Your Care Team
Our multi-disciplinary team historically has been composed of physicians, psychologists, massage therapists, acupuncturists, and class instructors. At this time, our highly qualified physicians and psychologists are currently offering video sessions for individual consultations and group classes.
David Spiegel, MD
Medical Director
Dr. David Spiegel, Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is Director of the research-focused Center on Stress and Health at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has authored more than 375 research papers and chapters in scientific journals and books, and numerous awards for his research on mind/body medicine. He co-authored Trance and Treatment (2004), a standard textbook on the clinical uses of hypnosis. Dr. Spiegel was featured on Bill Moyer's ground-breaking PBS series Healing and the Mind.
Dr. Spiegel is a 1971 graduate of Harvard University Medical School. He did his residency at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Cambridge Hospital.
Information about Stanford's research on stress and health, mind/body medicine, and effectiveness of complementary treatments is available on the Stanford Psychosocial Treatment Laboratory site.
Catherine Benedict
Psychology, Psycho-Oncology
Dr. Catherine Benedict is a 2013 graduate of the University of Miami (Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Sciences) in Coral Gables, FL. She did her internship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, and her postdoctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialization in psycho-oncology. Her areas of work include cancer survivorship, young adult cancer, coping with late/long-term effects of treatment, women’s sexual health, women’s reproductive health after cancer, and treatment decision-making.
Practice Areas
Professional Education
- Internship: Rush University Medical Center Psychology Internship (2013) IL
- PhD Training: University of Miami Office of the Registrar (2013) FL
- Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NY
Manuela M. Kogon, MD
Evaluation and counseling, Hypnosis, Individual psychotherapy
Manuela M. Kogon, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford School of Medicine. She has been on Staff at the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine since 2004 and is the Director of its Integrative Psycho-Oncology Program. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and has completed a Fellowship in Medical Psychotherapy and Hypnosis at Stanford. Dr. Kogon facilitates health in patients facing major life and health challenges with an integrative Mind-Body perspective. She is an expert in easing patients’ symptoms non-pharmacologically and enables patients to implement behavioral changes to facilitate health and well-being.
Susan Payrovi, MD
Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Care, Integrative Medicine
Dr. Susan Payrovi is a 2003 graduate of UC San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at USC in 2007. She holds board certifications in Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Care, as well as Integrative Medicine.
Ripal Shah, Psychiatrist
Ripal Shah, M.D., M.P.H. is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. She specializes clinically in reproductive psychiatry, lifestyle and integrative approaches to health, and in physician wellness. At the Center for Integrative Medicine, she explores the scientific research underlying the appropriate use of non-pharmaceutical methods in the optimization of mental health, operating on the principle that effective interventions that are natural and less invasive should be considered when possible. She also focuses on broader concepts of health promotion, prevention of mental illness, and lifestyle modifications to reduce burden of disease. Her post-graduate training in integrative medicine includes the following: nutritional therapies, dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, botanicals, phytotherapy, light therapy, hypnosis, manual medicine, mind-body approaches, self-tracking and data driven treatment, behavioral activation, and exercise. She is board certified in Adult Psychiatry and board eligible in Addiction Medicine. She pursued additional training in the fields of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, which has informed her evidence-based approach to integrative medicine.
