Dr. Seetha Ramanathan, MD, DFAPA

Dr. Seetha Ramanathan, MD is a board-certified adult psychiatrist who specializes in women’s mental health, suicide prevention, addiction, community psychiatry, and digital mental health. At Sera Psychiatry for Women, she provides mental health services via telehealth for patients in the state of New York.

Sera Psychiatry was established to meet the unique mental health needs of women as they face hormonal and life changes. The name "Sera" draws inspiration from Sanskrit and Latin, symbolizing serenity and illumination. At Sera Psychiatry for Women, Dr. Ramanathan provides evidence-based care for women's mental health, including collaborative medication management and therapy.

Dr. Ramanathan has held leadership positions across India and the United States, contributing to academic medicine, safety-net healthcare systems, and multidisciplinary research collaborations. She has over twenty years of clinical experience, supporting women through the mental health changes that …accompany reproductive transitions including premenstrual disorders, during pregnancy and perimenopause.  Dr. Ramanathan founded the Division of Women’s Mental Health at SUNY Upstate Medical University, where she developed comprehensive programs addressing mental health across the reproductive lifespan. She pioneered community-based, task-sharing approaches for perinatal depression using community health workers (CHWs) and led the adaptation and evaluation of the Thinking Healthy intervention. Her leadership includes system-wide suicide-prevention work through multiyear Zero Suicide initiatives implemented in both academic and community settings. She serves as a statewide educator for New York State Project TEACH and is a member of the New York State Maternal Mortality Review Board.

Dr. Ramanathan’s research portfolio includes NIH- and VA-funded studies on reproductive transitions (perimenopause), ADHD, and suicide prevention. She has also participated in several phase II–IV clinical trials in psychiatry and neurology—including industry-sponsored studies in obsessive–compulsive disorder, panic disorder, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. These experiences helped shape her enduring focus on real-world implementation, clinical safety, and patient-centered systems design.

With her vast range of clinical experience and research expertise, Dr. Ramanathan is excited to treat patients experiencing mental health symptoms related to premenstrual disorders, pregnancy and postpartum-related issues, perimenopause, menopause, and other women's mental health needs.