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Education and Training
Fellowship in Psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital Center / NYU School of Medicine
Residency in Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital / New York Medical College
MD, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program, Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts, with Honors, Columbia University
Credentials
Board Certification in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
License to Practice Medicine and Surgery, State of New York
Acute Care Clinical Positions
Unit Chief, Dual-Inpatient Unit, VA Medical Center (through July 2022)
Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Emergency Department (CPEP), Bellevue Hospital Center
Academic Positions
Clinical Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Faculty, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Training Program, Community Healthcare Network
Faculty, Physician Assistant Training Program, Long Island University
Presentations and Lectures
Kratom, Emerging novel substances, Delta-8-THC. Invited Guest Speaker, Center for Motivation and Change NYC Team Meeting, New York, NY, November 2021.
Basic Tenets of Treatment and Recovery. Public Psychiatry Fellowship Program, New York University, New York, NY, May 2021. Also given January 2021.
Co-occurring disorders in acute care, outpatient and residential settings. Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program, Community Healthcare Network, May 2020.
Caffeine. NYU Fellowship in Psychiatry, yearly lecture series, 2013 – Present.
Group support programs: basic tenets and common misconceptions. NYU Fellowship in Psychiatry, yearly lecture series 2013 – Present. Also given at: Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program, Community Healthcare Network, New York, NY, February 2020.
Mental Hygiene Law and Inpatient Treatment of Paranoid Delusions. Case conference, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY. January 2019.
Motivational interviewing in patients with psychotic disorders. Case conference, Rockland Psychiatric Center Outpatient Clinic, White Plains, NY. January 2019.
Treating high-risk patients with borderline personality. Case conference, Rockland Psychiatric Center Outpatient Clinic, White Plains, NY. June 2017.
Assessing motivation and stages of change. Case conference, Rockland Psychiatric Center Outpatient Clinic, White Plains, NY. 2015.
Excessive use of electronic media: characteristics of excessive users, neurobiologic correlates, potential for treatment. Divisional Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY. 2010.
The neurobiology of PTSD: implications for memory during anesthesia. 5th International Conference on Memory, Awareness and Consciousness, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, New York, NY. 2001.
Languages
English (Native)
Ελληνικά (Intermediate)
Русский (Fluent)
中文 (Basic)