{"id":302,"date":"2019-03-30T16:36:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T16:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eas-md.com\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2023-11-12T13:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T13:55:38","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/?page_id=302","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"RichTextElement\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">For those interested in knowing something about their physicians, here<\/span><span class=\"style_1\"> is a brief biography about me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">I am originally from Wisconsin and I still feel quite rooted in the Midwest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">I left for college in 1967 enrolling at \u00a0Columbia College in NYC where I graduated in 1971 with a major <\/span>in Biochemistry and a minor in Art History .<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">For medical school I returned to the Midwest and attended University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">All of my post medical training was at Georgetown where I did an internal medicine internship\u00a0<\/span>followed by a year of neurology and then my residency in psychiatry. After completing my residency\u00a0I spent a year working with Dr Tom Wise at Fairfax Hospital in a \u00a0Hospital Psychiatry fellowship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">Since 1982 I have been with the Northern Virginia Psychiatric Group and am \u00a0one of its senior\u00a0<\/span>partners. I was on the clinical faculty at Georgetown University Medical School from 1984 -2010 reaching \u00a0the \u00a0rank of Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">The majority of my time is doing outpatient assessments and treatment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">I consider myself not firmly aligned with any particular psychological theory or type of therapy\u00a0<\/span>though my education was primarily psycho-dynamic. \u00a0I feel medications, when used judiciously, can\u00a0help reduce \u00a0aspects of psychological distress that can lead to impaired functioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_1\">If you have any other questions of me&#8230;don\u2019t ever hesitate \u00a0to ask when we get together during an appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\"><span class=\"style_2\"><br \/>\n<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-310\" src=\"http:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2015-top-doc-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2015-top-doc-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2015-top-doc-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2015-top-doc-768x1104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2015-top-doc-188x270.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-308\" src=\"http:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Segall-WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Segall-WEB.jpg 576w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Segall-WEB-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Segall-WEB-188x270.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-589\" src=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2021-Best-MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2021-Best-MD.jpg 438w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2021-Best-MD-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2021-Best-MD-177x270.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-top-doc-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-top-doc-copy.jpg 360w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-top-doc-copy-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-top-doc-copy-173x270.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-657\" src=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2024-NV-Mag-Top-Doc--210x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2024-NV-Mag-Top-Doc--210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2024-NV-Mag-Top-Doc--717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2024-NV-Mag-Top-Doc--768x1097.png 768w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2024-NV-Mag-Top-Doc--1076x1536.png 1076w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2024-NV-Mag-Top-Doc--189x270.png 189w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2024-NV-Mag-Top-Doc-.png 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-618\" src=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SEGALL-WEB-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SEGALL-WEB-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SEGALL-WEB-190x270.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eas-md.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SEGALL-WEB.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those interested in knowing something about their physicians, here is a brief biography about me. I am originally from Wisconsin and I still feel quite rooted in the Midwest. I left for college in 1967 enrolling at \u00a0Columbia College in NYC where I graduated in 1971 with a major in Biochemistry and a minor in Art History . For medical school I returned to the Midwest and attended University of Wisconsin, graduating in 1975. 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