Paula Marcus

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Paula

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Marcus

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<p>Dr. Marcus is the Director of the Psychosocial Service to the Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.</p>

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<p>Marcus, P. Integrating Behavioral Health into a Transplantation Service-One Institution&rsquo;s Approach. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Current Psychiatry Reviews</span>, 2016; 12:1-3</p>
<p>Cervera, I., De Vargas, M.G., Cortes, C.M., Ahsanuddin, S., De Feo, M., McDonough, P., Velez, C., Marcus, P., Kayler, L. A Hospital-based Educational Approach to Increase Live Donor Kidney Transplantation Among Blacks and Hispanics. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clinical and Experimental Medical Letters</span>. Mar 10 2015; 56:43-52</p>
<p>Flattau A, Olaywi M, Gaglio PJ, Marcus P, Meissner P, Dorfman EB, Reinus JF. Social barriers to adult liver transplantation listing: Prevalence and association with program characteristics. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Liver Transplantation.</span> 2011; 17(10):1167-1175</p>
<p>Marcus P. Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Psychosocial Challenges in the Elderly. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Annals of Thoracic Surgery</span> 2009; 88: e48-9</p>
<p>Marcus P., Kennedy GJ., Wetherbee C et al. Training Professional Home Care Staff to Help Reduce Depression in Elderly Home Care Recipients. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clinical Geriatrics</span> 2006; 14(7):13-16</p>
<p>Marcus P. Mental Health Care for Prisoners (letter) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">New York Times </span>Oct.1,2006</p>
<p>Kennedy GJ., Marcus P. Use of Antidepressants in Older Patients with Co-Morbid Medical Conditions. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Drugs and</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Aging </span>2005; 22 (4):273-287</p>
<p>Marcus, P. SSRIs and Mammoplasia (letter) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">American</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Journal of Psychiatry</span> 2001; 158:6</p>
<p>Marcus, P., Snyder, R. Clozaril and Antecedent History of Substance Abuse (letter) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">American Journal of Psychiatry</span> 1995; 152:959</p>
<p>Marcus, P. Outpatient Suicides (letter) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hospital and</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Community Psychiatry</span> 1994; 45:1147</p>
<p>Marcus, P., Alcabes, P. Characteristics of Suicides by Inmates in an Urban Jail <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Hospital and Community</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Psychiatry</span> 1993; 44:256-261</p>

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Jisoon Kim

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Jisoon

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Kim

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Maryam H. Jahdi

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Maryam

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Jahdi

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1972921880

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16651

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Purnima Garg

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Purnima

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Garg

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<p>Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India<br />Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (Family Medicine)</p>

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Howard L. Forman

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Howard

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Forman

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<h2 class="title"><a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/evidence-for-greater…; rel="ContributionToJournal">Evidence for greater forensic education of all psychiatry residents</a></h2>
<p><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H. L.</span></a><span>&nbsp;&amp; Preven, D. W.&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Dec 1 2016</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="volume">44</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">4</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 422-424</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">3 p.</span></p>
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<p><span class="numberofpages"><span>Aloezos, C., Wai, J. M., Bluth, M. H. &amp;&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H.</span></a><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Dec 1 2016</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Clinics in Laboratory Medicine.</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="volume">36</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">4</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 777-793</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">17 p.</span><br /></span></p>
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<p><span class="numberofpages"><span>Santos-Cubi&ntilde;&aacute;, J.,&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H. L.</span></a><span>,&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/maria-f-gomez&quot; rel="Person"><span>Gomez, M. F.</span></a><span>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/mary-a-odowd&quot; rel="Person"><span>O'Dowd, M. A. L.</span></a><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Apr 1 2015</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Bolet&iacute;n de la Asociaci&oacute;n M&eacute;dica de Puerto Rico.</span></a></span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="volume">107</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">2</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 71-72</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">2 p.</span><br /></span></p>
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<h2 class="title"><a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/comparison-of-childh…; rel="ContributionToJournal"><span>Comparison of childhood sexual histories in subjects with pedophilia or opiate addiction and healthy controls: Is childhood sexual abuse a risk factor for addictions?</span></a></h2>
<p><span class="numberofpages"><span>Cohen, L. J.,&nbsp;</span><a class="link person" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman&quot; rel="Person"><span>Forman, H.</span></a><span>, Steinfeld, M., Fradkin, Y., Frenda, S. &amp; Galynker, I.&nbsp;</span><span class="date">Nov 2010</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="journal">In :&nbsp;<a class="link" href="https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/howard-l-forman/publicati…; rel="Journal"><span>Journal of Psychiatric Practice.</span></a></span><span class="volume">16</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="journalnumber">6</span><span>,&nbsp;</span><span class="pages">p. 394-404</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span class="numberofpages">11 p.</span></span></p>
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<p>Howard L. Forman, MD, is Director of Addiction Consultation Service at Montefiore and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical interests focus on the intersection of addiction, mental health and physical illness. Dr. Forman is also a leading forensic expert who has been retained by state prosecutors, federal prosecutors, leading law firms across the country.</p><p>Dr. Forman earned his Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and environmental science at Columbia University in 2001, followed by his Doctor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2008. After interning in psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center from 2008 to 2009, Dr. Forman returned to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completing a residency in psychiatry in 2012, and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry in 2013.</p><p>In addition to his areas of clinical focus, he is a nationally sought-after lecturer, and his research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and abstracts. He is also co-author of <em>Prescription Drug Abuse</em>, a book exploring the risks and controversies surrounding the issue of prescription drug abuse and misuse.&nbsp; He is the book review editor for the <em>Psychiatric Times </em>and his opinions have been featured in outlets as varied as the Rolling Stone Magazine and the New York Times.&nbsp; For several years, he was a columnist for US News and World Report.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p>Dr. Forman has been honored by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine with the Samuel Rosen Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching and is a member of the Leo Davidoff Society for excellence in medical student education. He has served as co-Chair for the American Medical Association Action Team on Alcohol and Health, and as President of the Bronx District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association. He is board certified in psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and addiction medicine. Dr. Forman is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and serves on their Council for Medical Education and Lifelong Learning.</p>

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Sameen Farooq

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Sameen

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<p>Dr. Farooq is board certified in Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Palliative and Hospice Medicine and Obesity Medicine. He works as a direct care Internal Medicine hospitalist at Moses campus.</p>

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Nagma Dalvi

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Nagma

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Dalvi

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Thomas F. Betzler

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Thomas

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<p>Thomas F. Betzler, MD is a psychiatrist with interests in Community Mental Health, Outpatient Psychiatry, Integrated Treatment of Mental Illness &amp; Primary Care, Addiction Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry and Population Health. &nbsp;He is the Executive Clinical Director, East Campus, Clinical Director of Montefiore Behavioral Health Center at Westchester Square, and Associate Clinical Director in Psychiatry. &nbsp;He teaches first year medical students in the Introduction to Clinical Medicine, second year medical students on Schizophrenia, and oversees the outpatient clinical rotation for third year students at Montefiore Behavioral Health Center. &nbsp;Additionally, he teaches fourth year psychiatric residents in Administrative Psychiatry and Addiction Fellows on alcohol abuse. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr. Betzler is a graduate of Einstein, completed his residency at Montefiore and is Board Certified. He serves on several clinical and adminisitrative committees. &nbsp;</p>

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Irida Balili

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Irida

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Balili

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Ammar Y. Ahmad

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Ammar

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Ahmad

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

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

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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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