Dr. Gazabon earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Florida in 1998. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Rhode Island and as part of her doctorate actively participated in research at the Cancer Prevention Research Center under the guidance of James Prochaska, Ph.D, leader in development of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. She completed an APA accredited internship in Behavioral Medicine at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, specializing in the psychiatric treatment of patients with adjusting to spinal cord injury and cancer. She completed a two-year research fellowship at the Behavioral Medicine Research Center, University of Miami, Department of Psychology under the supervision of Dr. Micheal Antoni. During her fellowship, she worked along-side Drs. Neil Schneiderman and Micheal Antoni in development of clinical trials and application of the Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM) Group intervention with HIV and cancer patients. As part of her initial faculty appointment at University Department of Psychiatry in 2009, she worked with HIV positive individuals, including newly diagnosed HIV positive pregnant women assisting at developing culturally sensitive psychological interventions to assist women in managing health as well as stress and psychiatric co-morbidities. Currently, Dr. Gazabon practices as a Clinical Psychologist at UHealth Bariatric Specialists collaborating with world-renowned bariatric surgeon Dr. Nestor F. De La Cruz-Munoz, Chief Division of Laparoendoscopic and weight loss surgery, Associate Professor at UMMSM. As part of U-Health Bariatric multidisciplinary team since 2015, Dr. Gazabon has gained extensive experience in conducting assessments and interventions with patients struggling with obesity for the purpose of providing psychological clearance of patients considering weight loss surgery and requiring psychiatric follow-up.
