Our Staff : Physicians
Dr. Elias H Sarkis MD
Dr. Elias H Sarkis is the founder and president of the EHS Medical Practice PA. He is Medical Director of Sarkis Clinical Trials.
Board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as in general psychiatry, Dr. Sarkis has also earned certification from the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He received his BS degree from City College of New York before attending medical school in France at the Universities of Montpelier and Lille. For his internship and psychiatric residency he chose the University of Florida where he went on to complete a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. He continues his association with the University of Florida as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Sarkis is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and past president of the Florida Psychiatric Society. He has also served as president of the North Central Florida Psychiatric Society, of the residents' section of the Alachua County Medical Society, of the Alachua County Mental Health Association, and of the Florida Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Acknowledged as an expert in the clinical applications of psychopharmacology, Dr. Sarkis is much in demand as a speaker. He has numerous television and radio appearances to his credit, and he has authored articles for many scientific and scholarly publications.
As medical director of Sarkis Clinical Trials, Dr. Sarkis has been principal investigator for a variety of clinical research studies including tests of medications for ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, autism, migraine, and insomnia.
Dr. Michael R Johnson MD
Michael R. Johnson is the Medical Director of Sarkis Family Psychiatry and is the principal investigator for Sarkis Clinical Trials. He is known affectionately to his colleagues as Dr. J.
Dr. Johnson is a graduate of Carleton College and of the Yale Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He obtained a fellowship in anxiety disorders at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Johnson has wide-ranging expertise concerning the effects on brain chemistry of medications used to treat psychiatric disorders. He is the recipient of various academic and teaching awards and is the author of many articles in scientific and scholarly publications.
Dr. Johnson has served as principal investigator and sub-investigator for numerous and varied clinical research studies.
