Curriculum Vitae

Licensure: 1982, New York State
Office Address: 286 Madison Avenue, Suite 1602
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 213-3677
Academic Training:
1967-1971 A.B., Harvard College (Magna cum Laude)
1971-1974 and
1975-1977
Ph.D., French Department, Yale University
1974-1975 D.E.U.G. Psychology Department
Université de Paris X (Nanterre)

Fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
1976-1977 Mark Kanzer Fellow for interdisciplinary studies in psychoanalysis and the humanities, Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis
1977-1981 M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
Postgraduate Training:
1981-1985 Internship and Psychiatric Residency
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Payne Whitney Clinic, New York, NY
1987 Authority, Leadership and Organization Conference - The Tavistock Institute Group Relations Training Program, U.K.
Board Certification: 1986, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Professional Organizations and Societies:
  American Psychiatric Association
Society for Psychotherapy Research
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
Academic Appointments:
1985-1988 Instructor in Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1988-1994 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1994-1995 Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1995-present Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2006-present Lecturer, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Professional Positions:
1985-present Private Practice of Psychiatry
1995-present Fellow and Director of Training, Personality Disorders Institute at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Past Positions:
1985-1995 Attending Psychiatrist
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Westchester Division
1986-1989 Assistant Unit Chief, Unit for the Treatment of Psychotic and Character Disorders
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Westchester Division
1989-1995 Unit Chief - Unit for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Westchester Division
1995-1998 Psychiatrist, Family Court of New York City (part-time)
Fellowship and Grant Support:
1987-1989 Co-Investigator, "Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients." This study of developing a therapy manual and rating instruments for therapist adherence and patient change was awarded $24,000 for these two years. My 12% of the effort focused on studying the treatment contract.
Principal Investigators: John Clarkin, Ph.D. and Harold Koenigsberg, M.D.
1992-1994 Co-investigator, "Psychotherapy of Borderline Inpatients," This study explored the relationship between patient language in psychotherapy, symptom levels, and therapeutic alliance in hospitalized borderline patient. Awarded $26,170 by the Fund for Psychoanalytic Research of the American Psychoanalytic Association. (20% effort)
Principal Investigator: James Hull, Ph.D.
1992-1995 Co-investigator, "Psychotherapy of Borderline Personality Disorder Patients." This two year study compares the first year of a manualized psychodynamic psychotherapy of these patients to a cognitive behavioral treatment. NIMH funding: $206,106 in direct and indirect costs. (10% effort).
Principal Investigator: John Clarkin, Ph.D.
1999-2005 Co-investigator and Director of the TFP cell, "Randomized Clinical Trial for BPD Patients."
Principle Investigators: Otto Kernberg, M.D. and John Clarkin, Ph.D.
Teaching Experience and Responsibilities:
1995-present Director of Training, Personality Disorders Institute at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1995-present Supervisor, Payne Whitney Clinic, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2006-present Lecturer, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
1997-present Lecturer, consultant and supervisor at Department of Psychology, Université Laval, Québec, Canada (part-time).
1999-present Lecturer, consultant and supervisor at the Munich Institute for TFP, Munich, Germany (part-time).
2000-2004 Lecturer, consultant and supervisor at the Hôpital Céry, Lausanne, Switzerland (part-time).
2004-2006 Lecturer, consultant and supervisor at the Osterreichische Gesellschaft fur angewandte Tiefenpscyhologie und allgemeine Psychotherapie, Vienna, Austria (part-time).

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This page updated 4/2/09.