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Sharon Abramowitz, MD, Psychiatry, Oakland, CA, Fairmont Hospital

SharonA.AbramowitzMD

Psychiatry Oakland, CA

Addiction, 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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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.
  • S Abramowitz MD: HOME

    A San Francisco / East Bay integrated psychiatry & psychotherapy practice

Education & Training

  • Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine
    Academy of Integrative Health and MedicineFellowship, Integrative Medicine, 2016
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Psychiatry, 1988
  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Internship, Psychiatry, 1983 - 1984
  • University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
    University of California, Davis, School of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    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

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 Loss
    J. 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 Trainings 
    Multiple healthcare orgs
  • PCP Training on Substance Use Disorders 
    Partnership Health Plan - 1/2016
  • Empathy Training for Hospitalists 
    o Sutter-Health Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley - 2015
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Other

Press Mentions

  • What a “Safe and Dignified” Burial Means During a Pandemic
    What a “Safe and Dignified” Burial Means During a PandemicJanuary 14th, 2021
  • Welcome to A School That's Prepared for the Coronavirus
    Welcome to A School That's Prepared for the CoronavirusMarch 11th, 2020

Grant Support

  • Primary Care Training GrantsHRSA/DHHS2000–2015

Hospital Affiliations