Dr. Teresa Buot-Smith, MD

Dr. Teresa Buot-Smith discovered her love for the sciences as an undergraduate at the University Of Arizona, where she majored in Biochemistry.Afterward, Dr. Buot-Smith completed her medical training at the University Of Arizona College of Medicine where she served as the Vice-President of the local chapter of the American Medical Students Association and coordinator of the National Geriatric Task Force. She also served as the Student Body vice-chair of the Honors and Awards Committee. After medical school, Dr. Buot-Smith completed her residency in Psychiatry at the Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix (formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center).Today, Dr. Buot-Smith operates a highly successful private Psychiatry practice that opened in 1994. She currently serves as the Medical Director at Mark Allen Foundation, an adult behavioral health residential facility in Phoenix, Arizona. She is also the medical director of Back 2 Basics, a residential substance abuse program for male …adults. Dr. Buot-Smith's practice focuses on sensitivity, patience, communication, acceptance, and understanding. She takes pride in her holistic, compassionate, and humanitarian approach to patient care.