Addiction Psychiatrist Joins Summit Oaks Hospital and Psychiatric Solutions
July 1, 2010
SUMMIT, N.J. - (July 1, 2010) - Summit Oaks Hospital, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, is pleased to announce the return of Dr. Indra Cidambi as the Director of Addiction Services.
"We are happy to have Dr. Cidambi return to Summit Oaks," said Jim Gallagher, chief executive officer of Summit Oaks Hospital. "Her expertise in treating chemical dependency will not only benefit the patients we serve, but also the community we are a part of."
Most recently, Dr. Cidambi worked for the Anne Klein Forensic Center, where she provided evaluation, testimony and expert witness services for forensic cases involving sex offenders. Prior to that, she was the director of the inpatient detoxification and rehabilitation units at Summit Oaks Hospital in 2006. She left to manage the dual diagnostic and acute care units at Carrier Clinic in Belle Meade, N.J., as well as begin Center for Network Therapy, her own substance abuse intensive outpatient program (IOP), to treat people affected by substance abuse. Network Therapy is a cognitive-behavioral approach to treating chemical dependency that enhances the recovery process by elevating the level of support an individual receives from family and friends by involving them in the therapeutic process.
Dr. Cidambi graduated from Second Tashkent State Medical Institute in Uzbekistan (former USSR). She completed her residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. and her fellowship in addiction psychiatry at New York Medical School/Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Cidambi is a board certified general and addiction psychiatrist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine.
About Summit Oaks Hospital
One of the longest free-standing psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey, Summit Oaks Hospital is a private psychiatric and chemical dependency center that serves the Northeast region with a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient services for adults, adolescents and children. Owned by Nashville-based Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI), the facility is licensed by the state of New Jersey and is fully accredited by The Joint Commission. For more information, please visit www.summitoaksmediapsi.com.
About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com