Department Chair

Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD

Dorothy and Marty Silverman University Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Professor of Psychiatry, of Neuroscience and of Pediatrics

Letter from the Chair 

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A Study Identified 6 Types of Depression. Here's Why That Matters

Jonathan Alpert, M.D., Ph.D., says a new study that identified six subtypes of major depression is preliminary and needs to be replicated with a larger and more diverse set of participants. Dr. Alpert is the Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair in Psychiatry at Einstein and is chair and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and Montefiore.

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