Thoughtful medical care, grounded in judgment
Vatra is a physician-led practice built on the belief that good medical care requires time, judgment, and clarity. Care here is deliberate, clinically grounded, and shaped by an understanding that health is influenced by biology, context, and lived experience — not isolated symptoms alone.
Dr. Corina Freitas is a board-certified physician with training in psychiatry, family medicine, and nutrition, with additional expertise in metabolic health and complex diagnostic evaluation. Her work focuses on areas where patients are often underserved: nuanced psychiatric care, women’s health across life transitions, metabolic and weight-related concerns, and symptoms that have resisted simple explanations.
Care begins with listening — not as a slogan, but as a clinical skill. Appointments are structured to allow careful assessment of medical history, prior treatments, medications, physiology, and goals. Treatment plans are individualized, realistic, and revisited over time as needs evolve.
About Dr. Corina Freitas
Dr. Corina Freitas designed Vatra as a direct response to fragmented, checkbox-driven healthcare. After training in medicine, psychiatry, and nutrition—and working across hospital systems, outpatient clinics, and forensic settings—she saw firsthand how volume-driven care erodes diagnostic accuracy, informed consent, and clinical judgment.
Rather than prioritizing speed, care at Vatra emphasizes systems-level understanding, particularly where medical, psychiatric, metabolic, and lifestyle factors overlap. The practice focuses on precision psychiatry and evidence-driven medicine that fits real lives, while respecting both modern science and enduring medical knowledge. This includes careful attention to stress physiology, hormonal and metabolic regulation, and the long-term consequences of chronic overload—without trends, shortcuts, or theatrics.
Following years in clinical leadership and national quality-improvement work aimed at improving standards of care, Dr. Freitas founded Vatra—meaning hearth in Romanian—as a place of restoration and return to strength. Care is collaborative and individualized, grounded in transparency, clinical judgment, and sustainable outcomes.
This practice is designed for individuals who value depth, discretion, and time—and who are seeking serious medical care beyond rushed protocols or surface answers.
Dr. Corina Freitas is a dedicated physician focused on caring for adults through a deeply supportive, patient-centered approach. She specializes in Women’s Health—including pre-menopause, menopause, lipedema evaluation and care, pregnancy psychiatric care, and postpartum psychiatric care—and brings a thoughtful, evidence-based perspective to every visit.
With her training in Psychiatry and her board-eligible status in Obesity Medicine, Dr. Freitas offers medical guidance that blends medical insight with genuine understanding. She believes in meeting each patient exactly where they are, creating a judgment-free space to discuss symptoms, concerns, and goals that often feel overlooked in traditional care.
Her mission is to help women feel validated, informed, and empowered in their health decisions—especially during transitions that are often misunderstood or minimized. Patients appreciate her calm presence, clear communication, and her commitment to care that feels personal, collaborative, and rooted in long-term well-being.
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