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)