Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D. is Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at New York Medical College and has maintained a private psychiatric practice for 25 years. She graduated from Brown University in 1971 with a BA in biology and from Harvard Medical School in 1975. Dr. Gerbarg completed a Psychiatry Residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston in 1979 and psychoanalytic training at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in 1992.

Dr. Gerbarg has taught and lectured on a range of topics in psychiatry and psychoanalysis including transference, personality disorders, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, boundary violations, professional ethics, women's issues, breast cancer, and psychotherapy. She has lectured on psychoanalysis, trauma, neurobiology, and alternative treatments in psychiatry at the American Psychiatric Association Meetings, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society, the American Psychoanalytic Association Meetings, and other medical conferences.

Over the past ten years Dr. Gerbarg has been increasingly involved in research and writing about alternative and complementary medicine in psychiatry and has co-authored numerous articles and book chapters with Dr. Richard P. Brown. The American Botanical Council published their review of the medical benefits of a remarkable adaptogenic herb called Rhodiola rosea in the November 2002 issue of Herbalgram. Their most recent book, The Rhodiola Revolution by Rodale Press (2004), presents the scientific basis for the health benefits of this adaptogen in the context of a five-step holistic approach to reducing stress and maintaining energy. Dr. Brown and Dr. Gerbarg bring a unique blend of rigorous science and broad clinical experience to their work. Dr. Gerbarg has had extensive radio interviews and been consulted by numerous magazines.

Dr. Brown and Dr. Gerbarg co-authored a chapter on “Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry,” in the textbook Psychiatry Second Edition (2003) John Wiley & Sons. Their chapter “Alternative Treatments in Brain Injury” was published in Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury by the American Psychiatric Press (2004). They co-authored, “Sudarshan Kriya Yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and depression: Part I – Neurophysiological Model published in the February 2005 issue of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine; Part II – Clinical Applications in the August 2005 issue of JACM. Their chapter on “Yoga in Psychiatry” will appear in the Clinical Manual of Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry, to be published by American Psychiatric Publishing. Dr. Gerbarg’s chapter on “Yoga and Neuro-Psychoanalysis” will be published in Bodies In Treatment: The Unspoken Dimension edited by Frances Sommer Anderson to be published by the Analytic Press in 2007.

Dr. Gerbarg volunteers as Co-Chair of the Research Committee of the Art of Living Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO with United Nations affiliation. She provides psychiatric consultation and facilitates the development of research projects on the health benefits of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga. Her interest is the integration of neuro-psychoanalysis, yoga, and medicinal herbs to develop mind-body-spirit approaches to healthy living, disease prevention, and the treatment of stress, fatigue, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and violence.