Our Practitioners

Dr. Sheila Salama is a board-certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist. She received her Medical Degree from SUNY Downstate Medical School in New York City, and then completed her internship in Medicine, residency in Adult Psychiatry as well as fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Kings County Hospital. Since the early 1990s, Dr. Salama has acquired several certifications in non-pharmacological modalities. These methods facilitate the healing from acute and chronic traumatic events, as well as many other disorders. She has worked extensively with veterans coping with war trauma and moral injury. She also specializes in the treatment of early childhood trauma and abuse. Dr. Salama is a strong advocate for human rights and has participated in United Nations meetings advocating for the Yezidi victims of genocide. She is currently on the Clinical Advisory Board of the Free Yezidi Foundation, and is a consultant to the psychologists who treat Yezidis living in a displaced persons camp located in Iraq.Dr. Salama was born in Cairo, Egypt. Shortly after the Suez Canal War of 1956, her family and the entire Egyptian Jewish community became political refugees. After waiting for a visa in Paris, France for two years, she and her family migrated to the United States.She has a love for languages and a passion for travel. www.salamapsychiatry.com