Felissa Goldstein, M.D., joined the Marcus Autism Center in 2006 as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Since that time, she has established three outreach clinics throughout Georgia in Albany, Athens and Monroe. She visits Positive Outcomes monthly. She also has been working to establish a telehealth program to treat children with developmental disabilities in rural Georgia, the first of its kind in the state.
Dr. Goldstein moved to Atlanta during her early adolescent years. In 1995, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md. After graduation, she spent two years studying neuroanatomy research in biomedical sciences at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, OH. While there, she researched the effects of vinblastine on neonatal rat axoplasmic transport.
In 1997, Dr. Goldstein entered the Medical College of Ohio. During medical school, she conducted research on quality management in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). After graduating in 2001, she relocated to Lexington, Ky., for postgraduate medical education at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. She completed a residency in general psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. She is board certified in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.
Dr. Goldstein enjoys working with and specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children presenting with a wide variety of behavioral and psychological problems. She has a special interest in treating psychiatric disorders in children with severe or life-threatening medical illness and developmental disorders. She also has a long-standing interest in pediatric palliative medicine and issues related to death and dying.
Since 2006, she has worked with Hospice Atlanta staff and volunteers at their bereavement camps for children and families. At these camps, she uses her clinical expertise to help organize groups and develop therapeutic activities. Her research interests include spirituality in pediatric palliative medicine, developmental disorders in children, bereavement in children and adolescents, and telehealth in psychiatry.
