Dr. Michael Valan MD

Psychiatrist - San Francisco, CA

Dr. Michael Valan specializes in psychiatry in San Francisco, California. Details of Dr. Valan's 24 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at West Virginia University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Valan

Dr. Michael Valan
2340 Clay St
7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Michael Valan identified specializing in PsychiatryPsychiatry
A psychiatrist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, addictive, and emotional disorders such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance-related disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders, and adjustment disorders. The psychiatrist is able to understand the biologic, psychologic, and social components of illness, and therefore is uniquely prepared to treat the whole person. A psychiatrist is qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and to prescribe medications, evaluate and treat psychologic and interpersonal problems, and to intervene with families who are coping with stress, crises, and other problems in living.. He obtained board certification from the member board for Psychiatry.

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Valan is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
401 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA

License

Dr. Michael Valan has been confirmed to have a license in California.

Education

Dr. Valan attended medical school at West Virginia University School of Medicine and graduated in 1988 having 24 years experience. Additional Psychiatry training was conducted at University of California San Francisco Medical Center.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.