Eynav Accortt, Ph.D., is a California licensed clinical psychologist. Her areas of clinical focus include mood and anxiety disorders during the female reproductive life course and in response to chronic illnesses such as breast cancer. Currently, she maintains a private practice in Agoura Hills, approximately 25 miles Northwest of Los Angeles.
Dr. Accortt is an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she conducts research on the physiological processes that are associated with higher risk for depression and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum. She is particularly interested in the association between maternal mental health, cardiovascular health and adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. Read more about her research HERE. Since 2019 she also sees patients in the Reproductive Psychology Program housed in the OBGYN department at Cedars-Sinai.
Since 2016, Dr. Accortt has served as faculty for Maternal Mental Health Now, an organization dedicated to providing support, education and resources to Los Angeles women, families, providers and the larger community. She joined as a board member in 2022.
Dr. Accortt is an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she conducts research on the physiological processes that are associated with higher risk for depression and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum. She is particularly interested in the association between maternal mental health, cardiovascular health and adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. Read more about her research HERE. Since 2019 she also sees patients in the Reproductive Psychology Program housed in the OBGYN department at Cedars-Sinai.
Since 2016, Dr. Accortt has served as faculty for Maternal Mental Health Now, an organization dedicated to providing support, education and resources to Los Angeles women, families, providers and the larger community. She joined as a board member in 2022.
Dr. Accortt earned her Masters (2004) and Doctoral (2009) degrees in Clinical Psychology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. She completed her clinical internship at the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2009 and was an assistant professor of psychology at Miami University in Ohio from 2009-2012. She completed her NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biobehavioral Issues in Physical and Mental Health at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014 and joined the faculty at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in 2015.
To help women in the area with these unique emotional needs, Dr. Accortt established her private practice in 2017. She was licensed to practice psychology in Ohio in 2011 (License #6760) and in California in 2016 (License # 28621)
To help women in the area with these unique emotional needs, Dr. Accortt established her private practice in 2017. She was licensed to practice psychology in Ohio in 2011 (License #6760) and in California in 2016 (License # 28621)
She enjoys traveling, hiking, reading and playing board games with her husband, son and daughter.