Laura Sidari, MD is a board-certified general psychiatrist with additional specialized training and experience in integrated behavioral healthcare. She has leadership and clinical experience in integrated care development and delivery across military, college health, and community care settings. In addition to her role for CFHA as Co-Medical Director, she is clinically active as a Consulting Psychiatrist and Director for Integrated Behavioral Healthcare services for regional not-for-profit health system in Central NY. Dr. Sidari also serves as Co-Chair for CFHA’s Collaborative Care Model Special Interest Group. Dr. Sidari is passionate about helping healthcare teams and professionals to be effective in practical applications of the evidence-base for integrated care, and she has national experience as an integrated care technical consultant.

Dr. Sidari lives in beautiful Ithaca, NY with her 3 living children, husband, and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Her eldest son, Leon, died at age 4 due to complications from influenza, and she speaks openly about her journey into integrated care beginning at her life’s intersection with child loss. She enjoys engaging with others in creative initiatives related to photography, writing, and traveling that enrich and inspire her work in integrated care.