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Evangeline J Spindler, MD, Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI

Evangeline JSpindlerMD Psychoanalyst

Psychiatry Ann Arbor, MI

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Integrative Psychiatry

Past President, Michigan Psychoanalytic Society; Training & Supervising Analyst emerita, MI Council for psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy; Lecturer, MI Psychoanalytic Inst.; Former Faculty, University of Michigan School of Medicine.

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Clinical Expertise

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder, Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic education, Bioethics, Psychoanalytic study of creativity

Education & Training

  • Advanced Fellowship in  Child Analytic Study Program
    Advanced Fellowship in Child Analytic Study ProgramCertificate, Child Psychoanalytic Study, 1969 - 1970
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1964
  • University of Michigan Health System
    University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • University of Michigan Health System
    University of Michigan Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry
  • Maimonides Medical Center
    Maimonides Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year
  • Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute - Psychoanalytic Training
    Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute - Psychoanalytic TrainingCertificate, Psychoanalysis

Certifications & Licensure

  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 1966 - 2026
  • American Psychoanalytic Association Board of Professional StandardsBoard Certification (Diplomate) in Psychoanalysis

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Marquis Who's Who Marquis Who's Who, 2020
  • International Profiles of Accomplished Leaders-Listing 2010
  • Who's who of American Women - Listing Marquis, 2006
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Trauma and Mastery through Music: Beethoven, His Deafness, and His Symphonies  
    Spindler, E.J., Spindler, A.C., and Weinstein, R.E., Bulletin of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council 8:117-142, 2012
  • Crime and Punishment: Franz Kafka and His Dead Brothers  
    Spindler, A.C., and Spindler, E.J., Bulletin of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council. 6:112-139., 2010
  • Workshop Model for Educating Medical Practitioners about Optimal Treatment of Difficult-to-Manage Patients  
    Klyman, C. et al, Spindler, E.J., and Spindler, A.C., Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. 36(4):661-676., 2008
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Books/Book Chapters

Lectures

  • The Torment and Bliss of Love: the Mind and Music of Tchaikovsky 
    University Commons, Ann Arbor, MI - 2/14/2024
  • Physician Burnout and Moral Injury - Program Chair 
    Trinity Brighton Campus, Brighton, Michigan - 11/8/2023
  • Preventing Gun Violence Roundtable Discussion - Program/Task Force Chair 
    Webers Inn, Ann Arbor, MI - 5/23/2023
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Other

  • Book Review: The End of Miracles (Starkman, 2016) 
    Spindler, Evangeline J, Free Associations, 47(2):14-15
    MI: Farmington Hills - 10/1/2017
  • Book Review: Starkman, M. (2016) The End of Miracles. Amazon. 
    Spindler, E.
    http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1576761419?utm_medium=email&utm_source=rating - 2016
  • Book Review: Starkman, M. (2016) The End of Miracles. Barnes & Noble 
    Spindler, E.
    2016
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Committees

  • Co-Chair 2017-2020, Chair 2020 - present, Task Force on Programming, Washtenaw County Medical Society 2017 - Present
  • Executive Councilor, Executive Council, Washtenaw County Medical Society 1997 - Present
  • Chairman, Library Committee, the Michigan Psychoanalytic Society and Institute - Member 2014 to date 2003 - 2006
  • Chairman 2008-2014, Bioethics Committee, MI State Medical Society: Member 2002-2018 2002 - 2018
  • Chairman, Annual Scientific Meeting Planning Committee, MI State Med Soc - Member 1997 to date 1999 - 2001
  • Member, Subcommittee on Ethics Revision, American Psychoanalytic Association 1995 - 2001
  • Member, Continuing Medical Education Commitee, American Psychoanalytic Association 1994 - 1997
  • Chairman, Committee on Psychoanalytic Practice, MI Psychoanalytic Society 1991 - 2010
  • Chairman, Ethics Committee, MI Psychoanalytic Society & Institute 1987 - 2003
  • Chairman, Program Committee, MI Psychoanalytic Society 1983 - 1985

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