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Scott Shaffer, MD is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult/Liaison Service at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, and is the deputy training director of the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. 
Dr. Shaffer is a board member of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also chair of the Advisory Council for the Gold Humanism Honor Society and is a member of the Arnold P Gold Foundation Board of Trustees.

Research Profile

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Clinical Profile

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Clinical Focus

Dr. Shaffer’s clinical focus is around the evaluation and treatment of somatic symptom disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and medical education. His research focus is on somatic symptom disorders and medical education.

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Selected Publications

Samuels A, Tuvia T, Patterson D, Briklin O, Shaffer S, Walker A. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31267759/">Characteristics of Conversion Disorder in an Urban Academic Children's Medical Center. </a>Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019 Jul 3; [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31267759.
 
Denysenko L, Sica N, Penders T, Philbrick K, Walker A, Shaffer S, Zimbrean P, Freudenreich O, Rex N, Carroll B, Francis A. Catatonia in the medically ill: Etiology, Diagnosis, and treatment. The Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Evidence-based Medicine Subcommittee Monograph. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 2018:30(2), 140-155.
  
Shaffer S., Fuentes J. On or off the “Spectrum”? The complexity of screening and diagnosing autism  spectrum disorder (ASD). JAACAP Connect. Volume 1 Issue 2, Fall 2014.
 
Philip NS, Shaffer S, Banik D, Johnson B: Supportive Psychotherapy- a Crash Course for Medical Students. Academic Psychiatry 2010: 34:1, 57-60.

EMR ID

73017

Biography

Scott Shaffer, MD, is Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult-Liaison Service and Deputy Director of Training, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also an Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University in 2003, Dr. Shaffer continued his education at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree in 2006. He earned his first residency in General Psychiatry from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2010 and his second residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the New York University School of Medicine in 2012.
Dr. Shaffer’s clinical focus is around the evaluation and treatment of somatic symptom disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and medical education. His research focus is on somatic symptom disorders and medical education.
Dr. Shaffer is board certified and involved in a number of committees. He is Chair of the Nominating Committee and on the Advisory Council for the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a program of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. Along with being a Board Member for the New York Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry he is also Co-Chair of their Medical Student Subcommittee. At the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Shaffer serves as a co-chair for the Committee on Admissions, and is a member of the Clinical Skills Assessment Subcommittee, and the Child Psychiatry Executive Training Committee.
He is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Council of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Gold Humanism Honor Society.

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Charles C. Esenwa

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Charles

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Esenwa

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CMO Specialties

Neurology

Vascular Neurology

Clinical Terms

Epilepsy

Personality Disorders

Intracranial Hemorrhage

Brain Aneurysm

Aphasia

Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Arteriovenous Malformation

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Spinal Stenosis

Ischemic Stroke

Carotid Artery Disease

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Transient Ischemic Attack

Bacterial Meningitis

Closed Head Injury

Hemorrhagic Stroke

Employment Status

Full Time

Patient Type

Adult

Department

einstein-dept-neurology

Gender

Male

cesenwa@montefiore.org

Phone

718-920-5138

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Department

The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

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Assistant Professor

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Education Institution

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

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Columbia University Medical Center

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Columbia University Medical Center

Professional Interests

Charles Esenwa is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and clinical stroke neurologist at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Esenwa attended medical school at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, and completed a residency in Neurology at the Neurological Institute of New York, where he also served as chief resident and a fellow in vascular neurology. While at Columbia, he completed formal training in neuroepidemiology under an NIH T32 grant. He is dedicated to humanistic patient care and is the recipient of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award, and the Neurological Institute’s Daniel Sciarra patient care and humanism award. He has published on acute stroke management, stroke risk factors, secondary stroke prevention and stroke disparities, and is interested in advancing health care delivery to populations on the local, national and international levels.

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Clinical Focus

Dr. Esenwa specializes in acute stroke care and stroke prevention in high-risk communities.  He is the medical director of the Montefiore Comprehensive Center for Stroke Care.

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Selected Publications

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·       Esenwa C, Cheng NT, Lipsitz E, Hsu K, Zampolin R, Gersten A, Antoniello D, Soetanto A, Kirchoff K, Liberman A, Mabie P, Nisar T, Rahimian D, Brook A, Lee SK, Haranhalli N, Altschul D, Labovitz D. COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Aug 20. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6752.
·       Esenwa C, Parides MK, Labovitz DL. The effect of COVID-19 on stroke hospitalizations in New York City. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Oct;29(10):105114. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105114. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
·       Altschul DJ, Esenwa C, Haranhalli N, Unda SR, de La Garza Ramos R, Dardick J, Fernandez-Torres J, Toma A, Labovitz D, Cheng N, Lee SK, Brook A, Zampolin R. Predictors of mortality for patients with COVID-19 and large vessel occlusion. Interv Neuroradiol. 2020 Oct;26(5):623-628. doi: 10.1177/1591019920954603. Epub 2020 Aug 30. PMID: 32862753.
·       Liberman AL, Wang C, Friedman BW, Prabhakaran S, Esenwa CC, Rostanski SK, Cheng NT, Erdfarb A, Labovitz DL, Lipton RB. Head Computed tomography during emergency department treat-and-release visit for headache is associated with increased risk of subsequent cerebrovascular disease hospitalization. Diagnosis (Berl). 2020 Oct 5:/j/dx.ahead-of-print/dx-2020-0082/dx-2020-0082.xml. 
·       McHugh DC, Esenwa C. A Novel COL4A2 Mutation Associated with Recurrent Strokes. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Oct;29(10):105156. doi:
·       Altschul DJ, Haranhalli N, Esenwa C, Unda SR, de La Garza Ramos R, Dardick J, Fernandez-Torres J, Toma A, Labovitz D, Cheng N, Lee SK, Brook A, Zampolin R. The Impact of COVID-19 on Emergent Large-Vessel Occlusion: Delayed Presentation Confirmed by ASPECTS. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Sep 3. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6800.
·       Liberman AL, Navi BB, Esenwa CC, Zhang C, Song J, Cheng NT, Labovitz DL, Kamel H, Merkler AE. Misdiagnosis of Cervicocephalic Artery Dissection in the Emergency Department.
Stroke. 2020 Apr 16:STROKEAHA120029390. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.
·       Esenwa, C. et al. Racial Differences in Mechanical Thrombectomy Utilization for Ischemic Stroke in the United States. Ethn Dis 30, 91-96 (2020).
·       Liberman, A. L., Bakradze, E., McHugh, D. C., Esenwa, C. C. & Lipton, R. B. Assessing diagnostic error in cerebral venous thrombosis via detailed chart review. Diagnosis (Berl) 6 (2019).
·       Esenwa, C., Labovitz, D. & Caplan, L. R. "Basilar Web" Causing Basilar Branch Infarction. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 28, 104366 (2019).
·       Dardick, Esenwa, C., et al. Acute Lateral Medullary Infarct due to Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Study. Stroke 50, e290-e293 (2019).
·       Bakradze E, Kirchoff KF, Antoniello D, Springer MV, Mabie PC, Esenwa CC, Labovitz DL, Liberman AL.Varicella Zoster Virus Vasculitis and Adult Cerebrovascular Disease. Neurohospitalist 9, 203-208 (2019).
·       Esenwa, C., Tshiswaka, DL., Gebregziabher, M., Ovbiagele, B. Historical Slavery and Modern-Day Stroke Mortality in the United States Stroke Belt. Stroke. 2018 (in press)
·       Boehme, A., Esenwa, C., Elkind, M.S. Stroke Risk Factors, Genetics, and Prevention. Circulation Research. 120, 3 (2017)
·       Esenwa, C.C. & Elkind, M.S. Inflammatory risk factors, biomarkers and associated therapy in ischaemic stroke. Nat Rev Neurol 12, 594-604 (2016).
·       Esenwa, C. & Gutierrez, J. Secondary stroke prevention: challenges and solutions. Vasc Health Risk Manag 11, 437-50 (2015).
·       Esenwa, C.C. & Elkind, M.S. A questionable cause of intracerebral hemorrhage. JAMA Neurol 70, 653-4 (2013).
·       Kummer B, Kerner B, Esenwa C. Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Antibody Encephalitis Associated with Hyperglycemia. J Clin Case Rep. 2014 Dec. 4:464
·       Esenwa, C.C. & Leaf, D.E. Colpocephaly in adults. BMJ Case Rep 2013 (2013).
 
Book Publications 
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;">Esenwa C, Czeisler B, Mayer S. 2015. Chapter 35, Acute Ischemic Stroke. In E. Louis, S. Mayer and L. Rowland, Merritt’s Neurology Thirteenth Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Walters Kluwer.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;">Esenwa C, Elkind M. 2015. Chapter 44, Primary and Secondary Stroke Prevention. In E. Louis, S. Mayer and L. Rowland, Merritt’s Neurology Thirteenth Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Walters Kluwer.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;">Rinaldi A, Esenwa C. 2015. Chapter 121, Gastric and Genitourinary Function and the Brain.  In E. Louis, S. Mayer and L. Rowland, Merritt’s Neurology Thirteenth Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Walters Kluwer.</li>
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Abstracts:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 13.65pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;">Esenwa et al. T1 Rho Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging can quantify acute cerebrovascular infarct in humans and is stable in the subacute period. International Stroke Conference 2017 meeting.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 13.65pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;">Soun J & Esenwa C. Quantitative T1 Rho MR imaging of Acute Ischemic Infarct. ASNR meeting April, 2016 Poster</li>
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Biography

Charles C. Esenwa, MD, MS, is a Director at Montefiore’s Center for Comprehensive Stroke and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He specializes in vascular neurology, with a particular interest in acute stroke management and stroke prevention strategies in high-risk individuals.After receiving his Bachelor of Science in microbiology from Penn State University in 2006, Dr. Esenwa attended SUNY Downstate Medical Center, earning his medical degree in 2010. He pursued his postdoctoral training at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, completing a medical internship in 2011 and a residency in the department of neurology in 2014. He was invited to complete an additional year, serving as chief resident for the department of neurology. From 2015 to 2017, he continued at the institution as a vascular neurology clinical and neuroepidemiology postdoctoral fellow. In 2017, he earned his Master of Science in neuroepidemiology from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.Dr. Esenwa’s research focus is on acute stroke management, stroke risk factors and stroke prevention. His research has been published in several reviewed journals, books and abstracts.Dr. Esenwa is the recipient of the 2010 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the 2014 Columbia University Department of Neurology Daniel Sciarra Award for patient care and humanism. He was selected to participate in the American Academy of Neurology’s Emerging Leaders Program in 2018-2019. Dr. Esenwa is an active board member of the New York State Neurological Society, and he is a member of the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Neurology.

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Elizabeth L. Chapman

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Elizabeth L. Chapman

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Elizabeth

Last Name

Chapman

NPI

1588031827

Faculty ID

16760

CMO Specialties

Psychiatry

Clinical Terms

Grief

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Unresolved or Complicated Grief

Disruptive Behavior Disorder

Anxiety

Adjustment Disorder

Personality Disorders

Bipolar Disorder

Suicidal Thoughts

Hypertensive Emergency

Agoraphobia

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Panic Disorder

Cognitive Impairment

Substance Use Disorder

Recreational Drug Use

Forensic

Employment Status

part-time

Patient Type

Adult

Department

einstein-dept-psychiatry-behavioral-sciences

Gender

Female

elchapma@montefiore.org

Phone

718-579-2500

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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Assistant Professor

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Montefiore Medical Center

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Medical Education

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Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine

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Fellowship

Education Institution

Montefiore Medical Center

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Fellowship

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Columbia University Medical Center

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Residency

Education Institution

University of Toronto

Research Profile

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Ammar Y. Ahmad

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Ammar

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Ahmad

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16741

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Psychiatry

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Unresolved or Complicated Grief

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Pulmonary Hypertension

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Disorder, Substance Use

Difficulty Sleeping

Lack Of Adequate Sleep

Abuse By Unrelated Caregiver

Disturbance In Sleep Behaviour

Disturbance In Sleep Behavior

Confusional Arousals

Adult Sexual Abuse, Suspected, Initial Encounter

Excessive Eating

Excessive Eating - Polyphagia

Gluttony

Hyperphagia

Dissociative Convulsions

Acute Reaction To Stress

Acute Stress Disorder

Emotional Stress

Developmental Disorder, Speech Or Language

Developmental Language Disorder

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Insomnia

Language Development Disorder

Adult Sexual Abuse, Confirmed, Initial Encounter

Abuse Of Partner

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy

History Of Recreational Drug Use

Behavior Conditioning Therapy

Behavior Modification

Behavior Modification Psychotherapy

Behavior Modifications

Behavior Therapies

Behavior Therapy

Drug Abuse

Behavioral Psychotherapy

Conditioning Therapies

Conditioning Therapy

Clinical Psychiatric Mental Status Determination

Cognitive Psychotherapy

Interpersonal Psychotherapy

At Risk For Self-Mutilation

Attempted Suicide

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

Cannabis Dependence, Continuous

Domestic Violence

Drug Therapy Discontinued

Emotional Instability

Emotional Lability

Labile Mood

Alcohol Brief Intervention

Cannabis-Related Disorders

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Disruptive Behavior Disorder

Dissociation

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Drug Abuse and Intoxication

Drug Dependence and Addiction

Dyslexia

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Frontotemporal Dementia

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Altered Mental Status

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Asperger's Syndrome

Counseling

Autism

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Benzodiazepine Overdose

Binge Eating Disorder

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Bulimia

Child Abuse And Neglect

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cannabis Misuse

Intellectual Disability

Irritability And Anger

Alcohol Problem Drinking

Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication

Bipolar I Disorder, Single Manic Episode

Child Abuse

Drug Withdrawal

Drug Withdrawal Syndrome

Cannabis Abuse

Chronic Alcohol Abuse

Learning Disabilities

Abusive Behavior Towards People

Amphetamine Dependence

Amphetamines

Abstinence From Alcohol

Abuse Of Steroids

Anabolic Steroid Abuse

Adult ADHD

Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Hostility

Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention Deficit Disorder Without Hyperactivity

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Hyperactive Impulsive Type

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Hyperactive Impulsive Type

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Inattentive Type

Attention-Deficit Disorder, Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Inattentive Type

Hyperactivity Disorder

Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type

Difficulty Controlling Anger

Eating Disorder

Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Light Therapy

Post-Trauma Response

Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

Opioid Dependence With Current Use

Psychoactive Substance Dependence

Phencyclidine (PCP) Intoxication

PCP Psychosis

Nonpsychotic Mental Disorder

Mental Health Treatment

Medical Marijuana Use

Phonological Disorder

Physical Abuse Of Adult

Organic Solvents Causing Toxic Effect

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis

Modification, Behavior

Poor Sleep

Modifications, Behavior

Mental Status Examination

Prolonged Grief Disorder

Prolonged Grief

Psychogenic Seizures

Neurocognitive Disorder

Impulse Control Disorder

Illness Anxiety Disorder

Functional Neurological Disorder

Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder

Factitious Disorder

Developmental Disability

Non-Suicidal Self-Harm

Psychodynamic-Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Problem Solving Therapy

Mental Status Determination

Psychological Assessment

Psychosis

Psychodynamic Therapy

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Pica

Phobias

Personality Disorders

Parkinson's Disease

Paranoia

Overdose

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Nonverbal Learning Disorder

Nicotine Withdrawal

Neuropsychological Testing

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy

Munchausen Syndrome

Multi-Infarct Dementia

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Moodiness

Mood Disorders

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Other Stimulant Abuse, Uncomplicated

Nightmares

Minimal Brain Dysfunction

Methamphetamine Addiction

Night Terrors

Night Terror

Physical Injury Due To Physical Abuse

Misuse Of Prescription Only Drugs

Prescription Drug Abuse

Polyphagia

Overeats

Overeating

Nondependent Mixed Drug Abuse

Opioid Abuse

Narcotic Abuse

Manic Disorder, Single Episode

Psychological Disorder

Other Specified Nonpsychotic Mental Disorders

Mental Disorder

Psychiatric Disorder

Mental Health Problem

Methamphetamine Abuse

Marijuana Use

Transgender and Nonbinary (TGNB)

Toxic Encephalopathy

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

Sex Counseling

Schizophrenic Disorder

Schizophrenia

Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Encephalopathy

Speech Sound Disorder

Speech Problem

Speech Delay

Speech Articulation Disorder

Somatoform Autonomic Dysfunction

Substance Use Disorder

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Self-Directed Violence

Self-Harm

Therapy, Conditioning

Therapy, Behavior

Therapies, Conditioning

Therapies, Behavior

Substance Use

Recreational Drug Use

Toxic Metabolic Encephalopathy

Variable Mood

Residual Cognitive Deficit, Late Effect Of Stroke

Residual Cognitive Deficit As Late Effect Of Cerebrovascular Accident

Unable To Control Anger

Screening For Alcoholism

Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Tricyclic And Tetracyclic Antidepressants

Stimulant Use Disorder

Somatization Disorder

Social Anxiety Disorder

Sleep Problems

Serotonin Syndrome

Separation Anxiety

Schizoaffective Disorder

Speech Or Language, Developmental Disorder

Sleep Terrors

Sleep Terror Disorder

Sexual Abuse Of Adult

Sexual Assault

Victim Of Child Abuse

Sexual Abuse

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Victim Of Physical Abuse

Suspected Victim Of Physical Abuse

Sleep Pattern Disturbance

Violence, Family

Verbally Abusive Behavior

Restless Legs Syndrome

Employment Status

Full Time

Patient Type

Adult

Department

einstein-dept-psychiatry-behavioral-sciences

Gender

Male

aahmad@montefiore.org

Phone

718-920-5555

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Psychiatrist

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Montefiore Medical Center

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Education Type Label

Medical Education

Education Institution

St. George's University

Education Type Label

Fellowship

Education Institution

Montefiore Medical Center

Education Type Label

Residency

Education Institution

Bergen Regional Medical Ctr

Research Profile

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Clinical Focus

Dr. Ahmad's clinical focus is psychosomatic medicine, with particular interest in heart and lung transplant psychiatry.

Research Focus

Dr. Ahmad’s research focuses on psychosomatic medicine and medical ethics, particularly in the area of organ transplantation selection.

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Biography

Ammar Yasser Ahmad, MD, is Attending Psychiatrist at Montefiore. His clinical focus is psychosomatic medicine, with particular interest in heart and lung transplant psychiatry.In 2007, Dr. Ahmad received his Bachelor of Science in history and biology at the University of Pittsburgh. He then attended St. George’s University, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 2014. He began his postgraduate training in 2015 with a four-year residency in psychiatry at the Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, becoming Chief Resident in his final year. In 2019, he began a yearlong fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Montefiore. In 2020, Dr. Ahmad completed the certificate program in bioethics and medical humanities at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.Dr. Ahmad’s research focuses on psychosomatic medicine and medical ethics, particularly in the area of organ transplantation selection. His work has been published in a number of abstracts.In 2020, Dr. Ahmad received the Davidoff Teaching Award. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a member of the American Psychiatric Association.

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