SharonA.AbramowitzMD
Psychiatry • Oakland, CAAddiction, Psychosomatic Medicine, Integrative Psychiatry
Integrative Mental Health & Addiction Med Private Practice; Academy Integrative Health & Medicine Faculty; Motivational Interviewing Trainer; CSAM Board Member
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Oakland, CA 94611Phone+1 415-689-9184
Summary
- I'm a psychiatrist faculty member of Highland Hospital's internal medicine primary care residency and their Director of Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. I also began the first US premed health coach project. I have a San Francisco & East Bay integrative psychiatry, addiction medicine and psychotherapy practice. I'm also on the California Society of Addiction Medicine executive council, and have chaired their annual meetings and am chair of their Integration & Access to Systems of Care Committee. I'm a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, and am a part of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine's first fellowship.
Education & Training
Academy of Integrative Health and MedicineFellowship, Integrative Medicine, 2016
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Psychiatry, 1988- University of California (San Francisco)Internship, Psychiatry, 1983 - 1984
University of California, Davis, School of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1984 - 2026- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
- American Board of Addiction Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Humanist Medicine Award Division of Primary Care Medicine, Alameda Health System, 2006
- Award for Exceptional Psychotherapeutic Skill & Unusual Concern for the Welfare of Patients UCSF Dept of Psychiatry, 1988
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 42 citationsTrauma and Humanitarian Translation in Liberia: The Tale of Open MoleSharon Abramowitz
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 2010-04-17 - 28 citationsSocial science intelligence in the global Ebola responseSharon Abramowitz, Kevin Bardosh, Melissa Leach, Barry S. Hewlett, Mark Nichter
Lancet. 2015-01-24 - 113 citationsCommunity-Centered Responses to Ebola in Urban Liberia: The View from BelowSharon Abramowitz, Kristen E. McLean, Sarah L. McKune, Kevin Bardosh, Mosoka Fallah
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015-04-09
Journal Articles
- Integrative Addiction Medicine: What Exactly Is It?Abramowitz, S, San Francisco Medicine: Addiction Medicine, 7/2015
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Web Based Motivational Interviewing Training to Improve Residents' Confidence in Counseling Obese Patients About Weight LossJ. Sladek, D. Flattery, S. Abramowitz, o Society of General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting, Stanford University, 1/2013
- Premed Health Coaching: Promising Impact on the Primary Care Pipeline?N. White & S. Abramowitz, o American College of Physicians regional meeting, UCSF, 1/1/2010
Lectures
- Motivational Interviewing TrainingsMultiple healthcare orgs
- PCP Training on Substance Use DisordersPartnership Health Plan - 1/2016
- Empathy Training for Hospitalistso Sutter-Health Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley - 2015
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Other
- Helping Patients Help ThemselvesBodenheimer T & Abramowitz S
http://www.chcf.org/~/media/MEDIA%20LIBRARY%20Files/PDF/PDF%20H/PDF%20HelpingPtsHelpThemselvesImplementSelfMgtSupport.pdf
California Healthcare Foundation white paper - 12/1/2010
Press Mentions
What a “Safe and Dignified” Burial Means During a PandemicJanuary 14th, 2021
Welcome to A School That's Prepared for the CoronavirusMarch 11th, 2020
Grant Support
- Primary Care Training GrantsHRSA/DHHS2000–2015
External Links
- Private Practice Websitehttp://www.abramowitz-psychiatry.com/index.html
- Motivational Interviewing for MDs and Health Practitionershttp://www.miformds.com/Home.html
- Premed Health Coachhttp://www.premedhealthcoach.com/Home.html
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