Scot G. McAfee, MD

Dr. McAfee graduated magna cum laude from Boston University, earning a double degree in Biology and Psychology. He then attended New York Medical College and completed a residency in Adult Psychiatry at St. Vincent's Hospital, where he served as the Executive Chief Resident during his fourth year. Afterward, he managed the adolescent and young adult inpatient psychiatric unit at St. Vincent's until March 2005, when he was appointed Director of Residency Training for the General Residency Training Program.

Following the closure of St. Vincent's, Dr. McAfee was recruited by Maimonides Medical Center to serve as Vice Chairman of Education and Residency Training Director, eventually becoming Chair of the Department. In 2018, he returned to residency training as Vice Chair of Education and Residency Training Director at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

His clinical areas of interest have included prodromal psychotic states, the mental health care of those with chronic medical illnesses and adolescent psychiatry, as well as sexuality and LGBT mental healthcare. He is published in the areas of adolescent diabetes treatment, psychological reactions to 9/11/01, reactions to mass disaster, resident countertransference and patterns of utilization of restraint in inpatient settings, as well as on the use of simulation to teach residents ECT.

He has received numerous accolades, including the Teacher of the Year award from the Departments of Psychiatry at St. Vincent’s Hospital (2004) and Maimonides (2015), and certificates of appreciation from New York Medical College for excellence in medical student teaching (2004 and 2005). He was also honored with the American Psychiatric Association's Irma Bland award for excellence in resident education (2005) and the Nancy A. Roeske award for excellence in medical student education (2006). In 2004, Dr. McAfee was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, New York Medical College chapter. He is a Fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the New York Academy of Medicine, and in 2014 he was inducted into the American College of Psychiatrists.

Dr. McAfee remains active in committee work at the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry and was elected to its Board of Directors in 2024. At SUNY Downstate, he engages in graduate medical education through the GRAD Coaching and Enrichment Program.

Education

• Undergraduate: Boston University
• Medical School: New York Medical College
• Internship: St. Vincent's Hospital, NY
• Residency: St. Vincent's Hospital, NY