Chandler Self
Chandler Self, MD is a psychiatrist specializing in treatment for professionals. She is a former sub-elite marathoner (2:52) and winner of two North American Sailing Championships.
Dr. Chandler Self is a board-certified adult psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University, where she competed for their Cross Country & Track & Field teams, earning Academic All–Big XII First Team.
She obtained her medical degree from University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2011 and completed residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City, graduating in 2015.
Following residency, Dr. Self served as Physician-In-Charge of the Assertive Community Treatment Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which is an outreach program for patients with severe mental illness in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Additionally, she worked as an Attending Psychiatrist in the Comprehensive Psychiatry Emergency Program. While there, she also served as Associate Residency Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
She returned to UTMB in 2018 where she was appointed Co-Director of the Neuroscience & Human Behavior Course in the John Sealy School of Medicine and earned the title of Associate Professor. She served as Attending Physician in the outpatient clinic, the inpatient unit, and the consult/liaison team. In 2022, she took on the role of Assistant Dean for Career Advising.
Dr. Self is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians as well as past president of the Galveston Psychiatric Society from 2020-2022.
In January 2024, she opened a solo private practice near downtown Houston.
Dr. Self has excelled in both running and sailing in her athletic endeavors. Honors include:
- 6th place, United States Adult Sailing Championship 2023 (Mallory Cup)
- 2nd place, VXOne North American Championship Sailing Regatta 2023
- 1st place, Charleston Race Week 2023 (Melges 24)
- 7th place, New York Yacht Club Resolute Cup US Corinthian Championship Sailing Regatta 2022
- 8th place, Melges20 World Championship Sailing Regatta 2021
- 1st place, Melges20 North American Championship Sailing Regatta 2021
- 1st place, RS21 North American Championship Sailing Regatta 2020
- First Female Overall, Cypress Houston Half Marathon, 2018
- First Female Overall*, Dallas Marathon 2017
- First Female Overall, Lake Placid Half Marathon, 2016
- 31st American Female Overall, First Female Overall from Queens, New York City Marathon, 2016
- First Female Overall, Rehoboth Marathon 2013
Dr. Chandler Self is a board-certified adult psychiatrist by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University, where she competed for their Cross Country & Track & Field teams, earning Academic All–Big XII First Team.
She obtained her medical degree from University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2011 and completed residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City, graduating in 2015.
Following residency, Dr. Self served as Physician-In-Charge of the Assertive Community Treatment Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which is an outreach program for patients with severe mental illness in the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Additionally, she worked as an Attending Psychiatrist in the Comprehensive Psychiatry Emergency Program. While there, she also served as Associate Residency Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
She returned to UTMB in 2018 where she was appointed Co-Director of the Neuroscience & Human Behavior Course in the John Sealy School of Medicine and earned the title of Associate Professor. She served as Attending Physician in the outpatient clinic, the inpatient unit, and the consult/liaison team. In 2022, she took on the role of Assistant Dean for Career Advising.
Dr. Self is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians as well as past president of the Galveston Psychiatric Society from 2020-2022.
In January 2024, she opened a solo private practice near downtown Houston.
Dr. Self has excelled in both running and sailing in her athletic endeavors. Honors include:
- 6th place, United States Adult Sailing Championship 2023 (Mallory Cup)
- 2nd place, VXOne North American Championship Sailing Regatta 2023
- 1st place, Charleston Race Week 2023 (Melges 24)
- 7th place, New York Yacht Club Resolute Cup US Corinthian Championship Sailing Regatta 2022
- 8th place, Melges20 World Championship Sailing Regatta 2021
- 1st place, Melges20 North American Championship Sailing Regatta 2021
- 1st place, RS21 North American Championship Sailing Regatta 2020
- First Female Overall, Cypress Houston Half Marathon, 2018
- First Female Overall*, Dallas Marathon 2017
- First Female Overall, Lake Placid Half Marathon, 2016
- 31st American Female Overall, First Female Overall from Queens, New York City Marathon, 2016
- First Female Overall, Rehoboth Marathon 2013
