Patient Advocate and medical reviewer

Danesh Alam, MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

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Dr. Danesh Alam is a Patient Advocate at Ambrosia Behavioral Health and is credited as a medical reviewer on Ambrosia articles. His professional background includes psychiatry, addiction medicine, medical education, and clinical training.

His Northwestern Medicine physician profile lists psychiatry as his primary specialty and addiction psychiatry as a secondary specialty. It lists certification in psychiatry through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in addiction medicine through the American Board of Preventive Medicine. The profile identifies him as an independent practitioner.

The same physician profile lists his medical education at Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College in 1991 and his residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago in 2002. His Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty profile lists his appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

For an example of content he has medically reviewed, read When Weekly Therapy Isn't Enough. You can also meet the Ambrosia team to learn about the people and roles behind the care.