Rakesh Kant Sharma, MD
Consultation Liaison PsychiatryPsychiatry
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Young Adults (ages 19-26)
- Adults
- Geriatrics (ages 70+)
Languages
- English
- Hindi
About Rakesh Kant Sharma
Roles
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Medical Director, Inpatient General Psychiatry Consultation Service at UHealth Tower
Areas of Expertise
Honors and Awards
Child Psychiatry Research Award during his fellowship
Biography
Dr. Sharma graduated medical school at the King George Medical College Lucknow, India. He graduated psychiatry residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, and he completed a fellowship training in Child Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Consultation Liaison Psychiatry. He is an expert in the fields of ECT, rTMS Depression and Anxiety Disorders. He is the recipient of the Child Psychiatry Research Award during his fellowship.
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine
- Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry/Geriatric, 2004
- Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry/Addiction, 2002
- Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry (Child), 2000
- Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry, 1998
- Residency: The University of Arizona Health Sciences, Psychiatry, 1996
- Medical School: K.G's Medical College, 1981
Insurance
- Aetna - WC
- Aetna Affiliates/Signature Adm. (ASA)
- Aetna Behavioral Health
- Aetna Elect Choice (EPO)
- Aetna-FL Healthy Kids
- Aetna-HMO
- Aetna-Medicaid HMO
- Aetna-Medicare HMO
- Aetna-Medicare PPO
- Aetna-POS
- Aetna-PPO
- Aetna-UM Employee-HMO 1
- Aetna-UM Employee-HMO 2
- Aetna-UM Employee-POS HRA
- Aetna/Coventry - Institutes of Excellence (IOE)
- Amerigroup-FL Healthy Kids
- Amerigroup-Medicaid HMO
- Argus Vision
- AvMed Choice
- AvMed-HMO/POS
- AvMed-MDC and JHS Groups
- AvMed-Medicare HMO
- AXIS
- BCBS Blue Options-Network Blue-PPO
- BCBS BlueCare-HealthOptions HMO
- BCBS BlueChoice PPC-PPO
- BCBS Miami Dade Blue-PPO
- BCBS of FL - except "SELECT" Plans
- BCBS of FL (Commercial plans exclude HIX Select)
- BCBS Traditional-PHS-PPO
- Beacon Health (FKA ValueOption)
- Beech Street-PPO
- Broward Health Medical Center
- CarePlus-Medicare HMO
- Catholic Hospice
- CCP-CMS Title XIX (Medicaid Enrolled in South Florida)
- CCP-CMS Title XXI (Non-Medicaid Enrolled in South Florida)
- CCP-MMA (Broward County residents)
- Charlotte County Sheriff's Office-PPO
- Cigna Affiliates
- Cigna Behavioral Health
- Cigna Dental-HMO and PPO
- Cigna Life Source (Intracorp is part of Cigna Lifesource)
- Cigna Shared Administration
- Cigna-EPO
- Cigna-HMO
- Cigna-MDCPS Jackson Sr. High
- Cigna-POS
- Cigna-PPO
- Clear Health Alliance-SNP Medicaid HMO
- CompCare (Comprehensive Behavioral Care)
- Concordia Behavioral Health
- CorVel - WC
- Coventry First Health - WC
- Coventry Health Care of FL (HIP)-HMO/POS
- Coventry Health Care of FL (HIP)-PPO
- Coventry Health Plan of FL (Foundation)-HMO
- Coventry Health Plan of FL (Foundation)-POS
- Coventry National-PPO
- Coventry Summit-Medicare HMO
- Coventry Vista-Medicare HMO
- Coventry-First Health-PPO
- Delta Dental-PPO
- DentaQuest (ADI)
- DIKLA
- Dimension - WC
- Dimension Plus-PPO
- EHN - PPO
- EQUIAN (fka Health Systems International)
- Europe Assistance/Global Corporate Solutions
- eyeQuest
- FCCI - WC
- Florida Healthcare Plan (Affiliate of BCBSFL)
- Florida PACE (FPC)
- Freedom Health-Medicaid HMO
- Freedom Health-Medicare HMO
- Gallagher Bassett - WC (MDCPS & FCSRMC)
- Global Excel Mgt PPO
- Global Health Claims Services
- Great West (Cigna)-HMO/POS
- Guardian Life PPO
- HAA Preferred Partners
- Health First Health-HMO/POS
- Health First Health-Medicare HMO
- Health First Health-PPO
- Health Net Veterans Choice HMO
- Heritage Summit Healthcare - WC
- Humana - HUMx
- Humana Behavioral Health (fka LifeSynch)
- Humana Dental/CompBenefits/OHS
- Humana National Transplant
- Humana-EPO
- Humana-HMO
- Humana-Medicaid HMO
- Humana-Medicare HMO
- Humana-PPO
- Humana-Premier
- iCare Health Solutions
- Interlink Health Services
- International Kids Fund (IKF)
- League Medical Concepts-Federal Inmates
- Life Trac
- Magellan Behavioral Health
- Magellan Complete Care-SNP Medicaid HMO
- MDAbroad
- Medica-Medicare HMO
- Medical Development In't (MDI)-Federal Inmates
- Medicus
- Metlife Dental-PPO
- MHNet Behavioral Network
- Molina
- Molina - Market Place
- Molina-Medicaid HMO
- Molina-Medicare HMO
- Morgan White International
- MultiPlan-PPO
- Naphcare (Federal Prisoners)
- National Healthcare Solutions Inc.
