Ashraf Abaza, MD provides the full scope of psychiatric care for patients at TMS Medical Therapy of Suffolk County. Over the last three decades, Dr. Abaza has successfully treated patients in Suffolk County, New York who’ve been diagnosed with clinical depression, treatment-resistant depression, postpartum depression, and the myriad medical and psychiatric conditions associated with depression.
He’s an expert in complex psychopharmacology and medication management, but he’s also the rare type of psychiatrist who offers individual psychotherapy and advanced treatment options for depression and PTSD, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Dr. Abaza welcomes patients needing treatment and ongoing support for a range of psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder, ADHD, anxiety, and schizophrenia.
Dr. Abaza is trained in two psychiatric specialties: disaster psychiatry and consultation-liaison psychiatry. As a disaster specialist, he’s uniquely qualified to support patients suffering from psychiatric disorders due to trauma from natural and human-made disasters. Consultation-liaison psychiatrists address co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions, such as patients with depression and heart disease or a substance use disorder.
After graduating with honors from the renowned School of Medicine at the University of Alexandria, Egypt, Dr. Abaza ran a private practice for five years, then went on to complete his residency training in psychiatry at Brookdale University Hospital of SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He also completed a fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at SUNY at Stony Brook, where he gained experience treating psychiatric disorders in the context of severe medical illness and burn traumas.
Dr. Abaza is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and eligible for certification from the American Board of Psychosomatic Medicine. He’s proud to lead task forces on suicide prevention at the Northport VA Medical Center and has extensive experience in suicide prevention among veterans, university students, and geriatric populations.
