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Gail Edelsohn, MD, Psychiatry, Exton, PA

GailAnnEdelsohnMDMD, MSPH, MBE(She/Her)

Psychiatry Exton, PA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Senior Medical Director, Quality, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization

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Summary

  • Dr. Gail Edelsohn is a child and adolescent psychiatrist working as a Senior Medical DIrector, Quality with Community Care Behavioral Health, a component of the UPMC Insurance Services Division. She is healthcare leader with a longstanding commitment to advocating for quality of care for the treatment of mental illness and substance use disorders in the public sector. Significant leadership experience in addressing and enhancing safety and quality of care within the public managed care environment, in cross systems and stakeholder collaboration, clinical care, organized psychiatry and psychiatric education. Draws upon public health and biomedical ethics background to approach dilemmas in health care services. Critical thinker, strengths focused, innovative, accountable, collaborative

Education & Training

  • University of Pennsylvania Department of Medical Ethics &	Health Policy
    University of Pennsylvania Department of Medical Ethics & Health PolicyMBE, Bioethics, 2018 - 2021
  • University of North Carolina School of Public Health
    University of North Carolina School of Public HealthFellowship, Preventive Medicine, 1983 - 1985
  • University of North Carolina School of Public Health
    University of North Carolina School of Public HealthMSPH, Epidemiology, 1983 - 1985
  • University of North Carolina School of Public Health
    University of North Carolina School of Public HealthMSPH, Epidemiology, 1985
  • University of North Carolina Hospitals
    University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1981 - 1983
  • University of North Carolina Hospitals
    University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Psychiatry, 1980 - 1981
  • University of North Carolina Hospitals
    University of North Carolina HospitalsInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
  • Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
    Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1978
  • Sarah Lawrence College
    Sarah Lawrence CollegeBA, Psychology, Literature (Pre-Medicine), 1972 - 1974
  • Temple University
    Temple UniversityNo Degree, Psychology, Literature Honors Program, 1970 - 1972

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1992 - 2024
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1985 - 1992
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child Psychiatry
  • American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review PhysiciansCertification in Health Care Quality and Management (CHCQM)
  • American Psychiatric Association Certificate in Psychiatric Administration and Managment

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Award in recognition of the re-establishment of Philadelphia Citywide Mock Board Exam for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, 2011
  • President�s Gavel Award Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, 2008
  • Edward Lawlor Award, for Public Service and Advocacy Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, Benjamin Rush Awards, 2008
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Using a Learning Collaborative Model to Improve Youth Psychiatric Residential Treatment.  
    Edelsohn, GA, Herschell, AD, Walker, MC, Schake, PL., Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2024
  • Past is prologue: ethical issues in pediatric psychedelics research and treatment  
    Edelsohn, GA, Sisti, D., Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 2023
  • Complex case of delirium in a five-year old and no one is happy: how can an ethics perspective help?  
    Edelsohn GA, Journal of American Academy Child Adolescent Psychiatry, 1/1/2018
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Books/Book Chapters

Lectures

  • A Complex Case of Delirium in Five-Year-Old and No One is Happy: How Can an Ethics Perspective Help 
    Seattle, WA - 1/1/2018
  • Ethical and Clinical Decision Making When Consulting on Infants and Children with Delirium 
    Seattle, WA - 1/1/2018
  • The Power of Good: Considerations of Moral Development, Empathy and Altruism 
    Seattle, WA - 1/1/2018
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Other

  • Pressure to Prescribe and Evidence-Based Practices: Addressing the Real Needs of Children, Families and Systems 
    Gail Edelsohn, MD, Jaswinder Ghuman, MD, Rural Psychiatry Fellowship Webinar Series
    1/1/2015
  • Ethical dilemmas in prescribing psychotropics for children and adolescents. 
    Edelsohn, GA., Pennsylvania Psychiatrist Newsletter of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society
    http://www.papsych.org/Pages/Ethical-Dilemmas.aspx
    1/1/2015
  • Attention problems in first grade and shy and aggressive behaviors as antecedents to later heavy or inhibited substance use. 
    Kellam S., Ialongo N., Brown H., Laudoff J., Mirsky A., Anthony B., Ahearn M., Anthony J., Edelsohn, G., Dolan L., NIDA Research Monograph
    1/1/1989

Committees

  • Past co-chair, current member, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Ethics Committee

Professional Memberships