About Me

I love my career, but I am also passionate about leading an active life.  I have a large family and we enjoy biking, fishing, backpacking and dirt motorcycling.  My active life outside of my career has helped me focus on making my practice more efficient and profitable.

Since 2003 I have worked extensively to co-create an electronic medical record (EMR) system that has revolutionized my practice. I had become frustrated with programs that seemed to fall short because they were built and designed by someone who had no idea how doctors have been trained to gather and store information.  The technology that I was being presented seemed to create a whole new learning system that was counter intuitive to what I have used for so many years in my practice.  Out of frustration, I became an EMR expert and helped develop Chartshare.

I have practiced psychiatry in Boise, Idaho since 1990.  My primary focus is on patients needing medications to manage their illness.  Sage Health Care is a practice I co-founded where I treat biologically based mental illnesses: depression, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and attention deficit disorder. I also have extensive experience treating patients with co-existing alcohol and polysubstance abuse.

My unique combination of medical practice and experience with techology partners allows me to help shape the future of EMR Software.

Dr. David Kent

SPECIALTY

• Psychiatry

EDUCATION

• 1979-1982 Brigham Young University Provo, UT – BA Chemistry
• 1982-1986 University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City, IA – MD
• 1986-1990 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA – Completed Psychiatry Residency program

BOARD STATUS

• 1993: Board Certified in Psychiatry

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• SunHealth Hospital
• St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
• Intermountain Hospital of Boise

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Psychiatric Association
• Idaho Psychiatric Association
• Idaho Medical Association
• Ada County Medical Society

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1987-1990: Variety of moonlighting jobs during residency training including: social security disability evaluations, VA Medical Center compensation and pension evaluations, Independence Mental Health Institute on call coverage.
• 1990-present: private practice Boise, ID.
• 1993-1995: President, St. Alphonsus Psychiatric department.
• 1994: President of the Idaho Psychiatric Association
• 1996: President, Intermountain Hospital medical staff
• 1997-present: Medical Director of SunHealth Hospital.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• 1994-present: Co-founder and active owner of Sage Health Care, one of the largest private psychiatric health care clinics anywhere.
• 2003-present: Founder and President of Evolution Medical Technologies, Inc. A company producing paperless charting solutions for hospitals and clinics.

RESEARCH

• Student Research Project: Drs. Ian Smith, Internal Medicine, Neil Graff-Radford, Neurology. Dementia: Accuracy of diagnosis, percent with reversible causes and etiological categories seen at The University of Iowa Hospitals.
• Graduate Assistant: Dr. Nancy Andreasen, MRI research project on schizophrenia. Performed neuropsychological testing, structured interviews and MRI tracings.
• Course and Outcome of Conversion and Somatization Disorders. A Four-Year Follow-Up. Kent D, Tomasson K, Coryell W. Psychosomatics 1995; 36:138-144.
• Somatization and Conversion Disorders: Co morbidity and demographics at presentation. Tomasson K, Kent D, Coryell W. Acta Pschiatr Scand 1991: 84 288-293.

PERSONAL

• Birthplace: Iowa City, Ia
• Marital: married since 1980
• Children: 5

LANGUAGES

• Japanese, French

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

• Cycling
• Fishing
• Backpacking
• Skiing
• Dirt Motorcycling
• Poker