including Postpartum Support International (PSI), American Psychiatric Association (APA), International Society of Reproductive Psychiatrists (ISRP) and International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH). She is frequently invited to lecture internationally to multiple different medical specialties. She is known for her national advocacy for the inclusion of Postpartum Psychosis in the DSM 5 and the establishment of Reproductive Psychiatry as an official psychiatric subspecialty as a foundiing board member of the North American Board of Reproductive Psychiatry (NABRP).