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Joel Edelstein, MD, Psychiatry, Elkins Park, PA

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Psychiatry Elkins Park, PA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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  • Office

    8302 Old York Road
    Suite B-7
    Elkins Park, PA 19027
    Phone+1 215-576-5977

Summary

  • Dr. Joel Edelstein is a psychiatrist in private practice since 1981. He is based in Jenkintown/Elkins Park, PA, specializing in adult, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and medication management. He completed his medical degree at Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel University College of Medicine) in 1976, followed by a psychiatry residency at Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System in 1979 and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Drexel's Hahnemann University Hospital in 1980. He served as the Associate Medical Director at Brandywine RTF, part of the Devereux Children's Behavioral Health Center (Residential treatment of children and adolescents, from 1998 through 2024.

Education & Training

  • Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis
    Institute of the Philadelphia Association for PsychoanalysisGraduate, Psychoanalysis, 1982 - 1992
  • Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital
    Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1979 - 1981
  • Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
    Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 1976 - 1979
  • Drexel University College of Medicine
    Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1977 - 2026
  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry