LauraNaomiAntarMDPhD, DFAPA(She/Her)

Laura N. Antar, MD, PhD, PLLC

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Office
162 Ridge Road
New City, NY 10956
Phone+1 845-367-4800

Fax+1 347-767-2204

Dr. Laura Antar is a highly esteemed psychiatrist located in New City, NY. She is an alumnus of Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she completed her Residency in Psychiatry along with fellowships in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Clinical Research in OCD and Autism. She specializes in handling patients with generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and has extensive experience in psychotherapy. Dr. Antar has also authored significant publications and was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association in 2019. Her research has been extensively cited within the medical community.

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry, 2006 - 2009
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2006
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Montefiore Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Research Fellowship in OCD and Autism

Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2019
Julius Marmar Outstanding Research Award Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2005
FRAXA research Fellow Fragile X Research Foundation, 2001-2004

PubMed

6 citations
Comprehensive trauma training curriculum for psychiatry residents.
Andres R. Schneeberger, Kristina Muenzenmaier, Madeleine Seifter Abrams, Laura N. Antar, Santiago Rodriguez Leon
Academic Psychiatry. 2012-03-01
392 citations
A Direct Role for FMRP in Activity-Dependent Dendritic mRNA Transport Links Filopodial-Spine Morphogenesis to Fragile X Syndrome
Jason B. Dictenberg, Sharon A. Swanger, Laura N. Antar, Robert H. Singer, Gary J. Bassell
Developmental Cell. 2008-06-10
210 citations
Local functions for FMRP in axon growth cone motility and activity-dependent regulation of filopodia and spine synapses
Laura N. Antar, Chanxia Li, Honglai Zhang, Reed C. Carroll, Gary J. Bassell
Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences. 2006-05-01

Books/Book Chapters

Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter: Pyromania
Antar, L and Hollander, EEditors: Gabbard, Glen.APA pRess, New YorkEdition 5th,2014
Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management
Chapter: Anxiety Disorders
Antar, L and Hollander, EEditors: Simon and Hales.American Psychiatric Association, ArlingtonEdition 2nd,2012

Disaster Co-Chair, West Hudson Psychiatric Society 2022 - Present
Moderator and member, NAMI- Rockland Breaking the Silence Committee 2019 - Present
Past President, West Hudson Psychiatric Association 2021 - 2023
President, West Hudson Psychiatric Society 2019 - 2021