Dr.
Nick Dewan, M.D.,
is a Clearwater, Florida-based psychiatrist with
an international reputation spanning healthcare
quality, technology, and sports psychiatry.
Dr. Dewan has been a pioneer and innovator in health
care and has recently developed unique mental focusing
and meditation exercises that promote wellness and
healing in patients dealing with anxiety, sleep
and attention deficit problems. These exercises
also help serious athletes stay calm, focused and
energized in competitive situations.
Currently, Dr. Dewan works with world-class golfers
and tennis players from more than 20 countries at
the Saddlebrook Resort, where he serves as the mental
skills coach for the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy
and the Harry Hopman Tennis Academy. His unique
curriculum cuts across diverse cultures and is applicable
to both males and females striving for optimal performance.
Prior
to this, Dr. Dewan was the Assistant Women's Tennis
Coach at the University of Toledo from 1983-1985
and the Assistant Men's Tennis Coach at San Diego
State University from 1990-1992 where he worked
with a number of NCAA All Americans. Dr. Dewan is
the only psychiatrist in the world that has coached
both men's and women's tennis at the NCAA Division
1 level.
When
working with both professional and amateur tennis
players and golfers from around the world, Dr. Dewan
combines the western ideals of goal setting, intensity
priming and striving for results with eastern ideals
of calming, focusing the mind on the here and now,
and joy for the game and has developed three CDs
to help build inner strength and confidence. "Golf
Dreams, "Tennis Quest," and "Ultimate
Relaxation" guide listeners through proven
meditation and visualization techniques to improve
sports-specific performance as well as overall health
and wellness.
His
work in quality improvement is well known. He has
worked with over 300 organizations in his career,
and consulted with multiple hospital corporations,
managed care companies, federal agencies, non-profit
foundations and consumer groups to improve the quality
of care delivered to people with psychiatric disorders.
Currently, Dr. Dewan is president of the CMHI, which
is actively involved in disseminating evidence-based
best practices in healthcare.
