San Francisco
Near UCSF
350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite #201
San Francisco, CA 94117
Additional Information
- Clinicians on Staff and Services Offered:
- Richard Bermudes, MD: Esketamine, Medication Management and TMS
- Jesse Bastiaens, MD: Esketamine, Medication Management and TMS
- Panid Sharifnia, MD, PhD: Esketamine, Medication Management and TMS
Parking:
350 Parnassus Garage (350 Parnassus Ave)
Millberry Union Garage (500 Parnassus Ave)
Public Transportation:
Our office is also accessible from the following Muni lines: N-Judah, which stops at Carl St and Hillway Ave, and the following Muni bus lines, which stop in front of UCSF hospital: 43-Masonic, 6-Parnassus, 66-Quintara
Free UCSF shuttles connect to the 16th Street BART station. A Parnassus-Mount Zion express shuttle leaves every 15 minutes. The shuttle departs from Parnassus in front of Kalmanovitz Library at 530 Parnassus Ave.
REAL PATIENTS, REAL REVIEWS
Mindful Health Solutions has helped thousands of patients get relief from depression. Read their stories and discover the benefits of TMS therapy.
testimonials
Richard Bermudes, MD: Esketamine, Medication Management and TMS
Dr. Bermudes is Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry and Family Medicine, with 20 years’ experience caring for patients. He founded Mindful Health Solutions in 2007, serves as the practice’s Medical Director, and is an expert on TMS practice organization and policy development. With his background as a professor and researcher, he leads the practice in its mission to educate the public and clinicians on both mental health issues and TMS, to continually seek the most advanced treatments, and to actively contribute to the medical community’s knowledge of mental health conditions and therapy efficacy.
He recently wrote and edited “Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Clinical Applications for Psychiatric Practice”, a book with key research findings on TMS as well as its potential to be used for other conditions such as OCD, PTSD, Adolescent Depression and mild dementia. He is experienced in treating patients with MDD (Major Depressive Disorder), including Unipolar Depression.
Dr. Bermudes is a caring, collaborative practitioner with a structured, goal-oriented approach to treating mental health conditions. His treatment plans may include TMS, medication management or cognitive therapy.
Jesse Bastiaens, MD: Esketamine, Medication Management and TMS
Dr. Bastiaens is a psychiatrist who specializes in treating people suffering from depression and anxiety spectrum disorders (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, Panic), among other disorders. He maintains an empathetic and professional style with people, listening carefully to understand patients and their individual experience. He wants his patients to feel comfortable, heard, and supported as they work together to develop an optimal treatment plan.
During medical school, Dr. Bastiaens became interested in psychiatry after recognizing how debilitating mental health issues can be for people, as well as the positive impact that treatments can make. He appreciates the meaningful and rewarding connections he develops and maintains with patients.
Dr. Bastiaens also has a great passion for the brain and neuroscience – how electrical and chemical impulses can direct our thoughts, feelings, and functioning. He sees psychiatry as a rapidly growing science incorporating therapy, medications, and interventional modalities, and is glad to be a part of the movement and momentum.
He is a strong proponent of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a newer advancement in psychiatry that can often help people when medications and therapy are not enough. He appreciates that it is well-tolerated, specifically tailored to each individual, and often a more precise treatment when compared to other strategies. As TMS utilizes neuroscientific principles of brain connectivity, it is expanding in the symptoms and illnesses it can treat at the forefront of the psychiatric field. Dr. Bastiaens looks forward to participating in this growth and helping patients find resilience and recovery.
He joined Mindful Health Solutions in the Fall of 2018.
Panid Sharifnia, MD, PhD: Esketamine, Medication Management and TMS
Dr. Sharifnia is a Board-Eligible Adult Psychiatrist who is focused on treating Mood disorders, including Depression, Anxiety disorders, and PTSD.
While initially planning a career in medical research, she was always interested in science and the science of the brain as it is complex on many levels. This eventually led her to psychiatry and clinical practice. Additionally, the emotional component of psychiatry, being able to connect with her patients, and helping them with issues in their lives were ultimately what drew her into psychiatry and helping patients.
Dr. Sharifnia works work collaboratively with her patients. She listens intently to her patients and what they hope to get out of their work together. She strives to have her patients keep an open mind regarding her recommendations and treatment plan and to help achieve their own, individual treatment goals.
For Dr. Sharifnia, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and esketamine nasal spray provide treatment options for patients who may not be responding to medication alone. She also appreciates that TMS is still being researched for other uses. She first learned about interventional treatments such as TMS, esketamine, and ECT, in residency. After studying the promise of these treatments to help her patients, she knew she wanted to incorporate them into her practice.
She joins Mindful Health Solutions in the Fall of 2021.