About Dimitrios

Dimitrios Tsatiris, MD is a practicing board-certified psychiatrist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Northeast Ohio Medical University.

He studies and writes about the interface of mental health and achievement. His popular Psychology Today blog “Anxiety in High-Achievers” has been read by more than 800,000 readers.

An expert in physician wellness, he has worked with hundreds of physicians and is the author of the book Physician Burnout: How to Rise Above a Broken Healthcare System as a Practicing Clinician.”

He is passionate about empowering people to live a fulfilling life by developing a healthy relationship with achievement. Through his work as a psychiatrist, writer and speaker, he seeks to fulfill this mission.

His work has appeared in Psychology Today, Doximity, Health.com, NAMI, Thrive Global, Closler, KevinMD and the White Coat Investor, among other publications.

He speaks at CME conferences, academic institutions and society meetings. He has also given a TEDx talk on the subject titled “Why Success Won’t Make You Happy.”

Dr. Tsatiris graduated Summa Cum Laude from John Carroll University and obtained his medical degree from the University of Toledo. He completed his psychiatry residency training at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center where he served as Chief Resident. Upon graduation he received the American Psychiatric Association Resident Recognition Award.

Dr. Tsatiris believes in the importance of psychotherapy for mental health treatment and has completed additional psychotherapy training at the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center.

He enjoys spending time with his wife and two young children. He also keeps close ties with family in Greece and has fond memories from his childhood there.