Dr. Banyas has many years of training in traditional, energetic and functional medicine. She previously served as Medical Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at Herrick Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, Ca.; Summit Medical Center, Oakland, Ca.; and California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco where she was on faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Director of training in Geriatric Psychiatry. She also served as Director of Consultation-Liason Services for various nursing homes and hospitals in the Bay Area.
She received a B.A. Degree from Boston University. She subsequently obtained her M.D. from the American University of the Caribbean, British West Indies and also studied at the University of Sydney Australia. She then completed her residency training at Harbor UCLA in Psychiatry and a fellowship in the specialty of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Neuropsychiatric Institute of UCLA where she continued on in research with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases..
Dr. Banyas then received a Ph.D. in Healing Science from the New Mexico Theological Seminary in conjunction with her studies at "The Victoria Merkel Center for Energy Medicine" in Rancho Santa Fe, Ca. She co-created the Healing Science Research Program for the healing school and served as a teacher and staff member.
Dr. Banyas then received AMA PRA Level 4 certification in Age Management through The Cenegenics Education and Research Foundation and the Foundation for Care Management.
She lectures and gives workshops on topics including psychiatry and energy medicine. She has authored and co-authored book chapters in medical textbooks on "Geriatric Depression" and "The Origins of the Frontal Lobes of the Brain." She has also published numerous articles on medication management in Geriatric Psychiatry.
In addition, she has co-authored a chapter in The Heart of Healing - Inspired Ideas, Wisdom And Comfort From Today's Leading Voices; "The Higher Self as Ultimate Physician", with leaders Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil, and Dean Ornish, in the field of complementary medicine.
She continues to explore and expand new frontiers into the causes and treatment of disease on an energetic level in combination with natural medicine, homeopathic and bio-identical hormone replacement in her private practice. Dr. Banyas utilizes her specialized credentials to listen, educate and provide true healing by teaching everyone how to optimize health, prevent, reverse and/or eliminate disease, restore vitality and to tap into your body's dynamic ability to heal.