Curriculum Vita
Don Sheeley, MD, ABIM, ABEM, ASAM
120 West Avenue, #203
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
phone 518 813 8971
fax 518-246-4901
State Licenses: New York, 1982-Present, Active
Current Practice:
MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) for Addiction, and
ACT Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Part-time Work in the Emergency Dept at Saratoga Hospital, Psychiatric Area
Past Hospital Affiliations: 1981-82 Rhode Island Hospital, First Attending for 1st Medical Service
1982-2008 Glens Falls Hospital, Emergency Physician
Medical Director of GFH E.D. 1990-1998
Corporations:
Don Sheeley, MD, PLLC, dba ACT Smart New York in Saratoga County, NY
Employed Part-Time by Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Addiction
35 years experience in Emergency Medicine,
with special interest in psych
1982-2008. Emergency Physician, Glens Falls Hospital
1990-1998. Medical Director of the ED, GFH
2009-Present. Emergency Physician, Saratoga Hospital
Focusing in the Psychiatric Crisis Area
Member of ASAM, the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine, MD in 1978
500 hours of Psych training in Medical School
Internal Medicine Residency, Rhode Island Hospital 1978-1981
Teaching Attending for 1st Medical Service, RIH, 1981-1982
Milton Hamolsky, MD, Teaching Award, 1982
Board Certification in Internal Medicine, 1982, Permanent
Board Certification in Emergency Medicine, 1988,1998, 2008, 2018
SMART Recovery Activities 2010-Present
Facilitator, ACT SMART Saratoga. 2010-Present, Tuesday Evenings
Contributor to SMART Blog and Email Commentary Listserve
Creator of SMART Video. “For The Courts”, a 9 minute video presenting
the legal requirement to offer non-religious options to offenders
Audio Editor and Commentator for SMART Podcasts, 2011-2016
Joseph Gerstein, MD, Award 2017
for Exemplary Service to SMART Recovery, 2017,
the highest award that SMART conveys annually.
Proficiency in ACT,
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Current Outpatient Practice for Addiction and ACT Psychotherapy
in Saratoga Springs, NY
Active usage of ACT in the Emergency Department
ACT Workshops Attended
Steven Hayes PhD, Kirk Strosahl PhD, and Kelly Wilson PhD, ACT Bootcamp
John Forsyth PhD, ACT for Anxiety
Jason Luoma PhD, ACT for Shame and Compassion
Dennis Tirch PhD, Compassion Focused Therapy
Matthew Villatte PhD, Relational Frame Theory and Metaphors
Additional Training:
ACT for Trauma
Russ Harris, MD, a foremost ACT Expert
ACT for Adolescents
Russ Harris, MD et al
EMDR
Ricky Greenwald, PhD,
Child Trauma Institute, Northammpton, MA
EFT for Couples Therapyby
Sue Johnson, PhD
ACT Conferences (ACBS)
Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Minnesota 2014
Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Seattle 2016
Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Montreal 2018
Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences, Dublin 2019
Presentations
ACBS, Seattle, June 2016,
Discussant, ACT for Substance Abuse
ACT for Addictions,
SUNY School of Social Welfare, April 2017
(3 Hour Workshop)
ACT - Intro and Fundamentals,
SUNY School of Social Welfare, November 2018
(3 Hour Workshop)
PODCAST FOR SMART Recovery, April 2018: MAT
Medication Assisted Treatment for Addiction
Available on SMARTRecovery.ORG