Erich Goetzel, MD, MA, LAc

Dr. Goetzel was born and raised in Vienna, Austria. He worked as a licensed family physician in Vienna before moving to New York City to complete a second residency in Psychiatry, a fellowship in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and training in Interpersonal Psychoanalysis. Since 2002, he has led Massachusetts’ first Progressive Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) Teams as well as multiple outreach and community treatment efforts.

As an independently licensed Acupuncturist and graduate of the Institute of Functional Medicine’s inaugural class, Dr. Goetzel’s mission has been to integrate Functional Medicine, Acupuncture and Lifestyle Medicine into his clinical work with psychiatric patients. In 2010, Dr. Goetzel was appointed Medical Director of Eliot Human Services – one of Massachusetts’ largest social service non-profit agencies with a multidisciplinary staff of 1,800 professionals serving over 20,000 adults, children and families each year. In this role, Dr. Goetzel oversees over 100 community treatment programs, including psychiatric outpatient clinics, supported housing projects, crisis stabilization units and homelessness services.

Dr. Goetzel’s treats a wide range of conditions including depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, dementia, concentration difficulties (including ADD/ADHD), OCD, and gut problems, such as SIBO and IBS. He is sought after for his use of the ReCODE program to reverse cognitive decline. You can read more about it here. He sees patients ages 18+.