UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Sonya Dinizulu, PhD
Sonya Dinizulu, PhD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Specialties
- Pediatric Psychiatry
Locations
- Chicago - Mitchell Hospital
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
[AUDIO LOGO] My name is Sonya Mathies Dinizulu, and I'm a clinical psychologist, and I work in the Department of Psychiatry. I decided to become a clinical psychologist, and particularly working with children and adolescents and families, simply because I love working with families. I'm a child person through and through. And on top of that, it's really important that I maintain my belief in being a defender of wellness and mental health, particularly for communities that are being underserved or marginalized. The reasons why I chose University of Chicago is for three reasons. The first one is I want to be a part of the process for change. I've been in this institution for about 10 years, and I see why I was hired. one was offering any type of trauma-focused care in all of Psychiatry, and that is my focus of the work that I do clinically and as a researcher. Number two, University of Chicago is committed to serving underserved communities for many, many decades. And I wanted to be a part of that community again. The only way I could be part of the process for change is to be able to serve those who are not being served. And number three, I stayed at University Chicago, which is why I came as well. But I'm staying at University of Chicago because I'm very interested in being in the community of learners who are compassionate as well as innovative-- and UChicago has allowed me to be that type of person, to bring about the process for change and to promote health equity for those who are marginalized and underserved in the surrounding communities of this institution. Uchicago has revamped and dedicated this institution to provide effective trauma care and recovery. We are doing things that most institutions are not doing in this city, and comparatively nationwide, and I'm among a group of folks in trauma surgery to the Urban Health Initiative, to psychiatry, Tacoma pediatrics, and child life. We're all and beyond, and we're all working together to provide trauma recovery services for our patients who are very vulnerable, because we know that part of trauma recovery is being able to have the resources, and we're doing everything that we can to address those needs that our families require in order to successfully recover from trauma. And that's just not getting surgery-- it's what happens after they leave our institution-- that we do our best to provide those services. [AUDIO LOGO]
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Disruptive Behaviors
- Adolescent Chronic Stress
- Family Psychotherapy
- Mental Health
- Violence Prevention
UChicago Medicine Mitchell Hospital - Hyde Park5815 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago IL 606371-888-824-0200
Practicing Since
- 2011
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- DePaul University Medical School
Internship
- La Rabida Children's Hospital
Fellowship
- University of Illinois College of Medicine
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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UChicago Medicine is committed to fostering a corporate culture of ethical behavior and integrity in all matters related to compliance with the laws and regulations that govern the delivery of healthcare. This aspiration is central to supporting patient care, research, and teaching at UChicago Medicine.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.