Current Clinical and Academic Titles

• Attending Psychiatrist, Columbia University Medical Center
• Consultant, Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Service, CUMC
• Consultant, Center for Parkinson’s Disease & Other Movement Disorders, CUMC
• Special Lecturer in Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Adjunct Psychiatrist, Northwell Health System

Education

• Columbia College, New York, N.Y. – B.A. 1965
  Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
• Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y. – M.D. – 1969
  Research Thesis Honors Award (1968)

Professional Training Experience

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Intern Pediatrics (09/69-06/70)
• Mount Sinai Medical Center – Resident Psychiatry (07/70-06/72)
• Columbia University Medical Center – Resident Child Psychiatry (07/72-06/73)
• Chief Resident Child Psychiatry (07/73-06/74)

Awards, Honors, Certifications, Appointments

• New York State Psychiatric Institute Alumni Association Best Resident Research Paper (1973)
• National Psychiatric Endowment Fund – Outstanding Resident (1974)
• Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (1975) cert # 14409
• Child Psychiatry (1976) cert # 936
• Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center (07/74-06/78)
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, CUMC (07/78-06/83)
• Director Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Service, CUMC (07/78-06/96)
• Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, CUMC (07/83-06/96)
• Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, CUMC (07/97-06/05)
• Special Lecturer in Psychiatry, CUMC (07/05-present)
• Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (1983-2003)
• Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2003-2006)
• Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association (2006-present)
•  Member, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (1980-2010)
• Distinguished Life Member, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2010-present)
• Professional Advisory Board – Epilepsy Institute New York (07/80-06/95)
• Board of Directors New York Council Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (1988-1991)
• Board of Trustees Arnold P. Gold Foundation (1988-2002)
• Medical & Professional Advisory Council Arnold P. Gold Foundation (2002-2015)
• Consultant, Center for Parkinson’s Disease & Other Movement Disorders, CUMC (1982-present)
• Consultant, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, CUMC (1991-2001)
• Consultant, Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program, CUMC (07/97-present)
• Reviewer, Journal Of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience   (1985-1990)
• Reviewer, Epilepsia   (1992-1997)
• Representative, Department of Psychiatry CUMC Doctor’s Private Office Committee  (2001-2007)

Teaching Experience

• Supervisor – Adult and Child Psychiatry Residents & Fellows (CUMC). (7/74-6/17)
• Teaching Conferences – Pediatric and Adult Psychiatry Residents(CUMC) (7/74-present)
• Supervising Psychiatric Attending – Queens Children’s Psychiatric Center (07/82-06/90)
• Grand Round Presentations in Child Psychiatry and Pediatric Neurology (periodically, 1974-present)
• Director “Clinical Hypnosis with Children & Adolescents” Annual Meeting Of American Academy of Child &
  Adolescent Psychiatry (semiannually 1981-present)
• Director “Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, & Malingering” Annual Meeting of American Academy of
• Adolescent Psychiatry (2008-present)
• Excellence in Teaching Award Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University College of
  Physicians & Surgeons (1997-1998, 2008-2009)

Research and Training Support

• Merlin Foundation Research Grant – Hypnosis With Children (1975)
• Wodecroft Foundation Research Grant – Children with Uncontrolled Seizures (1977)
• Wodecroft Foundation Founding Grant- Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Service CPMC (1978)
• NIMH Research Fellowship CPMC (07/81-06/82)
• Viola Bernard Clinical research Award – Tic Disorders & Tourette’s Syndrome (1988)
• CUMC Neuropsychiatry Gift Fund – Psychogenic Movement & other Conversion Disorders (Annually, 2008-2018)