Teodor T. Postolache MD

Dr. Postolache is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and a VA Research Investigator with the VA Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide prevention in Denver Colorado, and VISN 5 MIRECC in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated medical school in Romania, with postgraduate studies in Vienna Austria, and Paris France, residency training in psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, NY, and fellowship in psychobiology at the Section of Biological Rhythms of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. In his clinical practice in Washington DC, he treats patients with mood and anxiety disorders, as well as disturbances in biological rhythms. He is a clinical expert in seasonal changes in mood, appetite, weight, sleepiness, sleep duration, and sexuality, included in the syndrome of Seasonal Affective Disorder.

In addition to psychopharmacology and counseling, he uses nonpharmacological approaches including light treatment, light avoidance and exposure, cold and heat exposure, food and activity modification. Trained in circadian and seasonal rhythms at the Intramural NIMH, and certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Dr. Postolache uses integrative approaches to treat jet lag, shift work, and optimizing wake-activity for health and performance. He took part in consulting elite athletes (including World Champions, Olympic medalists, and MLB pitchers) on reciprocally optimizing the alignment of internal rhythms in relation to the timing of training and competition. He is a psychiatrist focused on change, with a head-to-toe approach to the individual patient, with a strong consideration of the physical, chemical, and biological environment of the patient and his social networks. He is recognized as a Top Doctor in 2017 by the Washingtonian Magazine.