Dr. DeSantis, DO is a psychiatrist specializing in general adult and geriatric care, seeing patients ages 21 and older and with particular expertise in adults over 60. He completed his undergraduate studies at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and earned a graduate degree from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. He went on to obtain his medical degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania, followed by an internship at Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. He then completed his psychiatry residency and a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at Rowan University College of Osteopathic Medicine (formerly the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine) and the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging in Stratford, New Jersey.
His clinical interests include general adult and geriatric psychiatry, with a focus on the process of aging, coping with age-related changes, and the challenges associated with dementia and conditions that may precede it. He is especially attentive to how psychiatric treatment in older adults may differ from that in the general adult population, including the need to carefully adjust medications. He is a long-standing member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Neurology & Psychiatry, and previously served as head of geriatric psychiatry at Reading Hospital & Medical Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, from 2012 to 2018. He has also contributed to the profession through service on the American Osteopathic Association psychiatric board review committee and as a practical board examiner.
Originally from Reading, Pennsylvania, about an hour northwest of Philadelphia, he relocated to Florida in 2018. Outside of work, he enjoys golf, fitness, art, literature, history, travel, and going to the beach, and is an enthusiastic supporter of Philadelphia sports teams, Villanova basketball, and Notre Dame and Penn State football.