Mary E. Woesner, M.D.

Mary Woesner, M.D. is a clinical psychiatrist, administrator, and medical educator. Her interests include the treatment of psychiatric disorders such as psychosis and dementia, medical student education, and the use of first-hand accounts to educate patients, families, and trainees about mental illness. She is currently the Director of Medical Student Training at the Bronx Psychiatric Center (BPC) and site director for the third-year psychiatry clerkship. She is board certified in psychiatry and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Her education awards include the APA’s Nancy C. A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Excellence in Medical Student Education and membership in the Leo M. Davidoff Society of AECOM for “Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students.”

Dr. Woesner completed her psychiatric residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/BPC and the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center/WD. She completed a fellowship in schizophrenia at the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center/WD and a fellowship in education at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received her M.D. degree from the SUNY at Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine and her B.A. with honors from SUNY at Binghamton. Dr. Woesner has published and presented at national meetings in her areas of expertise.

1. Kanofsky JD, Woesner ME, Harris AZ, Kelleher JP, Gittens K, Jerschow E: A Case of Acute Renal Failure in a Patient Recently Treated with Clozapine and an Overview of Previously Reported Cases. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2011; 13(3):e1-5.
2. Woesner, ME, Kidd, C: The use of personal accounts in the study of severe mental illness. EJBM. 2013; 29 (1-2):40-45.
3. Woesner ME, Marsh, J, Kanofsky, JD: The Assertive Community Treatment Team: An Appropriate Treatment for Medical Disorders that Present with Prominent Psychiatric Symptoms. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2014; 16(4):e1-e4.
4. Kanofsky JD, Woesner ME: Let’s Talk: The Experts Blog about Mental Health (Psychs Talk Blog Post): Assertive Community Treatment Teams: Questions for Discussion. J Clinical Psychiatry, March 18, 2015.
5. Isenberg-Grzeda E, Weiss A, Blackmore MA, Shen MJ, Abrams MS, Woesner ME. A Survey of American and Canadian Psychiatry Residents on Their Training, Teaching Practices, and Attitudes toward Teaching. Acad Psychiatry. 2016 Oct;40(5):812-5.
6. Schneider, JL, Miller, AM, Woesner, ME: Autophagy and Schizophrenia: A Closer Look at How Dysregulation of Neuronal Cell Homeostasis Influences the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia. EJBM. 2016; E1-10.
7. Woesner ME: “A Flood of Losses” in The Patient who Made me a Better Psychiatrist: A Collection of Memoirs. Psychiatr Times. Supplement/November 2016.
8. Campbell PD, Miller AM, Woesner ME: Bright Light Therapy: Seasonal Affective Disorder and Beyond. EJBM. 2017; 32:E13–25.
9. Woesner ME. The Return of Duck and Cover and the Imminence of Death—What It Means for Physicians. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jun 1;172(6):511-512.
10. Girdler SJ, Confino JE, Woesner ME. Exercise as a Treatment for Schizophrenia: A Review. Psychopharmacol Bull. 2019 Feb 15;49(1):56-69
11. Woesner ME: “The Treatment Around the Corner” in Portrait of a Psychiatrist. Psychiatr Times. October 31, 2019.
12. Woesner ME: Parallels between the tenure of C. Everett Koop in the age of AIDS and the epidemic of gun violence today. Prev Med. 2020;130:105882.
13. Woesner, M.E., Wilson, S.M. Comment on “Access to Abortion After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: Advocacy and a Call to Action for the Profession of Psychiatry”. Acad Psychiatry 47, 689–690 (2023).
14. Woesner ME, Cheung AM. Impact of a Medical Student-Run Bingo Group on Psychiatry Inpatients and Students. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2024 Jan 11;26(1):23m03576.
15. Kim V, Wilson SM, Woesner ME. The Use of Classic Psychedelics for Depressive and Anxiety-Spectrum Disorders: A Comprehensive Review. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2025 Jan-Feb 01;45(1):37-45.
16. Woesner ME, Cheung AM. A Preclinical Medical Student Program: Student Reactions to Interviewing Psychiatric Inpatients. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2025 Jul 29;27(4):25m03923.