Matthew Geller, MD

Matthew’s Story

Medicine was my “dream field,” following in the shoes of family members from several generations who had made diverse fields of medicine their careers. That dream led me to pursue various practice areas and culminated in psychiatry more than 30 years ago. My comprehensive background and wide-ranging experience position me well to provide consultative and advisory services to Modern Psychiatry’s many practitioners.

“Thanks to the extensive and varied professional experience in various fields of medicine, I have developed unique skills to treat my patients thoroughly.” 

My patients present with different kinds of issues related to the way mental problems affect their relationships with family members and coworkers or cause difficulty in them getting and keeping a job. Mental problems themselves can cause severe emotional discomfort and interfere with an individual’s ability to take care of themselves, care for their children and/or family members. And there are drug …problems. “Patients want me to listen to each one of them, understand them and help.”

Patients ask a lot of questions. My professional responsibility is to clarify for them what normal emotions are – and what kind of emotions or other symptoms need to be treated with medication, or with psychotherapy, or both. 

For me, finding an individual approach to every patient is most important. At every initial visit, I assess the person’s appearance and his/her speech. “That determines how to start the conversation. On many occasions, the first interaction can be the basis for the therapeutic relationship with the patient. This establishes trust.”

Words to Live By

To live by the oath to Hippocrates which I gave many years ago, at the beginning of my practice of medicine.

Specialties and Expertise

Psychiatry, Urology, Oncology, Surgery

Client Focus

Adults with mental issues that affect their relationships, ability to take care of themselves and others

Professional History

Monmouth Medical Center, Staff Psychiatrist, Medical Student Instructor, Medical Director, former Chairman of Inpatient Psychiatry

State Hospital Surgeon in Oncology and Urology, Tashkent, Central Asia

Outpatient Clinic, Tashkent, Central Asia, Urological Specialist in Sexual Dysfunction

Moscow City Hospital, General Surgery

Education

Medical Residency in Psychiatry – Metropolitan Hospital Center (NY), 2001

Advanced Selective Specialized Educational Programs in Urology & Oncology, 1974, ‘78, ‘86

Doctor of Medicine (MD) – College and medical school, the former Soviet Union