Want to know what it's really like to be a Psychiatry resident at Community Memorial Healthcare? This episode of our Residency Spotlight series dives into Psychiatry with Dr. Navid, Associate Program Director, and Dr. Janet Lee-Coomes, chief resident. Learn more about the program, the curriculum, and what makes Community Memorial Healthcare a unique place to train. Visit mycmh.org/psychiatry
Inside Community Memorial Healthcare's Psychiatry Residency
Featured Speakers:
Janet Lee-Coomes, MD | Nassi Navid, MD
Dr. Nassi Navid is a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist at Community Memorial Hospital and a graduate of the hospital’s inaugural class of the Psychiatry Residency Program. He also serves as a staff psychiatrist at Ventura County Medical Center, San Diego County Hospital, and the Community Research Foundation.
Dr. Navid received his MD–MPH degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2010 and later completed an MBA certificate at the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Entrepreneurship in 2015. He practiced as a primary care physician for seven years before relocating to the United States in 2017. He completed his psychiatry residency at Community Memorial Healthcare in 2024, serving as Chief of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Ventura County Medical Center, and went on to complete a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, in 2025. He is Board Certified in both General Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
In addition, Dr. Navid pursued advanced psychodynamic training, completing a two-year fellowship in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the New Center for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles in 2025. His scholarly work includes peer-reviewed publications, most recently an article on the role of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the care of unhoused populations.
Dr. Navid is an active member of the American Psychiatric Association, Southern California Psychiatric Society, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, American Academy of Community Psychiatry, and the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training.
As Associate Program Director, Dr. Navid is dedicated to advancing medical education and innovative models of care. He is currently spearheading the development of Community Memorial Hospital’s new Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry service, designed to strengthen collaboration between psychiatry and medicine and expand access to comprehensive mental health care.