- Neighborhood HealthPlan-HMO/POS
- Neighborhood HealthPlan-PPO
- North Broward Hospital District-PPO
- Olympus Managed Healthcare
- Optum
- Positive Healthcare-SNP Medicaid HMO
- Positive Healthcare-SNP Medicare HMO
- Prestige Health Choice-Medicaid HMO
- Prime Health Services - WC
- Quality Health Management
- Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses-PPO
- Rockport Healthcare Group - WC
- Royal Caribbean Cruises-PPO
- Sanus Health Corporation
- Simply Healthcare-Medicaid HMO
- Solstice Dental-HMO and PPO
- Start Healthcare Network
- Sunshine
- Sunshine - AMBETTER
- Sunshine-Healthy Kids HMO
- Sunshine-Medicaid HMO
- Sunshine-Medicare HMO
- Tricare South Prime-HMO
- Tricare South Standard-PPO
- United Behavioral Health (UBH)
- UnitedHealthcare Affiliates
- UnitedHealthcare-Healthy Kids HMO
- UnitedHealthcare-HMO/POS
- UnitedHealthcare-Medicaid HMO
- UnitedHealthcare-Medicare Nursing Home Plan
- UnitedHealthcare-PPO
- University of Miami Athletic Dept-PPO
- VUMI
- Wellcare/Staywell-Healthy Kids HMO
- Wellcare/Staywell-Medicaid HMO
- Wexford Health-State Inmates
- Worldwide Managed Care
Ratings & Reviews
4.8 out of 5
111 ratings, 14 reviewsUHealth is committed to being transparent with our patients and community. To achieve this, we include positive and negative comments from the care provider section of the medical practice survey. All ratings and comments are submitted by patients who have experienced outpatient care with our providers. Comments are carefully reviewed to ensure that each one accurately reflects the patient's perception of the care they received.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/10/2025
Dr sharma is the best!! I recommend him to everyone I know that may need a psychiatrist!! He is top notch
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/24/2025
Dr. Sharma and his staff are excellent team
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/29/2025
Excellent interpersonal acumen for sensitive matters.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/28/2025
Dr Sharma is an excellent doctor. Very caring and explains everything if you don’t understand.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/3/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/21/2025
Very good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/16/2025
Great staff and service. All my doctors at U Miami are awesome !
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/10/2025
Dr. Sharma is a very compassionate Physician. He takes notes and follows up with discussions from previous visits. Dr. Sharma is very intentional in assisting his patients to live their best lives.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/8/2025
Dr Sharma is very nice and would highly recommend for patient care
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/6/2025
Denise who scheduled my appointments understood what I needed and took care of setting all the appointments seamlessly. Dr. Sharma is very personable and explained everything to me and made me feel comfortable with the procedure.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/26/2025
Dr Sharma is a wonderful doctor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/8/2024
Dr.Sharma is AMAZING! Best Psychiatrist I could have asked for. He is very patient, attentive, willing to provide a different route of treatment if needed, and he listens really well. He asks a lot of questions to ensure that the treatment is working.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/6/2024
I feel very fortunate to have Dr. Sharma as my doctor. He is very smart, caring and takes care of me very well.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/18/2024
Dr. Sharma is very experienced, knowledgeable, and caring.