Education:
University of Rochester, BA
State University of N.Y. (SUNY) – Downstate Medical College, M.D.
San Francisco General Hospital – Internship
SUNY-Downstate-Kings County Hospital-Residency in Psychiatry
SUNY- Downstate-Kings County Hospital- Psychosomatic Fellowship
New York Psychoanalytic Institute- Training in Psychoanalysis
Military Service: Captain USAF MC-Wilford Hall Hospital – San Antonio, Tx.
Certification:
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology – Psychiatry
American Academy of Psychoanalysis – Psychoanalysis
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology-Psychosomatic Medicine
Academic Appointments & Hospital Positions Held:
SUNY-Downstate – Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine
Kings County Hospital- C/L Staff and Director of Outpatient Psychiatry
N.Y. Medical College/Westchester Medical Center
Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine & Surgery, Director of Medical Student Education,
Director of Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry, Sidney E. Frank Distinguished Professorship,
Visiting Professor-Hadassah University Department of Psychiatry, Jerusalem, Israel ( 07)
Sidney E. Frank Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Publications:
36 papers, 15 Book Chapters www.aol.com
Authored books – Psychological Care of Burn and Trauma Patient (93),
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine Guidelines ( Lippincottt ,03, 09 2nd ed),
Edited books- –Applied Supervision in Psychotherapy(87)
Psychosomatic Medicine (Lippincott, 06),
Intervention & Resilience After Mass Trauma ( Cambridge Press, 08)
Depression as a Systemic Illness ( Oxford University Press, 18)
American Psychiatric Association:
President-Local District Branch, Assembly Representative,
Chair of Joint Commission on Public Affairs,
Speaker of Assembly, Member of Board of Trustees
Distinguished Life Fellow
Other Professional Organizations:
American College of Psychiatrists (Fellow)
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (Fellow)
American Academy of Psychoanalysis & Dynamic Psychiatry(Fellow, BOT, President-Elect (10-11), President (12-14)
Society for Liaison Psychiatry (Member and Past President)
American Medical Association ( Member )
National Association of Medical Communicators (Member)
Awards:
DiCori Research Award-Dept.of Psychiatry, Console Master Teacher Award- both SUNY
Leadership Award -Mental Health Association,
Teaching Award Medical Students NY Medical College
Society for Liaison Psychiatry Annual Award
Top Doctors in NY(04-07)-NY Magazine, America’s Top Doctors (07-current)-Castle-Connolly Database
Other: Private Practice in Scarsdale , N.Y. and Woodland Hills, CA (current)
Syndicated Columnist Gannett Newspapers (91-95), Local Radio Program-WVOX (01-04)
Consultant: NYC Health & Hospital Corporation on Emergency Medical Service Suicide (93)
American Red Cross on Disaster (93), US State Department on Terrorism (01),
Presentation Conference on Terrorism (06)http://www:.terrorisminfo .mipt.org/nymc/bios.asp,
Host and Producer Podcast www.shrinkpod.com (06-07)
Blog- www.PsychiatryTalk.com (09-current), Psychiatric Times, Huffington Post (10-current)