Physician Profile
Edward Ratush, MD
Edward Ratush, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician specializing in concierge recovery medicine, post-detox continuity, and family-centered addiction care.
Professional Profile
Credentials
- Board-certified psychiatrist.
- Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
- Certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine.
- Doctor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
- Psychiatry residency completed at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Professional Roles
- Founder of Ratush Recovery, a concierge recovery medicine practice.
- Founder of SohoMD, a direct-to-consumer telepsychiatry model established in 2011.
- Medical Director at the Center for Great Expectations in New Jersey.
- Founder and clinical architect of the SuboxoneNYC continuity standard.
- Two decades of private-practice addiction medicine and psychiatric care.
Licensure
- Independently licensed to practice medicine in eleven states.
- New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Colorado, California, Arizona, and Texas.
- Clinical work is reviewed for legal, licensure, and clinical appropriateness in the patient's location.
For patients and families evaluating care, the relevant credential is not only training. It is the ability to carry one case across stabilization, medication decisions, family work, and the year after acute care.
Media & Commentary Highlights
- Newsweek, January 17, 2023 - expert commentary on social battery, anxiety, and burnout.
- Medical News Today, December 1, 2022 - In Conversation podcast on psychosexual health and young men using Viagra.
- TechTarget, April 28, 2020 - interview on telehealth psychiatry, mHealth, and remote monitoring in mental health care.
- DrChrono, September 28, 2018 - profile of SohoMD and technology-enabled psychiatry.
A fuller index of selected media appearances is available at Media & Expert Commentary.
Further Context
For the practice model, read What Is Concierge Recovery Medicine?. For boundaries, review Clinical Scope and Limitations. For physician-authored resources, visit Writing, and for external interviews visit Media & Expert Commentary.