Michael Spertus, MD
Physician, Coach
Miami FL
Our work is individualized and collaborative, most often in a one-on-one setting. I offer sessions both in person and via telehealth, depending on your needs and location. I also provide groups and classes, which can offer additional support, connection, and shared experience.
Our work together is flexible and may draw from a range of approaches, including mind-body medicine, hypnosis, coaching, and integrative therapies. Rather than following a fixed protocol, I tailor the process to you, often combining modalities in a way that feels most supportive and relevant.
Some sessions are more structured and skill-based, while others are more open and exploratory. Throughout, the focus is on helping you access your own insight, resilience, and capacity for change.
For ketamine-assisted therapy, I offer a setting that is intentionally more ceremonial than medicalized. This may include carefully curated music, therapeutic support, elements of spirituality or ritual, and, when appropriate and desired, energy-based practices. The goal is to create a safe, meaningful container that allows for deeper experience, insight, and lasting change.
The inner healing intelligence of the individual is ultimately the agent of change. This perspective, popularized by Stanislov Grof, guides my work. My role is not to direct your experience, but to help create the conditions where your own healing process can unfold.
Hi, I am Michael Spertus, MD, a board-certified physician in Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and Lifestyle Medicine. I went to medical school at the University of Miami and then completed his residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University and fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Institute for Family Medicine-Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine in New York City. I also completed fellowships in Health Professional Education and Primary Care Psychiatry. I have done extensive additional training in leadership and systems, professional coaching, yoga (RYT200), medical acupuncture, mindfulness-based interventions, psychotherapy, and clinical hypnosis.
Currently, I am in private practice (SpertusMD, PLLC) focusing on integrative and mind-body-spirit medicine to help people reconnect with their inner capacity to heal, navigating stress, illness, and life transitions. He provides professional coaching for clinicians experiencing burnout or career changes. I am affiliated with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and provide education.
Previously, I worked with the Miami VA as the Chief Clinician Well-Being Officer (CWO), focusing on systemic approaches to clinician well-being and burnout mitigation. In addition to the CWO role, I was a consultant physician in Whole Health for Pain Medicine and implemented a clinic focusing on holistic, non-pharmacologic approaches to pain. Prior to that, I was an integrative primary care physician and medical director at the Marino Center for Integrative Health, and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School.
I offer a range of services depending on your needs and goals:
Integrative medicine consultations
Individual work (coaching, mind-body, and integrative approaches)
Acupuncture sessions
Psychedelic and ketamine integration support
Classes and workshops focused on mind-body skills and healing
Occasional retreats and workshops for deeper immersion and reflection