Eric D. Leskowitz, MD

Instructor, Dept. of Psychiatry 
eleskowitz@partners.org 781-391-7518 781-391-1030 617-573-2622 
Spaulding Outpatient Center Medford
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Psychiatrist 
Director, Integrative Medicine Project 

Clinical and Research Interests:
Holistic/Integrative Medicine; Chronic Pain Chronic pain; Integrative Medicine; Energy Healing 

Education:
BA, Amherst College, 1973 
MD University of Massachusetts, 1979 

Residency: University of California at San Francisco, Fresno Clinical Branch, 1979-83.

Fellowship: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry  Tufts/New England Medical School, Psychiatry, 1984

Certifications:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Board of Holistic Medicine 

Dr. Leskowitz has a longstanding interest in various integrative medicine therapies, in particular meditation, energy healing and the role of consciousness in creating health. He also has an interest in the mechanism of action of so-called subtle energy treatments such as Therapeutic Touch and Reiki. He has also published in many scientific and lay publications, presented his work nationally and internationally, and has edited two books on complementary and alternative medicine. 

Publications:

Edited: Leskowitz, E. (Ed.) Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Rehabilitation, Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, St. Louis, MO 2002.   
Leskowitz, E. Energy Medicine: The Dynamics of Subtle Energy in Health and Illness (self-published), 2003.   
Leskowitz, E. (Ed.) Transpersonal Hypnosis: Gateway to Body, Mind & Spirit, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2000.