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Selected faculty specialty and courses taught

Pierre Arty, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Deputy Executive Director of Behavioral Health, Kings County Hospital Center: Alcoholism and chemical dependency. Course taught: Addiction Psychiatry.

Henri Begleiter, PhD, Professor and Director of Neurodynamics Laboratory, Principal Investigator of the Collaborative Study of Genetics of Alcoholism: Neurophysiology and genetics of alcoholism. Research supervisor. Course taught: Research Seminar.

Ellen Berkowitz, MD, Associate Director of Residency Training: Psychotherapy, community psychiatry, administrative psychiatry. Courses taught: Review of Columbia Psychotherapy Skills Exam, Mental State Examination.

Michael Berzofsky, PhD, Psychologist, Clinical Associate Professor and Coordinator of Psychology Interns Program at SUNY Downstate: Psychotherapy supervisor. Courses taught: Psychological Testing, Supportive Psychotherapy, Review of Columbia Psychotherapy Skills Exam.

Cheryl Blonstein, PhD, Psychologist, Kings County Hospital Center: Short-term group therapy, brief psychotherapy. Course taught: Brief Psychotherapy- Theory and Practice.

Thomas Brouette, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education of Psychiatry: Addiction Psychiatry. Psychotherapy supervisor.

Page Burkholder, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director of Adult Outpatient Psychiatry, Kings County Hospital Center: Schizophrenia, CBT of psychosis. Psychotherapy supervisor. Course taught: CBT of Psychosis.

Miranda Chakos, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Director of Neurobiologic Disorders Research: Schizophrenia, metabolic syndrome, women’s health. Psychotherapy supervisor, Research supervisor. Courses taught: Biological Psychiatry: Mechanisms of Action and Pathophysiology, Neuroimaging, Psychiatric Disorders – Gender Issues.

Carl Cohen, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Director of Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program: Schizophrenia in elderly patients, Alzheimer’s disease. Research supervisor.

Jeremy Coplan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Primate Laboratory: Psychopharmacology, neurobiology of anxiety disorders and affective disorders. Research supervisor, Psychopharmacology supervisor. Course taught: Neurobiology of Mental Illness.

David Dailey, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Service Chief of Psychiatry, Kings County Hospital Center: Community Psychiatry. Psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor. Courses taught: Community Psychiatry.

Marian Dunn, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Human Sexuality at SUNY Downstate: Sex therapy. Courses taught: Sexual History Taking, Human Sexuality.

Lenore Engel, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program: Child psychiatry. Course taught: Introduction of Child Psychiatry.

Jeffrey Feola, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director of Downstate Mental Health Associates: Administrative psychiatry, early career development. Psychotherapy supervisor. Course taught: Careers in Psychiatry.

Steven Friedman, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Downstate Mental Health Associates Anxiety Disorders Clinic: Behavioral therapy, anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) supervisor. Courses taught: Introduction to Psychotherapy, CBT, Human Sexuality.

Daniel Friedman, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Acting Unit Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate: Internal medicine, psychopharmacology. Courses taught: Clinical Psychopharmacology, Psychopathology.

Michael Garrett, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair of Department of Psychiatry: Psychoanalytic therapy. CBT of Psychosis. Psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor. Research supervisor. Courses taught: Psychodynamic Approach to Mental Illness, Subjective Experience of Psychosis, Beyond Freud, CBT of Psychosis.

Stephen Goldfinger, MD, Professor and Chair of Department of Psychiatry: Community psychiatry. Courses taught: Community Psychiatry, Careers in Psychiatry.

Thulasiram Janardhanan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Unit Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry, Kings County Hospital Center: Psychopharmacology. Medication supervisor. Course taught: Introduction of Psychopharmacology.

Joan Hittelman, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Infant and Child Learning Center at SUNY Downstate: Early intervention of developmentally delayed children. Research supervisor. Course taught: Human Development.

Ali Kawi, MD, Professor of Psychiatry: Analytical psychotherapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor. Courses taught: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Advanced Seminar in Dynamic Therapy.

Cavin Leeman, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. Psychiatric Ethics. Courses taught: Psychiatric Ethics, Advanced Psychiatric Ethics.

Thomas O’Rourke, PhD, Psychologist, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Kings County Hospital Center: Forensic psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry supervisor. Course taught: Forensic Psychiatry.

Alla Ostrovskaya, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Attending Psychiatrist of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry, Kings County Hospital Center: Supportive Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic psychotherapy. Supportive psychotherapy supervisor. Courses taught: Supportive Psychotherapy, Overview of DSM-IV.

Bernice Porjesz, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Neurodynamics Laboratory: Neurophysiology and genetics of alcoholism, externalizing psychiatric disorders. Research supervisor. Course taught: Research Seminar.

Nyapati Rao, MD, MS, Director of Residency Training, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry: Psychodynamic psychotherapy, culture and psychiatry. Psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor. Courses taught: Psychotherapy Skill Building, Culture and Psychiatry, Diagnostic Interview, Board Review Course.

Leonard Rosenblum, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Primate Laboratory at SUNY Downstate: Primate models of psychiatric illness, anxiety disorders. Courses taught: Research Methodology, Journal Club.

Michael Selzer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry: Psychoanalytic therapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor. Courses taught: Psychodynamic Formulation, Psychiatric Interview and Formulation, One-Way Mirror Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Ellen Tabor, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director of Adult Inpatient Psychiatry, Kings County Hospital Center: Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Community psychiatry. Psychodynamic psychotherapy supervisor. Course taught: Community Psychiatry.

Fredda Wieder, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Day Treatment Program, Kings County Hospital Center: Psychotherapy, Group therapy. Group therapy supervisor. Course taught: Group Therapy.

Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DSc, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Consultation and Liaison Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate: Psychosomatic medicine. Courses taught: Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS, Hypnosis.

Peter Weiden, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Schizophrenia Research: Psychopharmacology, CBT of psychosis, compliance with treatment. Research supervisor. Psychopharmacology supervisor. Courses taught: Clinical Psychopharmacology, Combined Psycho-pharmacotherapy.




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