Psychiatrist, Jessica L. Aslam, M.D. Joins St. Joseph's Health

SYRACUSE - St. Joseph’s Health welcomes Psychiatrist, Jessica L. Aslam, M.D. to its Inpatient Psychiatric Department. In her role, Dr. Aslam will join St. Joseph’s dedicated team of physicians administering high quality care to individuals with acute mental illness who require specialized care in a protective, structured environment or who have emotional problems with accompanying medical conditions. Dr. Aslam earned her Doctor of Medicine from Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands Antilles and an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from University of Maine in Farmington, Maine. She completed her residency in psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.

Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, Dr. Aslam was director of psychiatric education, and a training and attending psychiatrist at Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Syracuse, New York. In this role she led the treatment team and provided psychopharmacological management for patients in the forensic inpatient unit. Dr. Aslam simultaneously held a faculty appointment as an assistant professor of psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University also in Syracuse.

Dr. Aslam volunteers her time as a supervising educator and teacher at Hutchings Psychiatric Center where she instructs second year residents and third and fourth year medical students on inpatient settings for severe and persistently-ill mental health patients. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has presented her research on hereditary hemorrahagic telangiectasia internationally HHT International Scientific Conference.

St. Joseph’s Health provides inpatient psychiatric treatment for patients who are diagnosed as having major thought disorders, including schizophrenia and major affective disorders including depression and bi-polar. Treatment of these illnesses includes psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy, behavior therapy and medication therapy. Learn more about St. Joseph’s Health’s comprehensive Behavioral Health Services by visiting https://www.sjhsyr.org/behavioral-health

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is a non-profit regional health care system based in Syracuse, N.Y., providing services to patients throughout Central New York and northern Pennsylvania. From primary to specialty to home care, to our Magnet-recognized hospital, and in collaboration with our community partners, St. Joseph's Health is advancing the health of the communities we serve through an expanding range of healthcare services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. Ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital” and a 15-time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice award, St. Joseph’s is widely recognized for quality, value and delivering the highest patient satisfaction. St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with Franciscan Companies and St. Joseph’s Physicians and is a part of Trinity Health.