Psychiatrists near Paramus, NJ

Biography: Dr. Elmira Raeifar is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). She is also located at the ColumbiaDoctors Psychiatry Midtown office at CUIMC. Dr. Raeifar completed her doctoral training at Long Island University, Brooklyn, including an internship at Jacobi Medical Center. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia Health, Columbia University. Dr. Raeifar has experience working in a wide range of settings, from inpatient psychiatric units and intensive hospital-based outpatient programs, chemical dependency treatment facilities, to university counseling centers and outpatient mental health clinics. Dr. Raeifar's interests include helping those who feel stuck: in work, relationships, other aspects of life; those who struggle with anxiety, depression and with people who face issues related to life transitions, identity concerns, and sexuality.

Biography: Katelyn Selver is an Instructor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist at the ColumbiaDoctors Neuropsychological Evaluation Service. Dr. Selver specializes in comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of preschool aged children through young adulthood with neurodevelopmental disorders, language difficulties, academic struggles, difficulties with attention and executive functioning, and complex medical conditions. She conducts evaluations using a developmental framework and strengths-based approach in order to effectively identify areas of growth. Dr. Selver's work includes providing targeted recommendations to help address areas of weakness as well as providing ongoing consultation to family members and relevant providers to ensure that interventions are implemented effectively. Dr. Selver earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP). During her training, Dr. Selver focused on neurodevelopmental disorders and pediatric neuropsychology. She gained specific expertise within the areas of assessment and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder along with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, learning disabilities, language disorders, anxiety, and disruptive behavior disorders. Dr. Selver completed her pre-doctoral internship in child and adolescent psychology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC)/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital and post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology within the Promise Program at CUIMC.

Biography: Vinus Mahmoodi, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) within the Women's Program. Her clinical care focuses on the reproductive lifespan of women, starting from menarche (first menstrual period) to post-menopause. She primarily works with women experiencing distress during pregnancy and postpartum, traumatic birth experiences, perinatal loss, and fertility struggles. Dr. Mahmoodi is also on the adjunct faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University where she teaches courses on women's mental health and psychotherapy in the Clinical and Counseling Psychology department. Dr. Mahmoodi engages in research focused on the perinatal experiences of Muslim women. And she mentors students completing graduate studies in Clinical Psychology.

Biography: Dr. Devlin is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Associate Director of the Eating Disorders Research Unit at New York State Psychiatric Institute. He attended medical school at Columbia and completed his psychiatry residency at New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia-Presbyterian. Following his residency, he joined the Eating Disorders Research Unit at NYSPI under the direction of Dr.Tim Walsh, and he has worked with patients with eating disorders and conducted clinical research there since that time. His major academic interest is in the treatment of patients with eating disorders, and he recently completed work on an NIMH-funded study of psychotherapy and medication treatment for overweight patients with binge eating disorder. An additional area of interest is in the relationship between eating disorders and the outcome of surgery for obesity. In addition to research, he is active in medical student education and in training and supervision of psychiatry residents, particularly in cognitive behavioral therapy. He served on the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline Work Group on Eating Disorders. He is an active member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and is a past President of that organization.

Biography: Flix L. Garca del Castillo, PhD (he/him/el) is a licensed clinical psychologist specialized in working with youth and adults of minoritized sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI), as well as members of racially and ethnically minoritized communities. Dr. Garca del Castillo's foundational training was in relational-interpersonal psychotherapy, and included a strong emphasis on early childhood development, attachment, and family systems. In terms of manualized treatment modalities, Dr. Garca del Castillo frequently employs Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and was formally trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT). Dr. Garca del Castillo works with children, adolescents, and adults, and provides individual, couples, family, and group therapy. Currently, Dr. Garca del Castillo practices from a client-centered stance, providing highly structured support like distress tolerance skills, affirming individuals as they explore unfamiliar or uncomfortable aspects of themselves, and utilizing the therapeutic relationship as a safe space in which to confront and address self-defeating relational patterns. Similarly, Dr. Garca del Castillo prioritizes multidisciplinary care coordination, regularly conferencing with youth, parents, teachers, and other providers to promote a cohesive support network around clients and to advocate for them as needed. Dr. Garca del Castillo received his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology (Child Track) from The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. He completed his predoctoral internship at the Children's Institute Inc. (Bilingual Trauma Track) in Los Angeles, CA, and postdoctoral fellowship at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. At Callen-Lorde, a preeminent healthcare clinic exclusively serving queer and TGNB communities, Dr. Garca del Castillo trained in the informed consent model of TGNB care. Dr. Garca del Castillo worked closely with an integrative TGNB care team, cofacilitating a Surgery Prep group, assessing and documenting preparedness for surgical interventions, and providing weekly sessions with clients at various stages of presurgical decision-making and postsurgical lifestyle adjustment.

