Dr. Kathleen Cantwell Ackerman is a female Psychosomatic Medicine Doctor (taxonomy code 2084P0015X) located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Kathleen Cantwell Ackerman's NPI Number is #1730309501 and has been listed in the NPI registry for 18 years. Dr. Kathleen Cantwell Ackerman's practice location is listed as: 610 E Diamond Ave 100A Gaithersburg, MD 20877-5321 and can be reached via phone at (301) 840-3200.
The taxonomy code for Dr. Kathleen Cantwell Ackerman's main specialty, Psychosomatic Medicine, is 2084P0015X.
Psychosomatic Medicine is subspecialty in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders and symptoms in complex medically ill patients. This subspecialty includes treatment of patients with acute or chronic medical, neurological, obstetrical or surgical illness in which psychiatric illness is affecting their medical care and/or quality of life such as HIV infection, organ transplantation, heart disease, renal failure, cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury, high-risk pregnancy and COPD, among others. Patients also may be those who have a psychiatric disorder that is the direct consequence of a primary medical condition, or a somatoform disorder or psychological factors affecting a general medical condition. Psychiatrists specializing in Psychosomatic Medicine provide consultation-liaison services in general medical hospitals, attend on medical psychiatry inpatient units, and provide collaborative care in primary care and other outpatient settings.
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