Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association Ari Albala, MD practices psychiatry in Encinitas from Suite 100 at 328 Encinitas Boulevard. A Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, Dr Albala's published neuroendocrine research on the dexamethasone suppression test and participation in the NIMH-funded STAR*D trial represent a level of academic contribution that extends beyond the integrative psychiatric approaches at AIM Integrative Medicine elsewhere in Encinitas. Training includes a medical degree from Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine (1975), a psychiatry residency at the University of Michigan (1975–1978), and a clinical research fellowship at the University of Michigan Medical Center (1978–1980). Board certification through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology covers adult psychiatric evaluation, psychopharmacology, and geriatric psychiatry, with treatment plans that may incorporate bodywork referrals to providers such as Coast Bodywork Therapy for patients with somatic symptom presentations. Research publications span neuroendocrine markers of affective disorders, HPA-axis dysregulation in major depression, and predictive modeling of therapeutic outcomes in pharmacologic treatment-resistant depression.