About Dr. Eskuchen
My professional career has taken me to various places across the globe. As you can probably tell I have a dedicated interest in helping people and furthering our understanding of suffering and its cure. Below I have briefly listed some of the highlights of my education and life as well as other pertinent details for you.
Undergraduate Education
Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania
B.A. Biology, Degree 2000
Medical School
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Hershey, Pennsylvania
M.D. Degree 2005
Residency
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Internship and Postgraduate Residency Training in Psychiatry, 2005
Graduated: June 2009
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training
The Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
Candidate, 2 year psychoanalytic training program
Completion: May 2010
Formal Psychoanalytic Training
The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, San Francisco, California
Candidate, Adult Psychoanalysis Training Program, 2013
Advanced Candidate, 2017
Visiting Candidate Program, The Institute of Psychoanalysis, London, England, 2018
Graduation, Certificate in Adult Psychoanalysis, September 13, 2018
Personal/Training Psychoanalyst appointment, PINC (Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California), December 5, 2023
Training Psychoanalyst appointment, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, January 25, 2024
Supervising Psychoanalyst appointment, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, May 23, 2024
Supervising Psychoanalyst appointment, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, December 10, 2024
Teaching Experience
Chief Resident at Emory University for the Outpatient Psychotherapy and Psychiatry Medication Clinics, 2008-2009
Faculty and Supervisor, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, 2017
Assistant Volunteer Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 2021
Clinical Supervisor and Faculty, California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, 2021
Instructor, San Francisco Psychotherapy Training Program, Treatment Obstacles Course, 2022
Medical License
Fully licensed to practice medicine in the state of California under medical board issued license number A112168.
Board Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, certificate number 61170, awarded July 2010
Specialty Experience
Staff psychiatrist privileges for the San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California treating acute psychiatric emergencies, from November 2010 until 2012
Staff psychiatrist for Traditions Behavioral Health, with an emphasis on treating acute psychiatric inpatients and emergencies as well as outpatients, from July 2010 until 2015
Staff psychiatrist at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, from July 2009 until June 2010
Georgia Regional Hospital at Atlanta, from December 2008 until May 2009, with an emphasis in Emergency/Crisis Psychiatry and acute psychiatric assessments
Research Experience
Conducted clinical research examining the relationship of various socioeconomic and disease severity patterns on employment status in patients with HIV/AIDS — 2002
Conducted bench research on leukemia viruses and their infectivity patterns at the University of Pennsylvania from May 2000 until May 2001
Professional Affiliations
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychoanalytic Association
International Psychoanalytical Association
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
