About Julie Farrington, M.D.

Avalon Psychiatry is a general psychiatry practice in Gig Harbor, Washington. Dr. Farrington is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has specialized in treating anxiety disorders and eating disorders, though enjoys treating all diagnoses. She has over 15 years expertise with difficult and complex cases, with clinical experience in institutional and private practice settings. She was the staff psychiatrist for the Washington Correctional Center for Women for 4 years and was awarded Medical Support Staff of the Year in 2004. Before moving to Washington, she was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Preceding her private practice she held the position of Psychiatric Fellow and then Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her tenure at Emory included providing psychiatric consultation and liaison services to patients under the care of other hospital specialties, (e.g. kidney, heart, liver and lung transplantation teams, cancer treatment teams, intensive care units) as well as outpatient support to medical clinics (e.g. chronic pain, rheumatology, gynecology, endocrinology).

Dr. Farrington's educational background is varied and extensive. She received her B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas and then did graduate study at both Rice University and the University of Houston. She earned her Doctorate in Medicine at the University of Texas - Medical Branch and did her residency in psychiatry at Duke University. She completed a fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Emory University.

Dr. Farrington is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Washington State Psychiatric Association.

Research

Emory University Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Departments of Psychiatry, Obstretics/Gynecology, and Dermatology
Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Somatization Disorders in Gynecologic Pain Syndromes, 1993-1994

Emory University Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Psychiatry
Investigational Drug Studies, 1992-1993

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry, 1988-1989

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry - 1986

Presentations

“Introduction to Sports Psychiatry” - Grand Rounds
Department of Psychiatry
DeKalb Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia - June 1995

“General Hospital Consultations: An Evaluation”
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California - May 1993

Publications

“Vulvodynia: Chronic Vulvar Pain Syndromes.”
McKay, M., Farrington, J. In Stoudemire, A. and Fogel, B. (eds.)
Medical Psychiatric Practice, Volume 3. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1995.

“Role of Ciprofloxacin in a Patient with Delirium due to Multiple Etiologies”
Farrington, J., Stoudemire, A., Tierney, J.
General Hospital Psychiatry, 1995, 17:47-53.

“Decreased Mononuclear Leukocyute TSH Responsiveness in Patients with Major Depression”
Harbour, D.V., Anderson, A., Farrington, J., et al
Biological Psychiatry, 1988, 23:797-806.