Sophie Scharner, MD

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730 South 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

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About Sophie Scharner, MD

At a glance

Gender: Female

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Languages: English

Age groups treated: Pediatric

Clinical Expertise

 

Dr. Scharner is a full-time staff psychiatrist trained to treat children, adolescents and adults with psychotherapy and medications, if necessary. She provides care in outpatient settings at the child psychiatry clinic, where she sees children and adolescents, and at the Redleaf Center for Family Healing for perinatal patients. She sometimes consults on the pediatric inpatient units. 

She has a special interest in transgenerational healing, cultural psychiatry, women’s health, trauma disorders, and eating disorders. She is also interested in the effects of climate change on mental health and how to build more resilient communities for the changes to come.  She likes taking care of families that speak other languages in addition to English. She provides care in English, Spanish, French, and German, and likes working with interpreters for other languages.

Credentials

Training & education

Medical school
Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Residency
Psychiatry, Hennepin-Regions Psychiatry Training Program, Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN, USA

Fellowship
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, MGH/McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA

My experiences & interests

Publications
  • Vanderkruik R, Frisch CM, Woodworth EC, Scharner S, Bartels SJ, Freeman MP, Cohen LS, Stice E. The pregnant body project pilot RCT protocol: Preventing disordered eating behaviors in high-risk pregnant individuals. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Sep;156:108039. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.108039. PMID: 40752822.
  • Scharner S, Dolan TM, Hazen EP. Creatine metabolism in psychosis and catatonia: A case report and review of the literature. Psych Res Case reports. 2025; 1000260.
  • Scharner S., Neurobiology of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Psychiatr Ann.  2024;54(2):e47–e50.
  • Scharner S., Stengel A. Animal Models for Anorexia Nervosa-A Systematic Review. Front Hum Neurosci. 2021 Jan 20;14:596381. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.596381. PMID: 33551774.
  • Friedrich T, Schalla MA, Scharner S., Kühne SG, Goebel-Stengel M, Kobelt P, Rose M, Stengel A. Intracerebroventricular injection of phoenixin alters feeding behavior and activates nesfatin-1 immunoreactive neurons in rats. Brain Res. 2019 Jul 15;1715:188-195. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.03.034. PMID: 30930149
Professional Affiliations
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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"In my free time, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, either in cafes or in nature, meditation, and learning languages."