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Immediate opening for a board certified or eligible psychiatrist to provide services in a mixture of inpatient and outpatient settings. If interested, please email your resume to jobs@sage-healthcare.com
James Saccomando, M.D. Dr. Saccomando practices adult, adolescent, and child psychiatry, preferring to treat ages 40 and younger. His primary focus is on patients needing medications to manage their illness. However, that is often just a component of treatment.
Dr. Saccomando treats the following biologically based mental illnesses: depression, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, autism, Tourette’s disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Patients and families can expect candor and openness in regards to their diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. Patients can also be assured of total confidentiality as protected by law. Counseling for patients is referred when needed.
SPECIALTY
Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Psychiatry
EDUCATION
1987-1991 University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL – BS Electrical Engineering
1991-1992 Penn State University, State College, PA – BS Meteorology
2001-2005 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA - Completed General Psychiatry Residency
2004-2006 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA - Completed Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency
BOARD STATUS
2006 Board Certified in Psychiatry
2007 Board Certified in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
SunHealth Hospital
St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Intermountain Hospital of Boise
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists
American Psychiatric Association
Idaho Psychiatric Association
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003-2006: Variety of moonlighting jobs during residency training including: Great River Medical Center inpatient weekend call/rounding (W. Burlington, IA); Ellsworth Municipal Hospital inpatient weekend call/rounding (Iowa Falls, IA); Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute call coverage; Iowa Dept of Corrections telemedicine and treatment of offenders.
2006-2008: outpatient psychiatry with children, adolescents, and young adults in Pocatello, ID
RESEARCH
Sherck SM, Shiota M, Saccomando J, Cardin S, Allen EJ, Hasting JH, Neal DW, Williams PE, and Cherrington AD. The pancreatic response to mild non insulin-induced hypoglycemia does not involve extrinsic neural input. Diabetes, 50, 2487-2496, 2001.
