Dr. Richard Altesman M.D., Psychologist
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Dr. Richard Altesman M.D.

Psychiatrist | Psychiatry

2/5(58)
1551 Bishop Street A-150 San Luis Obispo CA, 93401
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Richard Altesman, M.D. is a nationally renowned Biological Psychiatrist, specializing in clinical psychopharmacology and neuropsychiatry, affective and mood disorders, anxiety, dual diagnosis and substance use disorders. 

 

Dr. Altesman completed medical school at the State University of New York and went on to psychiatric residency training at Harvard Medical School McLean Hospital where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Altesman has held leadership, research and clinical appointments at Harvard Medical School as Chief of Clinical Psychopharmacology, McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington D.C, the  New York Medical College and New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.

 

Dr. Altesman has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards including the Exemplary Psychiatrist National Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and the Outstanding Teacher Award at Harvard Medical School McLean Hospital. He has also served as an officer of the Mental Health Association. Dr Altesman is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the Americans Psychiatric Association.

 

Serving the medical community in a number of capacities, Dr. Altesman has been a long-term Representative to the American Psychiatric Association's national Assembly and is also currently on the Executive Council of the Northern California Psychiatric Society.

Education and Training

University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1976

University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1976

Board Certification

Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 41 years of experience

Treatments

  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
  • Adjustment Disorder

Dr. Richard Altesman M.D.'s Practice location

Pacific Psychiatry, Inc.

1551 Bishop Street A-150 -
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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