Mind/Body Clinicians:
My name is Steven Locke and I am a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in behavioral medicine, also known as mind/body medicine. I am also board-certified in the subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry.
Experience

I am the former Chief of Behavioral Medicine at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates where I was responsible for overseeing their mind/body programs and the programs for managing chronic illness (such as cancer or diabetes). Currently, I serve as a consultant to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston Medical Center, and several e-health companies helping these organizations to improve their care through the integration of behavioral medicine into primary care.

Education and Training

My educational background has helped me to understand the importance of mind-body interaction in the onset and course of human illness. After attending medical school at Columbia University, I completed a psychiatry residency at McLean Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital. Following residency, I spent three years at Boston University studying psychosomatic and behavioral medicine clinical practice and research in an NIH-sponsored postgraduate fellowship. You can see my entire Curriculum Vitae at [link].
Early Career

When my training was completed, I joined the staff of Boston's Beth Israel Hospital where I held various positions in the Psychiatry Department including: Associate Director of the Consultation Service, Founding Director of the Stress Disorders Unit, Director of Medical Student Education, Director of Quality Assurance, and the Director of Computers in Psychiatry. I have always tried to push the frontiers of of our understanding about the nature of illness and healing. From 1976 to 1995, I conducted research, taught, and published in psychoneuroimmunology - the study of the interactions among brain, behavior, and immunity to disease.
Publications

I have authored over 30 scientific articles and book chapters and edited four books on behavioral medicine. My book, the Healer Within, was chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the four best books on mind/body health during the year it was published (1986).
Professional Society Leadership

I belong to the leading professional organizations in behavioral and mind/body medicine and have held leadership positions in them. I have served on the editorial boards of several of the field's scientific journals as well. These experiences allow me to network with some of the nation's leading experts on mind/body matters and health and help me to keep my knowledge up-to-date. Currently, I chair the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society's Task Force on Primary Care and the Technology Committee of the Disease Management Association of America.
Teaching

My teaching affiliation with Harvard Medical School, where I help direct two courses (including one on doctor-patient communication), keeps me in regular contact with experts in many medical specialties at Boston's top teaching hospitals. Teaching is not only gratifying, but also keeps me up-to-date and networked with local experts.
Private Practice

I have always had a clinical practice. Currently, I see patients in my private practice in Wayland, Massachusetts, 15 miles west of Boston. My treatment orientation is integrative - drawing upon psychoanalytic, behavioral, psychopharmacological, and biological orientations in understanding and treating people who see me for care. I specialize in working with patients who suffer from recurrent or persistent physical symptoms associated with depressive or anxiety disorders.
Living with Chronic Medical Conditions: Patient-Centered Care

My many years of experience in general medical settings included doing consultations for patients living with chronic illnesses. In recent years, my work in the area of computers and medicine has led me to integrate the use of the Internet and the World Wide Web into my practice. I often assist patients during a visit to find valuable self-care information to manage their illness more effectively. Many patients, especially seniors who are learning to use the Web as a health resource, find my guidance and coaching to be helpful. The Web is a rich source of health information that can help patients make the best possible decisions about their care. This partnership is called "Shared Decision-Making" and is at the core of my practice style. In this manner, and with your permission and your primary care doctor's support, I can partner with your PCP and coordinate care, helping you to live more effectively with the challenges of chronic medical conditions.
Practical Matters...
I see patients in my Wayland office on Monday through Friday mornings. There is no public transportation nearby, unfortunately. My office is approximately a fifteen-minute drive from the intersection of Route 128 and the Mass Pike. The setting is in the woods and along with soothing views of birches and evergreens, affords people the privacy that many people desire in seeking care. Because I found that managed care intruded into the doctor-patient relationship in ways that compromised patient confidentiality, I no longer belong to any "provider panels" and practice solely on a fee-for-service basis. Many patients have insurance that will reimburse them for a portion of their out-of-pocket expenses, and for those situations, I have a private billing assistant who will help patients to use any insurance benefits that cover out-of-network clinicians.
Contact
Detailed information about my practice and how to reach me is available at http://doctor.medscape.com/StevenLockeMD
To arrange a consultation, please call me at 508-358-4672.
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