Al Alam, M.D.
Dr. Alam was voted as one of the Top Psychiatrists in San Diego County in 2023 .
Dr. Alam graduated from Damascus University School of medicine in Syria. He moved to long Island New York where he trained in both Psychiatry and Internal medicine. Dr. Alam started his career at the University of Pittsburgh, where he served for 5 years on the faculty as Associate Director for Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry and the Students Clerkship Director. He moved back to NY where he was the director of the Psychiatry Emergency Program at SUNY at Stony Brook University . Dr. Alam moved to San Diego 5 years ago and currently a teaching clinical faculty as an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD .
Dr. Alam is productive writer and have published several articles related to the interface of psychiatry and medicine. He is currently involved in multiple clinical trials , some of which are related to the MDMA Psychedelic-assisted treatment .