Paula Marcus

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Paula

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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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Simon Lucaj

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Simon

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Lucaj

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Jisoon Kim

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Jisoon

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Kim

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1598024937

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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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Tannaz Iranpour Boroujeni

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Tannaz

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Iranpour Boroujeni

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Merrill Scot Herman

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Merrill

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Herman

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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Dr. Merrill Herman has worked in the field of substance abuse for over 25 years. He is Chief of Service of the Montefiore Substance Abuse Treatment Program, a large methadone maintenance program in the Bronx; Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Einstein; Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; and Associate Director of Psychiatry for the Einstein/Montefiore Division of Substance Abuse.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Dr. Herman has published papers and presented at conferences on numerous subjects including acupuncture for cocaine addiction, medical student impairment, integration of primary care and substance abuse treatment, and co-occurring substance abuse and psychiatric disorders.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Dr. Herman is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Professional Development in Addictions (IPDA) in New York State. He is a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), American Psychological Association (APA), American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), and was the Chair of the Aid for Impaired Medical Students (AIMS) Committee at Einstein. He served as the President of the New York Society of Addiction Medicine (NYSAM), a chapter of ASAM, from 1995 to 2009.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Dr. Herman completed medical school at Cornell University Medical College, a psychiatric residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, and the first fellowship in addiction psychiatry at New York University.</div>
<p>Dr. Merrill Herman has worked in the field of substance abuse for over 25 years. He is Associate Director of Psychiatry of the Montefiore Substance Abuse Treatment Program, a large methadone maintenance program in the Bronx; Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Einstein and&nbsp;Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry</p>
<p>Dr. Herman has published papers and presented at conferences on numerous subjects including acupuncture for cocaine addiction, medical student impairment, integration of primary care and substance abuse treatment, and co-occurring substance abuse and psychiatric disorders.</p>
<p>Dr. Herman is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Professional Development in Addictions (IPDA) in New York State. He is a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), and was the Chair of the Aid for Impaired Medical Students (AIMS) Committee at Einstein. He served as the President of the New York Society of Addiction Medicine (NYSAM), a chapter of ASAM, from 1995 to 2009 and is currently Starategic Planning Chair and Membership Co-Chair</p>
<p>Dr. Herman&nbsp;attended University of Pennsylvania for his BA in Biology and&nbsp;completed medical school at Weill Cornell University Medical College, psychiatric residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, and the first fellowship in addiction psychiatry at New York University.</p>
<p>Dr. Herman's outside interests include being an avid sports&nbsp;fan,&nbsp;hiking and biking as well as popular music.</p>

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Maria F. Gomez

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Maria

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<p>Mar&iacute;a Fernanda G&oacute;mez, M.D. is Associate Director of Psychosomatic Medicine, Associate Director of Residency Training, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.</p>
<p>Dr. G&oacute;mez received her medical degree from the University of Salamanca, Spain and completed her residency at New York Medical College/Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. She was awarded the American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology fellowship and the Linda Pollin Foundation Fellowship in Medical Crisis Counseling during her fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Nancy C. A. Roske, M.D. Certificate of Excellence in Medical Student Education. &nbsp;She has successfully completed multiple subspecialty board certifications, including Psychosomatic Medicine, Geriatric, Addiction, and Forensic psychiatry and is one of the very few psychiatrists to be certified in Pain Medicine.</p>

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Valentyna Goloborodko

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Howard Geyer

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Howard

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<p>Dr. Howard Geyer is Director, Division of Movement Disorders, Montefiore, and Assistant Professor, Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.&nbsp;He received his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.&nbsp;He was chief resident in Neurology at Montefiore, where he also completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology.&nbsp;He completed an additional fellowship in Movement Disorders at Beth Israel Medical Center.&nbsp;Dr. Geyer regularly lectures and contributes to book chapters and journal articles on a variety of neurologic topics.</p>

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Howard L. 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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