Biography: J John Mann MD, is The Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience (in Psychiatry and in Radiology) and a former Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is Director of Research and Director of Molecular Imaging and the Neuropathology Division at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Mann is trained in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine and has a Doctorate in Neurochemistry. His research employs functional brain imaging, neurochemistry and molecular genetics to probe the causes of depression and suicide. Dr. Mann is the Director of the NIMH Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders, and Past President of the International Academy of Suicide Research. Dr. Mann has published 458 papers and edited 10 books on the subjects of the biology and treatment of mood disorders, suicidal behavior and other psychiatric disorders. In private practice he specializes in the treatment of mood disorders.

Biography: Dr. Attia received her A.B. from Princeton University in 1982 and her MD from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1986. Formerly the director of the inpatient eating disorders program at The New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dr. Attia has more recently focused on research involving the psychobiology and treatment of anorexia nervosa. Since 1999, she has received uninterrupted funding for her research from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Dr. Attia has received a Young Investigator Award from The National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), a Pfizer/Society for Women's Health Research Faculty Development Award in Women's Health, and a Career Development Award from NIMH. Dr. Attia is a member of the eating disorders work-group for DSM-5. She is also a member of The Eating Disorders Research Society and has been elected Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders.

Biography: Frances Rudnick Levin, MD is the Kennedy-Leavy Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and the Chief of the Division on Substance Use Disorders at NYSPI/Columbia University. For over twenty years, she served as the Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and for the past sixteen years, she has been the PI of a T32 NIDA funded Substance Abuse Research Fellowship which has been continuously funded since 1994. Dr. Levin graduated from Cornell University Medical College and completed her psychiatric residency at the New York Hospital-Payne Whitney Clinic. Subsequently, she graduated from a 2-year combined clinical and research fellowship at the University of Maryland and the Addiction Research Center, the intramural branch of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Currently, she serves as the Medical Director of the Providers' Clinical Support System (PCSS), a SAMHSA-supported national training and mentoring initiative focused on addressing the opioid use disorder crisis. Also, she is the Medical Director of a SAMHSA-supported State Targeted Response technical assistance grant (the Opioid Response Network) to address the national opioid epidemic. Dr. Levin, working with other senior faculty, inaugurated the university-wide Center for Healing of Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders: Enhancing Intervention Development and Implementation (CHOSEN) in 2020 and serves as one of the senior Directors. Moreover, she is the principal investigator of several federal grants, including a K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award as well as a Co-Investigator on numerous other grants. Her current research interests include pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatment interventions for opioid, cocaine and marijuana use disorders, and treatment approaches for adults with substance use disorders and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder along with other psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Levin has over two-hundred and fifty articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics including treatments of substance use disorders, assessment, and treatment of co-occurring psychiatric illnesses and vulnerabilities associated with substance use disorders. She has served on several advisory panels and ad-hoc federal grant review groups and was a member of the NIDA Initial Review Group: Training and Career Development Subcommittee for eight years and served as a member to the NIDA Interventions to Prevent and Treat Addiction (IPTA). She is currently on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP), the College on Drug Dependence (CPDD), and the American Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD). She is an editorial board member of three journals, past President of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, and past Chair of the APA Council on Addiction Psychiatry.

Biography: Laurel Mayer, M.D. is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She received a BA at Yale University and her MD degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Mayer's research interest currently focuses on using sophisticated eating behavior paradigms to evaluate eating behavior across the eating and weight disordered spectrum. Building on successful studies of eating behavior in anorexia nervosa, Dr. Mayer is currently exploring (1) the potential influence of the FTO gene on eating behavior and fronto-striatal brain circuits in healthy, normal weight kids, in order to potentially identify risk factors for later weight gain. (2) the potential biological correlates of weight suppression (the difference between one's lifetime and current weight) in women with bulimia nervosa in order to test the hypothesis that higher levels of weight suppression and currently being on a diet to lose weight, will be independently associated with lower resting metabolic rate and lower levels of metabolic (e.g. thyroid), reproductive (e.g., estrogen) and appetitive (e.g., leptin) hormone levels among women with bulimia nervosa. (3) the utility of short-term residential laboratory-based measures in predicting the longer-term effects of pharmacologic agents in promoting weight loss. (4) measuring the influence of dietary macronutrients distributions (e.g. low carb compared to standard American) on intake and energy expenditure and (5) evaluating the weight gain and related metabolic side effects of second-generation antipsychotics.

