Aviva Zohar

About

Here at Thalia Medical Center, we don’t tolerate self-shame. We push our clients to first understand that addiction is a primary, chronic disease of the brain, and second, to eliminate blame when it comes to recovery and health. We believe in empowering you to take control of your mental health and your relationship to substances in a way that works for you. If your goal is total abstinence or simply reducing use to a more manageable level, our goal is to help you get there.

Thalia Medical Center is unique from other practices because we also offer clients a safe, private way to detox while staying connected to their support systems at home. Rather than going to a 30-day facility, our personalized outpatient programs are for appropriate clients who want to stay connected to their lives and detox comfortably from their homes and our customized IV Recovery Boosts are designed to restore the vitamins, minerals, and fluids to jump start your recovery, reduce overall fatigue, and help your immune system function optimally.

When antidepressant medicine and talk therapy may not be enough, we offer cutting edge one on one Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy for rapid antidepressant effects in a safe comfortable environment with integration psychotherapy to maximize neuroplasticity.

List the treatments and procedures you offer:

* Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy; a medically supervised treatment for Treatment Resistant Depression, Anxiety, PTSD and Substance Use Disorder

* Customized Prescription Medication Tapering Program for medication such as Benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ambien) and Antidepressants (Zoloft, Prozac, Wellbutrin, Gabapentin)

* Drug and Alcohol Monitoring Program

* Pharmacogenomic Testing using cutting edge Genesight Testing

* Individual therapy

* IV Vitamin Recovery Boosts individually prepared and designed to restore vitamins, minerals and fluids for withdrawal, fatigue and improve overall health and wellness.

* Medication Assisted Treatment such as Suboxone, Naltrexone, Vivitrol and Sublocade for Alcohol and Opiate Use Disorders

* Medication Management for depression, anxiety, mood and thought disorders

Awards or Certifications

Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctor, Addiction Medicine 2022, 2023, 2024

Mainline Today Top Doctor, Addiction Medicine 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

Caron Foundation, Healthcare Professional Award 2022

The Ketamine Training Center, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Certification 2022

Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and Research from California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) 2024

What's your background, education and training?

American Board of Family Medicine December 2009- current

American Board of Addiction Medicine December 2012- current

American Board of Preventive Medicine January 2020- current

Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA, Residency-Family Medicine, 2009

Ben Gurion University in collaboration with Columbia University, Beer Sheva, Israel, M.D., 2003

Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, B.S., Cellular Molecular Biology, 1998

Hours of operation

Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00

Weekends by appointment only

Insurances Accepted

Aetna

Special expertise

Addiction/Substance Abuse