Dr. Sidney Edsall, MD, DABMA
My Approach
I’m an Integrative Psychiatrist, and I use the term “Integrative” with a couple of different meanings in mind.
First of all, I conceptualize the mental and physical health of my clients as interconnected and interdependent. And thus I consider the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health and wellbeing of each of my clients in relation to others and within our communities.
All of these factors are vital and essential elements integrated within whole-being health and holistic healing.
I also integrate Western medical practices with Traditional Chinese Medicine, utilizing medical acupuncture to access energy flow, combined with medications and somatic psychotherapy. I cultivate treatment plans using western medicine terminology infused with Buddhist and Daoist philosophy.
Dr. Edsall’s Education & Training
MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Bachelors in Science, Biochemistry - University of Arizona
Tuscon, Arizona, Aug 1990 - May 1996
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors
Medical Doctorate - The University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Tuscon, Arizona, July 1998 - May 2002
Stanford Psychiatry Internship
Stanford, CA, July 2002- June 2003
Stanford, CA, July 2003 - June 2006
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Fellowship
White Plains, NY, Spring 2004 - Fall 2007
Human Sexuality Emphasis
San Francisco Insight Center - Site Physician
San Francisco, California, January 2022 - present
Site physician participating in research on the Phase III Clinical Trials for MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
ACUPUNCTURE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Acupuncture (DABMA)
Sept 2018
San Francisco Academy of Pain Research
San Francisco, CA, April-Sept 2014
Acupuncture Training for Physicians integrating medical science and traditional Chinese medicine concepts using traditional acupuncture, ear acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, trigger point injections with lidocaine, steroid injections, and moxibustion.
Nourishing Destiny, Five Elements Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
Stockbridge, MA, April 2019 - April 2021
Long-distance learning over 2 years (current, ongoing) with eight 3-day in-person intensive teaching by Lonny Jarrett, MSTOM, MS, on 5 Element Chinese Medicine philosophy specific for the management of psychiatric illness and trauma.
Pain Champion Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) Pain Services Training
Landstuhl, Germany, Sept 2014 - June 2015
On-site training & consultation in pain services and acupuncture from the US Army Pain Service at the U.S.Army’s Trauma Center in Landstuhl, Germany + weekly telecommunication case discussions with LRMC’s Pain Service
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