26 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday,
Luchansky
Continued from page 24
to pursue."
He received a two-year fellow-
ship in child psychiatry from Uni-
versity of Southern California
Medical Center, which has a
strong, well-rounded program. At
that time Dr. Luchansky also was
a clinical associate at Southern
California Psychoanalytic Insti-
tute, so his training in treating
both children and adults contin-
ued. This led to private practice on
the west coast, but in the spring of
1990 his old stomping grounds in
Germantown beckoned.
"I always wanted to be a doctor
and had a concept of myself as a
community doctor, with highly
skilled city training and yet prac-
tice where I live and be involved
in that community," he noted.
Involved he is. He was elected
to the board of directors of the
Germantown Chamber of Com-
merce and is a pilot. A search and
rescue volunteer with the Civil
Air Patrol, he flies over Chesa-
peake Bay assisting boaters in dis-
tress.
"I like promoting aviation with
kids and give them free rides,"
said Dr. Luchansky, who has also
bn a flight surgeon with the Air
Force Reserves since 1990 and is
a Gulf War veteran. "This gives
me the variety I need to mesh my
abilities and interests," he noted.
His interest in setting up a prac-
tice in Lewes began when he
became associated with the com-
mander of Dover Air Force Base
Reserve, who asked him for assis-
tance recently when they were a
bit undermanned. As coincidence
would have it, he also knew Dr.
David Sopa, a Lewes surgeon who
also serves in the reserves out of
Andrews Air Force Base in Vir-
ginia. Dr. Sopa told him of the
Cape region's need for a child
psychiatrist, while a friend with a
successful business here also
encouraged him to relocate.
"As I became acquainted with
more professionals here I could
tell this community was compati-
ble with my interests - it became
very alluring. It's an area which
prides itself in competent, caring
medical personnel in a small town
setting," he explained.
With a third of his practice
presently devoted to children, a
third to adolescents and a third to
adults, he sees himself hanging
out his shingle full time in Lewes
in the future. (Dr. Luchansky is
board certified in both general
psychiatry and child and adoles-
cent psychiatry.)
Dr. Luchansky specializes in
learning disabilities and behav-
ioral problems, as well as the
related attention deficit disorder
(ADD), an affliction most associ-
ated with children, but one he has
diagnosed in a number of adults.
"I've also found a need for exper-
tise in developmental neurological
disorders and work closely with
pediatric neurologists," he
explained, noting that the needs of
the child, family and school must
be met with counseling/support.
February 3 - February 9, 1995
Dr. Luchansky is a psychiatrist
who "loves doing individual psy=
chotherapy," and can combine the
proper balance of medication and
personal therapy needed, consoli-
dating and taking responsibility
for all facets of achieving a cure
when possible, or at least control-
ling a problem.
With adolescents, he finds the
most common problems to be
ADD, depression and eating dis-
orders such as anorexia and
bulimia, many of which are
deeply rooted in family-related
dysfunction. (Couple and marital
therapy are also specialties.)
"It's interesting and rewarding
to be able to favorably impact an
entire family through counseling
and therapy. Education is the key
to change. As we learn more about
what normal childhood is, we can
learn more about what is in the
child's best interest and that must
filter to the laws and courts,
which, ultimately, is in the best
interest of our society," Dr.
Luchansky added.
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