Dr. Candace Giles is a board-certified child, adolescent, adult, and forensic psychiatrist who has been working in the outpatient psychiatry field since August 2018. Dr. Giles considers herself a highly motivated, dedicated, and organized psychiatrist. She utilizes a biopsychosocial approach to better understand her patients, to provide psychoeducation, and to deliver excellent care to them. She believes that treatment includes a variety of tools that is not limited to just pharmacotherapy.
Dr. Giles specializes in seeing children, adolescents, and adults who are struggling with depression, bipolar and mood disorders, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, psychosis, disruptive behaviors, eating issues, and sleep-wake disorders.
Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree – Emory University
- Doctor of Medicine Degree – Howard University College of Medicine
- General Psychiatry Residency Certification – Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Child Psychiatry Fellowship Certification – Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Certification – Emory University
Dr. Giles holds the following awards:
- Outstanding Performance Awards in Psychiatry, and in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Member of the Year Award for Psychiatry
- DFAPA Award for Outstanding Research
- Child Defender Fellow for Children Defense Fund
- Emory University: 100 Senior Honorary recipient
- Martin Luther King Scholar-Finalist
Dr. Giles has served on over 18 different committee groups throughout her training. She has been a Session Moderator for the APA annual meeting, a mentee in the APA Summer Mentoring Program, and an Instructor in Emory University’s Summer Science Academy. Dr. Giles has also published two articles and given five multi-disciplinary poster presentations at conferences.
Dr. Giles has held memberships in the American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL), and Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA).