Wendy E Doran, M.D., is a Board Certified, Harvard trained, licensed child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist. Dr. Doran was Chief Resident of Psychopharmacology at Beth Israel Hospital at Harvard Medical School. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Doran is a renowned, Board Certified expert in the diagnosis and treatment of all major psychiatric disorders; including mood disorders such as major depression and bipolar disorders; and all types of anxiety disorders.
Mood disorders include major depression, and bipolar disorders. Anxiety disorders include simple phobias (fear of flying fear of public speaking, or fear of tight spaces); social anxiety disorder; generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia (not wanting to leave your house, or feeling comfortable only in very limited situations or places), and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Clinical psychiatry involves the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychological, mental, and emotional problems.
Dr. Doran is also medically trained in both internal medicine and neurology, so that she can rule out medical, metabolic, endocrine, and/or physical conditions that may be responsible for psychological symptoms.
Dr. Doran also has specialized advaced training in pharmacology that enables her to formulate many different medication combinations and to individualize each patient's treatment plan.
Prior to starting her outpatient practice, Dr. Doran worked as Associate Director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at the University of Miami School of Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She worked closely with Dr. Paul Goodnick, M.D., a world renowned expert in the psychiatric treatment psychopharmacology of mood and bipolar disorders.
One of Dr. Doran's particular areas of interest and clinical expertise is the evaluation and treatment of stress related psychiatric illnesses, the effects of chronic stress on the body and mind; as well as psychiatric disorders exacerbated by medical causes, such as thyroid conditions or hormonal imbalances. Dr. Doran works closely with other medical experts in the field, such as endocrinologists, "functional medicine" specialists, and other specialists and will refer you to the appropriate experts as needed. Dr. Doran works closely with experts in these fields to help determine the causes of your fatigue, chronic stress, sleep disorders, and endocrine disoders.
Another of Dr. Wendy Doran's particular areas of expertise is the treatment of mood and hormonal disorders unique to women and adolescents, such as premenstrual dysphoric disorder; ("PMS" or "PMDD")
postpartum depression; and perimenopausal mood disorders.
