Anil Swarup MD, FAPA

Anil Swarup, MD, is a psychiatrist specializing in children, adolescents, and adults. He is board-certified by the American Academy of Psychiatry and Neurology. A dual board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist has completed a minimum of five years of additional training in psychiatry after earning a Doctor of Medicine degree. Dr. Swarup is also board-certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. As of 2025, there are approximately 9,500 dual board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists in the United States, which amounts to one for every 35,000 Americans. To maintain board certification, psychiatrists must engage in continuing medical education and undergo periodic re-examination.

Dr. Swarup completed his General Psychiatry Residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA, and his Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He also served as Chief Resident during his final year of training. Since then, he has worked in various health systems in Hattiesburg and Jackson, Mississippi, as well as Dallas, Arlington, and Oklahoma City, successfully applying his evidence-based approach to psychiatry.

He values collaboration with psychologists, primary care physicians, school staff, and other specialists to benefit his patients. With consent, he can coordinate with these professionals to create a comprehensive treatment plan. For more information, please call the office at (469) 464-9143.

Dr. Swarup has also served as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Hospital in Dallas, TX. In this role and beyond, he has taught and trained UTSW Psychiatry Residents, UTSW Pediatric Residents, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, and Addiction Fellows.

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• American Psychiatric Association

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• American Board of Preventive Medicine

Training and experience

Dr. Swarup has practiced evidence-based psychiatry during his years of training and onward. He has worked in several health systems in Texas, Mississippi, New York, and Oklahoma area including:

• Community Mental Health - Metrocare in Dallas, Red Rock Behavioral Health Services in Oklahoma, Tarrant County Mental Health Center in Arlington

• Inpatient at Mount SInai School of Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, and Queens Hospital in New York

• Eating Disorder Programs in Dallas, Houston and Austin with Center for Discovery and Eating Disorder Solutions

• Discovery Mood and Anxiety PHP, IOP and Residential Treatment Centers in Irving, and Austin

• Juvenile Diversion Programs in Mississippi

• Intellectual Deficit DIsorder Services in Fort Worth Area

• Emergency Psychiatry Services with Medical City Dallas

• Substance use Treatment - Residential, PHP and Diversion Programs at Phoenix House Texas.