Claudia J Chapa García, MD, FASAM

Addiction Psychiatrist

Clinical Assistant Professor/UPMC

Born and raised in Monterrey, NL, México. Currently residing in Boerne, Texas. She completed Medical school in Universidad de Monterrey. Then pursued a Psychiatry residency at Lincoln Hospital at Bronx, NY where she treated severe mental illness, trauma and substance use disorders. There is where her passion for the treatment of trauma and addictions was born. She completed a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry in Pittsburgh, PA with the Western Psychiatric Hospital/UPMC. While in Pennsylvania, she acquired a fellowship by the Integrative Psychiatric Institute for Integrative Psychiatry and a diploma of for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy training, completing the MAPS requirements for treatment of PTSD with MDMA Assisted Therapy. Claudia has found an interconnection between allopathy and natural medicines which she utilizes in her day to day as recommendations for her patients. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UPMC working as an Emergency room Psychiatrist for UPMC and outpatient Psychiatrist for the Student Health Services for the University of Pittsburgh.