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David A. Sasso, M.D., M.P.H. is a board-certified psychiatrist who has been a physician in Connecticut since 2004. He has experience treating a wide range of child, adolescent, and adult psychiatric problems through both psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological approaches. His expertise includes treatment of anxiety, mood, attention-deficit, autism spectrum, and psychotic disorders. Dr. Sasso is fluent in Spanish. He serves as Medical Director of the Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Clinic in Norwalk. Dr. Sasso also serves as Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center.
Dr. Sasso received his medical and public health degrees from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. He completed his adult and child psychiatry training in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University and the Yale Child Study Center, respectively. He served as chief resident in both training programs and was named Distinguished Laughlin Fellow. Dr. Sasso spent a year as a senior resident at the Yale University Health Service and serves on the College Student committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.
Prior to his medical training, Dr. Sasso studied music composition at the Indiana University School of Music and composed "The Trio of Minuet," a full-length opera performed by children, which was broadcast nationally on PBS stations. He has interests in child musical and creative development, using music in mental health and community settings, and how to sensitively approach psychiatric problems among performing artists. He has written and presented widely and consulted to local arts organizations on these topics.
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