Lee Spencer, M.D., graduated from medical school at Tulane University School of medicine as part of the “Katrina class” of 2009. His class was forced to move to Houston for the year while Tulane rebuilt the flooded medical and hospital. This experience forever changed his life. He became acutely aware of the importance of medical treatment and mental illness treatment for his patients and the community. Service to the city and its people became a priority.

Dr. Spencer is a board-certified addiction and general psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of addictions, as well as all forms of mental illness. He prefers a comprehensive, bottom-up, holistic approach to treatment. Most mental illnesses are far too complex and varied to be treated solely with medication - though that is often a necessary part of the total treatment. He has a passion for and expertise in treating substance use disorders, including alcohol use disorders, as well as opioid, stimulant, sedative, hallucinogen, and dissociative use disorders.