AmirArsalanAfkhamiMD

Psychiatry • Great Falls, VA

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Office
833 Blacks Hill Rd
Great Falls, VA 22066
Phone+1 646-280-7011

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2007
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2004
Yale UniversityPh.D., 1995 - 2003
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2022 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
DC State Medical License 2007 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2005 - 2007
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Psychiatrist of The Year Washington Psychiatric Society (WPS), 2010

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Can Academic Medicine Lead the Way in the Refugee Crisis
Amir A. Afkhami
Academic Medicine. 2016-10-18
1 citations
Psychiatry and efforts to build community in Iraq.
Amir A. Afkhami
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2014-09-01
15 citations
Compromised Constitutions: The Iranian Experience with the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Amir Afkhami
Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 2003-06-11

Books/Book Chapters

Psychiatry In-Review
Chapter: Antidepressant Medications
Page 211 - 218Afkhami, AmirEditors: Ferrando, S..ETAS, New YorkEdition 3,2008

Other

A Doctor in Iraq, Watching a Faith Healer at Work
Afkhami, A, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/health/28cases.html?_r=0
12/27/2010

Press Mentions

GW Experts Available for Interviews During Mental Health Awareness MonthApril 28th, 2022
Iran’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Mission CriticalAugust 17th, 2021
Sanctions-Battered Iran, Weary of Pandemic, Faces Worst WaveApril 22nd, 2021
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