Tranquil Days Behavioral Health

Meet Dr. Panagopoulos

Dr. Panagopoulos is a Yale-trained dual board-certified Psychiatrist currently serving as the Director of Tranquil Days Behavioral Health. He holds certifications by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both Adult and Addiction Psychiatry. He offers both medication management services (prescribing medication for behavioral health) as well as psychotherapy services (counseling). His Addiction Psychiatry subspecialty extends his psychiatric skill-set to serve the needs of his patients in multiple domains but also to assist the community in very frequently encountered problems such as tobacco and alcohol use problems. Dr. Panagopoulos was born and raised in Athens, Greece. He completed medical school at the University of Patras Medical School in 2006 with a honorary distinction for being among the 5 highest-ranking medical students of his class. He completed his residency training as an Adult Psychiatrist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, USA in 2012. He then expanded his training by completing the Addiction Psychiatry fellowship of Yale University at New Haven, CT, USA. He was formerly employed at the St. Louis Veterans Administration Healthcare System as a Staff Psychiatrist for almost 2 years taking care of Veterans with addiction and multiple other psychiatric problems. During his tenure at the VA, he served as a Clinical Instructor at Washington University School Of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA, and was heavily involved in teaching residents and medical students about addiction and psychiatry. Dr. Panagopoulos has expertise in several different psychotherapeutic techniques including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Group Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. He has an enthusiastic interest and significant related experience in the application of modern technologies in the daily clinical practice of psychiatry through the practice of telemedicine, as evidenced by his service at multiple Dignity Health Hospitals, at El Camino Hospital at Mountain View & Los Gatos, as well as Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley.