Obesity

Gary J. Schwartz

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Full Name
Gary J. Schwartz
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Faculty
Expert
First Name
Gary
Last Name
Schwartz
Faculty ID
9621
Patient Type
Adult
Department
einstein-dept-medicine
einstein-dept-neuroscience
einstein-dept-psychiatry-behavioral-sciences
Email
gary.schwartz@einsteinmed.edu
Phone
718-430-2263
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Medicine
Department Link
Rank
Professor
Division
Endocrinology
Type
Academic
Department
Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Department Link
Rank
Professor
Tags
einstein-dept-neuroscience
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department Link
Rank
Professor
Type
Administrative
Locations
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Type
Academic
Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.8459022 40.8504961)
Building
Golding Building
Room
501
Address Line 1
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Address Line 2
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
Address Line 3
1300 Morris Park Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10461
Location Title
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Professional Interests

<p>Gary J. Schwartz, Ph.D., studies how the gut and the brain interact with each other to regulate food intake and associated metabolic processes.&nbsp; Dr. Schwartz and his colleagues aim to identify therapeutic targets for eating behaviors associated with obesity, diabetes and related diseases.</p>
<p>Our research focuses on the sensory neural controls of energy homeostasis in health and disease. We use rodent models to examine how food stimuli act at oral and gastrointestinal sites to affect food intake, energy balance, and gastrointestinal physiology.We approach this problem from multiple levels of analysis including behavioral, physiological, neurophysiological, and molecular-genetic. We have identified the type of food stimuli that activate vagal and splanchnic sensory fibers supplying the gut, and have revealed the extent to which these stimuli influence gut-brain communication. Our most recent efforts involve the analysis of gut-brain communication in the control of energy homeostasis in mouse models of obesity and diabetes.We have identified neurons in the periphery, brainstem and hypothalamus that integrate food-elicited signals with peptide signals that have profound effects food intake and metabolism. Data from these studies reveal that central hypothalamic and brainstem neuropeptides affect food intake and body weight by modulating the neural potency of food stimulated signals from the mouth and gut. This novel, synthetic conceptual framework is critical because it links forebrain hypothalamic structures, long known to be involved in the control of energy balance, to the sensory and motor systems in the brainstem that control ingestion, digestion, and metabolic processing of food. Future studies will use genetic mouse models of obesity and diabetes with targeted conditional neuropeptide/ receptor knockdown or replacement to determine how central neuropeptide signaling affects the neural processing of metabolic sensory signals critical to energy homeostasis.</p>

Research Areas
Obesity/ diabetes, gut-brain neuroendocrine communication in the control of feeding and energy balance, neuronal nutrient sensing, neural control of thermogenesis, lipolysis and gastrointestinal function.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
Energy balance
Gut -brain communication
Nutrient sensing
Obesity
Expert Summary

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dr. Schwartz studies how the gut and the brain act together to determine how much people eat. He has identified sites in the gastrointestinal tract and brain that detect nutrients and has discovered how these regions are linked to food intake, obesity and diabetes. He also studies gastric-bypass surgery and the key neural and hormonal mechanisms responsible for the significant and long-lasting improvements in body weight, food intake and diabetes following the procedure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dr. Schwartz is Director of the Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center Animal Physiology Core at Einstein and Director of the Animal Phenotyping Core of the Columbia University- Einstein New York Obesity Research Center. He also serves on multiple NIH study sections and on scientific grant review panels of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, American Diabetes Association, Endocrine Fellows Foundation and Obesity Society. He is a member of the editorial boards of several journals, including&nbsp;<em>Diabetes</em>,&nbsp;<em>Endocrinology </em>and serves as an associate editor of the&nbsp;<em>American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology &amp; Metabolism Section</em>.</span></p>

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Lisa B. Teh

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Full Name
Lisa B. Teh
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Faculty
First Name
Lisa
Last Name
Teh
NPI
1215243951
Faculty ID
16520
CMO Specialties
Clinical Terms
Employment Status
Full Time
Patient Type
Adult
Department
einstein-dept-psychiatry-behavioral-sciences
Gender
Female
Email
lteh@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-4797
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department Link
Rank
Assistant Professor
Locations
Is Primary
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Type
Clinical
Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.88072 40.88002)
Address Line 1
111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10461-2401
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
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Type
Academic
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.8798833 40.8799447)
Address Line 1
Montefiore Medical Center
Address Line 3
111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Fellowship
Education Institution
Indiana University School of Medicine
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Professional Title
Ph.D.
EMR ID
121676
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Jessica Rieder

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Full Name
Jessica Rieder
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Faculty
Expert
First Name
Jessica
Last Name
Rieder
NPI
1053496414
Faculty ID
1063
Clinical Terms
Employment Status
Full Time
Patient Type
Pediatric
Department
einstein-dept-pediatrics
Gender
Female
Email
jrieder@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-6781
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Pediatrics
Department Link
Rank
Associate Professor
Division
Adolescent Medicine
Type
Clinical
Title
Director of B'N Fit Power Program
Type
Clinical
Title
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Type
Clinical
Title
Director of Impact Course, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Type
Clinical
Title
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Type
Administrative
Type
Administrative
Title
Director, MD Scholarly Impact and Research Program
Locations
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Type
Clinical
Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.87885 40.88037)
Address Line 1
3415 Bainbridge Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467-2403
Location Title
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
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Academic
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.8791698 40.880273)
Room
3L
Address Line 1
Montefiore Medical Center
Address Line 2
3415 Bainbridge Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
University of Alberta
Education Type Label
Fellowship
Education Institution
Montefiore Medical Center
Education Type Label
Residency
Education Institution
Montefiore Medical Center
Professional Interests

<p><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jessica Rieder, MD, MS, a board-certified specialist in adolescent medicine, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. She earned her bachelor&rsquo;s degree in biochemistry and M.D. degree with honors in research from the University of Alberta. She completed her clinical training including pediatric residency, chief residency, and adolescent medicine fellowship at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore.&nbsp; She joined the pediatric faculty at Einstein/Montefiore upon completion of her fellowship and subsequently earned a master&rsquo;s degree in clinical research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dr. Rieder h</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">as been engaged in </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">action-oriented, policy-relevant research which has been informed </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">by the weight management efforts that have been the focus of her career for over a decade. She is the founder and director of the Bronx Nutrition and Fitness Initiative for Teens (B&rsquo;N Fit), </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">a joint venture between the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore and the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC). She has had extensive experience with the </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">development, administration, and evaluation of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">B&rsquo;N Fit, which </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">offers comprehensive weight management programming for inner-city youth, ages 12-21 years</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">She has an interest in the clinical and behavioral management of adolescent obesity as well as clinical care access issues that prevent impoverished adolescents from accessing weight management services. A decade-long partnership with MMCC and more recently with the Montefiore School Health Program has resulted in youth-focused school-based afterschool programming that aims to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>more effectively support a population characterized by significant psychosocial stressors, economic crisis, developing autonomy and noncompliance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Dr. Rieder continues to enjoy partnering with clinical, research, community, advocacy, administrative, technology, and educational collaborators to design initiatives that engage and support youth and families interested in lifestyle programming that promotes long-term health and prevents illness. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>
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Specialties
Areas of Expertise
Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Lifestyle and Diet Modifications for Weight Loss
Complications of Obesit
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Expert Summary

<p>Dr. Rieder, is a board-certified specialist in adolescent medicine and the founder and director of the Bronx Nutrition and Fitness Initiative for Teens (B’N Fit) weight management program. Dr. Rieder’s academic interests include adolescent obesity and its complications, in particular, ovarian hyperandrogenism or polycystic ovary syndrome.</p>

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Professional Title
M.D.
M.S.
Clinical Focus

Adolescent medicine, adolescent gynecology, adolescent obesity

Research Focus

Adolescent obesity, adolescent gynecology with research interests in weight management program evaluations and polycystic ovarian syndrome

Selected Publications

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<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Link to Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography. </span></strong></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 8pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1rcYFranZwvAc/bibliography/487… style="background: white; padding: 0in; border: 1pt windowtext; color: #2f4a8b; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1rcYFranZwvAc/bibliography/487…;
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EMR ID
4076
Biography

<p>Jessica Rieder, MD, a board-certified specialist in adolescent medicine, is Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is founder and Director of the Bronx Nutrition and Fitness Initiative for Teens (B&rsquo;N Fit) weight management program, a joint venture between The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore and the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center.</p><p>Dr. Rieder earned her bachelor&rsquo;s degree in biochemistry from the University of Alberta in 1990 and her MD degree with honors in research from the same university in 1994. She completed her clinical training, including pediatric residency, chief residency and adolescent medicine fellowship, at The Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. She joined the pediatric faculty at Einstein and Montefiore upon completion of her fellowship in 2001. In 2003 Dr. Rieder earned a master&rsquo;s degree in clinical research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Rieder&rsquo;s academic interests include adolescent obesity and its complications, in particular, ovarian hyperandrogenism or polycystic ovary syndrome. As Director of the B&rsquo;N Fit Program, she oversees a clinical and research team of physicians, a nutritionist, a social worker, and administrative and support staff. Dr. Rieder is funded through the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, the New York State Health Foundation and private foundations to conduct short- and long-term effectiveness evaluations of the B&rsquo;N Fit program.</p>

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Jenny J. Choi

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Full Name
Jenny J. Choi
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Faculty
First Name
Jenny
Last Name
Choi
NPI
1063677094
Faculty ID
12746
CMO Specialties
Clinical Terms
Employment Status
Voluntary
Patient Type
Adult
Department
einstein-dept-surgery
Gender
Female
Email
jechoi@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-6645
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Surgery
Rank
Associate Professor
Type
Clinical
Title
Director, Bariatric Surgery
Tags
me-patientcare-surgery-minimallyinvasivebariatric
Type
Clinical
Title
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs
Type
Clinical
Title
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
Type
Administrative
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.85147 40.94383)
Address Line 1
1010 Central Park Avenue
City
Yonkers
State
NY
Zip
10704-1044
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Group-Cross County
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POINT (-73.87862 40.88032)
Address Line 1
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467-240
Location Title
Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.84021 40.91349)
Address Line 1
12 North 7th avenue
City
Mount Vernon
State
NY
Zip
10550-2026
Location Title
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
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POINT (-73.76906 41.02342)
Address Line 1
33 Davis Avenue
City
White Plains
State
NY
Zip
10605
Location Title
White Plains Hospital
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Clinical
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.82894 41.05873)
Address Line 1
555 Taxter Road
City
Elmsford
State
NY
Zip
10523
Location Title
Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care -Westchester
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.8785732 40.879979)
Room
4313
Address Line 1
Montefiore Medical Center
Address Line 2
Medical Arts Pavilion
Address Line 3
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
University of Connecticut
Education Type Label
Fellowship
Education Institution
New York and Presbyterian Hosp
Education Type Label
Residency
Education Institution
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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Professional Title
M.D.
Clinical Focus

<p>Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, <a href="https://www.montefiore.org/surgery-services-general-weight-reduction-ce… Surgery</a>, <a href="https://www.montefiore.org/montefiore-institute-for-minimally-invasive-… Invasive Surgery</a></p>

Research Focus

With high rates of obesity and diabetes in the Bronx, Dr. Choi sees many opportunities to evaluate the long-term benefits of bariatric surgery in this population.

EMR ID
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Diego Camacho

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Diego Camacho
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First Name
Diego
Last Name
Camacho
NPI
1174592067
Faculty ID
11665
CMO Specialties
Clinical Terms
Employment Status
Full Time
Patient Type
Adult
Department
einstein-dept-surgery
Languages
Spanish
Gender
Male
Email
dicamach@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-4800
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Surgery
Rank
Associate Professor
Type
Clinical
Title
Director, Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic General Surgery
Tags
me-patientcare-surgery-minimallyinvasivebariatric
Type
Clinical
Title
Site Director, Bariatric Surgery, Weiler Division
Type
Clinical
Title
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Type
Administrative
Locations
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Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.85147 40.94383)
Address Line 1
1010 Central Park Avenue
City
Yonkers
State
NY
Zip
10704-1044
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Group-Cross County
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On
Type
Clinical
Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.87862 40.88032)
Address Line 1
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467-240
Location Title
Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
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Clinical
Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.76906 41.02342)
Address Line 1
33 Davis Avenue
City
White Plains
State
NY
Zip
10605
Location Title
White Plains Hospital
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.8785732 40.879979)
Address Line 1
Montefiore Medical Center
Address Line 2
Medical Arts Pavilion
Address Line 3
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
Francisco Marroquin University
Education Type Label
Fellowship
Education Institution
Baylor College of Medicine
Education Type Label
Residency
Education Institution
Ohio State University Hospitals
Professional Interests

<p>Minimally Invasive Surgery</p>

<p>Bariatric Surgery</p>

<p>Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery</p>

Areas of Expertise
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
Single Incision Laparascopic Surgery
Natural Orifice Translumenal Surgery
Cholecystectomy
Foregut Surgery
Hernia Repairs
Partial Gastrectomies
Expert Summary

<p>Dr. Camacho, is an expert in advanced laparoscopic general surgery and bariatric surgery. Of special note, he is a pioneer in single incision laparoscopic surgery for multiple procedures including cholecystectomy, foregut surgery, partial gastrectomies and hernia repairs. More recently, Dr. Camacho has been developing and creating new applications for the emerging field of Natural Orifice Translumenal Surgery (NOTES) including esophageal reflux surgery. He is one of only a small number of surgeons performing this surgery in the U.S. Dr. Camacho holds a medical degree from the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He completed his residency in general surgery at Ohio State University Medical Center and completed fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery at Baylor College of Medicine's Michael E. Debakey Department of Surgery.</p>

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Professional Title
M.D.
Clinical Focus

Cholecystectomy, Foregut Surgery, Partial Gastrectomies, Hernia Repairs, Natural Orifice Translumenal Surgery (NOTES)

Research Focus

Dr. Diego Camacho is an expert in advanced laparoscopic general surgery and bariatric surgery. Of special note, he is a pioneer in single incision laparoscopic surgery for multiple procedures including cholecystectomy, foregut surgery, partial gastrectomi

EMR ID
5133
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Ammar Y. Ahmad

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Full Name
Ammar Y. Ahmad
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Faculty
First Name
Ammar
Last Name
Ahmad
NPI
1215318704
Faculty ID
16741
Clinical Terms
Employment Status
Full Time
Patient Type
Adult
Department
einstein-dept-psychiatry-behavioral-sciences
Gender
Male
Email
aahmad@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-5555
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department Link
Rank
Assistant Professor
Type
Clinical
Title
Psychiatrist
Locations
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Type
Clinical
Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.88072 40.88002)
Address Line 1
111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10461-2401
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
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Academic
Location (Address, State, City, Zip)
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Coordinates
POINT (-73.8798833 40.8799447)
Address Line 1
Montefiore Medical Center
Address Line 3
111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
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
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Professional Title
M.D.
Clinical Focus

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

Research Focus

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

EMR ID
111471
Biography

<p>Ammar Yasser Ahmad, MD, is Attending Psychiatrist at Montefiore. His clinical focus is psychosomatic medicine, with particular interest in heart and lung transplant psychiatry.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Ahmad received his Bachelor of Science in history and biology at the University of Pittsburgh. He then attended St. George&rsquo;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.</p><p>Dr. Ahmad&rsquo;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.</p><p>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. </p>

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