Beth R. Zell
Rubiahna L. Vaughn
Lisa B. Teh
Amrita K. Seehra
Bruce J. Schwartz
<p>Dr Bruce Schwartz is currently the Deputy Chairman, Clinical Director and a Professor of Psychiatry in of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Schwartz’s responsibilities include oversight of activities in the Department at the Weiler, Moses, Wakefield and Behavioral Health Clinics at Westchester Square as well as the Division of Substance Abuse and Substance Abuse Treatment Program. Dr. Schwartz serves as Medical Director and was a founding member of University Behavioral Associates, a not for profit behavioral health management services organization. </p>
<p>Dr. Schwartz has a national reputation in behavioral health service delivery. He is currently the Treasurer of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He serves on numerous committees and organizations including the APA’s Committee on Reimbursement for Psychiatric Care (past-chair), Council of Healthcare Systems and Financing (past-chair), the NY Academy of Medicine’s Committee on Admission and Membership and the American Hospital Association’s Governing Council of the Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services (past-chair). He currently chairs the Mental Health Association of NYC’s Professional Advisory Board and serves on the MHA-NYC Board of Directors. Dr. Schwartz is the past Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Psychotherapy and is the Program Director of the Annual Chief Residents (“Tarrytown”) Leadership Conference. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, member of the American College of Psychiatrists and is regularly selected by Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors and by New York Magazine as a Best Doctor. Dr. Bruce Schwartz is an expert in the treatment of affective disorders and psychopharmacology. He has been regularly selected as a Castle Connolly Top Doctors and by New York Magazine as a Best Doctor. </p>
Matthew Schneider
<p>Matthew Schneider MD is a psychiatrist with an interest in psychopharmacology, inpatient psychiatry and quality improvement . He is the Vice Chair for Clinical Services for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Schneider completed psychiatry residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine after graduating from SUNY - Downstate Medical School and Cornell University with a B.A. in Biology and Society.</p>
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Dr. Schneider’s clinical focus is general adult psychiatry, in-patient psychiatry and psychopharmacology.
<p>Matthew Schneider, MD, is Vice Chair for Clinical Services and Clinical Director of Psychiatry at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Schneider’s clinical focus is general adult psychiatry, in-patient psychiatry and psychopharmacology. In 1984, Dr. Schneider received his Bachelor of Arts at Cornell University. He then attended SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 1988. He began his postgraduate training in 1988 with a preliminary year in internal medicine at Carney Hospital. He then completed a residency in psychiatry at Montefiore in 1993, becoming Senior Chief Resident in his final year.</p><p>In 1984, Dr. Schneider received his Bachelor of Arts at Cornell University. He then attended SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 1988. He began his postgraduate training in 1988 with a preliminary year in internal medicine at Carney Hospital. He then completed a residency in psychiatry at Montefiore in 1993, becoming Senior Chief Resident in his final year.</p><p>Since 1993, he has shared his work in psychiatry at many invited presentations across the country. <span> </span></p><p>Throughout his career, Dr. Schneider has served on many committees, including the Council on Quality Care at the American Psychiatric Association and Medical Student Education at Montefiore, where he served as Director.</p>
Alessandra Scalmati
<p>Dr. Alessandra Scalmati is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, where she is Associate Director of the Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry, and Associate Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. She is board certified in General and Geriatric Psychiatry and in Psychosomatic Medicine. </p>
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<p>Dr Scalmati received an MD, PhD from the University of Modena, Italy and completed her training in general and geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. Dr Scalmati's areas of interests include: medical educatio, the provision of trauma informed care in social service agencies and the medical care system, the long term effects of trauma, the improvement in delivery of mental health services to trauma survivors, elder mistreatment, intervention to address staff burnout, and the development of training models to improve delivery of care. Dr Scalmati has worked to develop a curriculum to integrate the knowledge of the field of trauma studies and the field of geriatrics, and to adapt the concept of trauma informed care to geriatrics. She is committed to establish models of collaborative care between academic institutions and community agencies; and to enhance the collaboration between providers of geriatric medicine and mental health professionals. She has been the recipient of grants from UJA Federation, and the Butler Foundation.</p>
Dr. Scalmati’s clinical focus is on geriatric psychiatry, general psychiatry with special focus on medically complex patients, and the clinical management of long-term effects of psychological trauma in older adults.
Dr. Scalmati’s research interests focus on trauma-informed care principles and implementation. She has an added focus on the development of curricula for education of different constituencies from medical students to staff of community agencies in the delivery of trauma-informed care.
<p>Alessandra Scalmati, MD, PhD, is Associate Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, Associate Director, Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Scalmati’s clinical focus is on geriatric psychiatry, general psychiatry with special focus on medically complex patients, and the clinical management of long-term effects of psychological trauma in older adults.
</p><p>After receiving her Doctor of Medicine from University of Modena in Italy in 1987, Dr. Scalmati started her postdoctoral training with a yearlong internship in medicine at Clinica Medica in Modena, Italy. In 1988, she returned to University of Modena to pursue her Doctor of Philosophy in cancer pathology, earning the degree in 1992. She then came to the United States to continue her postdoctoral training with a residency in general psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 1992 to 1997, acting as Senior Chief Resident in her final year. She followed this with a yearlong fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at Einstein, completing it in 1998.
</p><p>Dr. Scalmati’s research interests focus on trauma-informed care principles and implementation. She has an added focus on the development of curricula for education of different constituencies from medical students to staff of community agencies in the delivery of trauma-informed care. She has shared her research through publication in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and review articles as well as invited presentations.
</p><p>Dr. Scalmati is board certified in psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. She is a member of several professional societies including the American Psychiatric Association, the American Association of Geriatrics Psychiatry and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Since 2006, she has been listed as one of The Best Doctors in America.
</p><p>Dr. Scalmati’s work has been supported by philanthropic organizations, and she has been the recipient of an award for Excellence in Medical Education by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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