William French, MD, DFAACAP, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist in the Pediatric Clinic at Harborview, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. He also is an associate professor at the University of Washington.

William French, M.D., DFAACAP
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