Dr. Gerardo F. Olivera M.D.

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Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Gerardo F. Olivera, who serves patients throughout the State of Florida.

Recognized as a caring psychiatrist, Dr. Olivera is affiliated with Riverview Community Mental Health Center, seeing patients in Stuart, and Lucie, Florida. He helps with evaluating and managing disorders related to memory, mental function, and emotion. He has had broad experience in these disorders and understands the unusual cause of memory loss and mental complications.

In addition, he can assist in the “differential diagnosis” of memory loss and psychiatric disorders, that is, determining what from a list of possible causes applies to a specific person and which cause is the most likely.

Before embarking on his professional journey, Dr. Olivera received his medical degree from the Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, and performed his internship at the South Carolina State Hospital. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. 

Subsequently, he completed his residency in psychiatry at multiple hospitals in Miami, Florida, including the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami VA Medical Center, Highland Park Hospital, and Mount Sinai Medical Center. Later, he completed a fellowship within the ECT Service at the Medical University of South Carolina.

With an unwavering commitment to his specialty, he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to serving the professions of psychiatry and neurology.

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behavior, cognition, and perceptions. Psychiatrists evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. They conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, prescribe medication, and evaluate treatment results.

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