Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Faculty
Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DrMedSc
Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Peter B. Barr, PhD
Social Determinants of Health Lead
Institute for Genomics in Health
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Marisol Benjamin
Receptionist/ Outpatient Biller
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease
Department of Psychiatry
Carl I. Cohen, MD
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor (Deceased)
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Director, Fellowship Program
Jeremy D. Coplan, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Nonhuman Primate Facility
Director, Division of Neuropsychopharmacology
Steven Friedman, PhD, ABPP
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of Training in CBT
Cathryn A. Galanter, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Michael Garrett, MD
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Thulasiram Janardhanan, MD, MPH
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Director, Geriatric Psychiatry
Thulasiram Janardhanan, MD
Visiting Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Chella Kamarajan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry | Chair, Research Committee of Psychiatry
Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Sivan Kinreich, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Karlene Lawrence, DNP, ANP-C
Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Coordinator
Co-Director, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education Interprofessional Team
Scot G. McAfee, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Residency Training Director
Michael Myers, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Ombudsperson for Medical Students
Zoe Neale, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Institute for Genomics in Health
Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Lab
Adelaida Ospina Rodas, SW
Care Manager
Center of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease
Gayathri Pandey, PhD
Assistant Professor
Henri Begleiter Neurodynamics Laboratory
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Everton Prospere, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, The Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education
Renata Sanders, MD
Associate Program Director
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
Psychiatry
Jamila Smith
Admin and OutPatient Biller
Department of Psychiatry
Clivia Torres, LCSW-R
Clinical Social Worker
Care Manager, The Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education