Biography: Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Center and the director of the Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research within the Department of Psychiatry. She also directs the Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Dixon is an internationally recognized health services researcher with over 25 years of continuous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the VA. As CPI director, she oversees activities for the New York State Office of Mental Health in implementing evidenced based practices for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness. She is leading the innovative program, OnTrackNY, a statewide initiative designed to improve outcomes and reduce disability for the population of individuals experiencing their first episode of psychosis. Dr. Dixon's grants have focused on improving the quality of care for individuals with serious mental disorders with a particular emphasis on services that include families, reducing the negative impact of co-occurring addictions and medical problems, and improving treatment engagement and adherence. Dr. Dixon's work has joined individuals engaged in self-help, outpatient psychiatric care, as well as clinicians and policy makers in collaborative research endeavors. Dr. Dixon assumed the role of editor in chief of the journal, Psychiatric Services in January, 2017. She has published more than 350 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has received numerous awards including the 2009 American Psychiatric Association Health Services Senior Scholar Award and the Wayne Fenton Award for Exceptional Clinical Care. In 2014, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Metro NYC recognized her with the Adele Anshien Volunteer of the Year Award, and NAMI national recognized her with its annual Scientific Research Award. In 2022, the American College of Psychiatrists recognized her work with the Stanley Dean Award.

Biography: T. Scott Stroup, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Stroup's research focuses on the effectiveness of interventions and services for people diagnosed with schizophrenia and related illnesses. He was co-principal investigator of the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) study and director of the Schizophrenia Trials Network. He conducts research examining treatment strategies for schizophrenia. He is principal investigator of the OPAL Center, a National Institute of Mental Health supported center that focuses on examining interventions for schizophrenia that have real-world applications. His other interests include global mental health and the dissemination of evidence-based practices.

Biography: Gaurav Patel, MD/PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.His research interest is in the neural systems underlying social cognition, and how they become dysfunctional in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.Dr. Patel received his MD and PhD at Washington University School of Medicine, where he used task and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in awake behaving macaques to map the circuits that control orienting of attention with Maurizio Corbetta and Larry Snyder.During his psychiatry residency at Columbia University, he performed a study that compared human and monkey attention circuits with Vincent Ferrera.He then completed both a T32 research fellowship and a K23 Career Development Award under the mentorship of Daniel Javitt.These projects used naturalistic stimuli, eye-tracking, and fMRI to measure behavioral and functional deficits during social cognition in schizophrenia.His current efforts are focused on extending these findings, by using advanced retinotopic mapping methods to examine the effects of these deficits on the dynamics of the cortical activity and by exploring whether these deficits exist in individuals at high risk for developing schizophrenia.The ultimate goal of these studies is to understand the primary deficits and compensatory mechanisms in each patient, leading in the future to individualized treatment strategies.For his work, Dr. Patel has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award in 2005, a Leon Levy Neuroscience Fellowship in 2009, a fellowship from the American Psychiatric Foundation in 2013, a NARSAD Young Investigator Award in 2015, and a David Mahoney Neuroimaging Award from the Dana Foundation in 2017.

Biography: Khadine Harrow, NP is a Psychiatrist who practices in New York, NY. Khadine Harrow, NP is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Megan Mroczkowski is the Program Medical Director of the Pediatric Psychiatry Emergency Service at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an Attending Psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Mroczkowski completed residency training in General Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities. She served as Chief Resident from 2012 to 2013. She completed fellowship training in Forensic Psychiatry at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Mroczkowski is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. She has served an expert witness in both Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry in Criminal Courts across the country. She has an interest in international mental health and has worked in South East Asia, Central and South America, and Africa. She was awarded the prestigious Barbara Ann Liskin Award in 2013.

Biography: Dr. Rebecca Muhle, MD is a Psychiatrist who practices in New York, NY. She has been practicing for 15 years. Dr. Rebecca Muhle, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Mustaq Siddique, MD is a Psychiatrist who practices in New York, NY. Dr. Mustaq Siddique, MD is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence, Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and Newyork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Busra Karademir, MD provides compassionate and comprehensive psychiatric care for adults and older adults throughout New York. Her approach is centered on understanding each patient as a whole person, rather than merely treating their psychiatric conditions. By offering individualized treatment plans, she helps her patients navigate their mental health challenges and find relief from their symptoms. Dr. Karademir specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She is particularly passionate about helping individuals manage later life transitions, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-partum depression and anxiety. Her holistic approach is informed by her extensive training and experience, including her residency at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and her fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and NYP/Cornell Medical Center._x000D_ _x000D_ These experiences have equipped her with a deep understanding of complex psychiatric conditions and the interplay between mental and physical health. In addition to her work with anxiety and depression, Dr. Karademir offers specialized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help patients develop effective coping strategies. Her commitment to treating women's issues and supporting individuals through significant life changes is evident in her comprehensive care approach. Her expertise extends to medication management, ensuring that her patients receive the best possible support for their psychiatric needs. Dr. Karademir serves patients in various age groups, including young adults (22-26), adults (27-40), and older adults (41-64). Her practice at LifeStance Health in New York is dedicated to supporting these diverse populations through personalized and empathetic care._x000D_ _x000D_ Outside of her professional life, Dr. Karademir enjoys traveling, engaging in water sports, listening to audiobooks, and cloudspotting. Her personal interests reflect her commitment to a balanced and enriching lifestyle, which complements her professional dedication to mental health care.