About.

Dr. Dylan Kathol is an experienced, Harvard-trained adult psychiatrist in Chicago, Illinois. His areas of expertise include treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, perinatal and women’s mental health, stress management, concerns of emerging young adults, and coping with difficult life transitions.

Dr. Kathol received his Bachelor’s degree and Doctorate of Medicine at the Creighton University before completing his psychiatric training at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. After moving to Illinois, Dr. Kathol worked for NorthShore University HealthSystem’s psychiatry department, where he worked closely with the obstetrical and gynecology (OB/GYN) department and their perinatal support programs.

During your first visit, you and Dr. Kathol will discuss your current concerns, prior treatment successes & failures, and develop an evidence-based treatment plan together as he believes collaboration is key to success.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • 2017 – 2018: Chief Resident, Inpatient Psychiatric Services, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

  • 2014 - 2018: Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Reisdency Training Program, Boston, MA

  • 2010 – 2014: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE & Phoenix, AZ. Doctor of Medicine

  • 2006 – 2010: Creighton University, Omaha, NE. Bachelor of Science in Biology, Summa Cum Laude

 EMPLOYMENT:

  • 2020 - Current: North Side Psychiatry, Owner & Psychiatrist

  • 2019 - 2020: NorthShore University Health System, Staff Psychiatrist

  • 2008 - 2010: CityMatCH, The National Organization for Maternal & Child Health Leaders, Research Assistant 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • 2017-2018: Introduction to Clinical Psychopharmacology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Residency

  • 2017: Mind, Brain, and Behavior Class, Harvard Medical School

  • 2015: Care of the Psychiatric Patient, Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Program

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Brown, K.; Kathol, D. Mood disorders in pregnancy. pp 157-172. Neurology and Psychiatry of Women. Springer Nature Switzerland. 2019. O’Neal, AM., Mittal, L.

SELECT PRESENTATIONS:

  • Feingold, S., Kathol, D.J., Kim, J, Lewis, B.M., Pierson, J., Scozzafave, C, Winslow, J. Postpartum Psychosis: The Perinatal Social Worker’s Role from Recognition to Treatment and Legal Advocacy. NAPSW Annual Conference.

  • Kathol, D.J. Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy. NorthShore University Health Systems. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds

  • Kathol, D.J. Perinatal Mood Disorders: An Introduction. NorthShore University Health System. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds.

  • Kathol, D.J., Braginsky, L. Bipolar disorder in pregnancy and the postpartum period. NorthShore University Health System. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Perinatal Conference.

  • Kathol, D.J. Perinatal bipolar disorder. Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess & Brigham and Women’s Hospital Grand Rounds

  • Kathol, D.J.; Barusch, N.M.; Hosker, D.; Steele, I.H; Caplan, J. Is my baby going to be okay? A review of fetal outcomes after intentional maternal overdose. Presented poster at the American Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Meeting.

  • Kathol, D. J., Gilbert, C., Kasehagen, L. (2008). Association between stressful maternal life events and low birth weight and preterm birth in Douglas County, NE. Presented at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s 14th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference and at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium