AmirGarakaniMD
Psychiatry • Greenwich, CTAddiction, Forensic Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology
Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT
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Office
5 Perryridge Road
Greenwich, CT 06830Phone+1 203-863-4673Fax+1 203-863-3811
Summary
- Dr. Garakani is Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Greenwich Hospital-Yale New Haven Health in Greenwich, CT. He is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. He was formerly the Director of Education and Attending Staff Psychiatrist at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT. He is Board-Certified in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. He received his B.A. in Classics (Latin), cum laude, with Distinction in All Subjects, from Cornell University, and his M.D. from the SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, where he won the AMA Rock Sleyster Scholarship. He completed his residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and a research fellowship at the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Garakani also completed a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center. He has won several awards including the American Psychiatric Association (APA)/Lilly Resident Research Award, APA – NY County District Branch Resident Research Award, and travel awards from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and Society of Biological Psychiatry. He also was an APA/GlaxoSmithKline Leadership Fellow and a Fellow of the Group of the Advancement of Psychiatry. He has participated in NIMH-funded research and is first or co-author on over 90 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He has taught classes to Mount Sinai residents on psychopharmacology and forensic psychiatry and is a supervisor to psychiatry residents and medical students. He previously was elected to the Executive Council of the APA NY County District Branch. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Member of the American College of Psychiatrists. He is also on the editorial board as a Clinical Case Discussion Editor for the Journal of Psychiatric Practice and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology.
Education & Training
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2007 - 2008
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2002 - 2006
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 2002, M.D.
Cornell UniversityB.A., Classics (Latin), Cum Laude, With Distinction in All Subjects, 1994 - 1998
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2022 - Present
CT State Medical License 2008 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2003 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2004 - 2007- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
- American Board of Addiction MedicineAddiction Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2023-2025
- Outstanding Young Alumnus Award SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2022
- Member American College of Psychiatrists, 2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Lifetime prevalence, comorbidities, and Sociodemographic predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): the National Epidemiology of Iranian Children and adolesc...Zahra Hooshyari, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Maryam Salmanian, Nastaran Ahmadi, Ali Khaleghi
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2024-11-01 - 2 citationsVitamin BSupplementation in Psychiatric Practice.Kevin P Kennedy, Jeanne L Alexander, Amir Garakani, Lawrence S Gross, David L Mintz
Current Psychiatry Reports. 2024-06-01 - 1 citationsAntipsychotic agents in anxiety disorders: An umbrella review.Amir Garakani, Frank D Buono, Mona Salehi, Melissa C Funaro, Anna Klimowicz
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2024-04-01
Journal Articles
- Advances in Psychopharmacology for Anxiety DisordersGarakani A, Murrough JW, Iosifescu DV, FOCUS (Am Psychiatr Publ), 1/1/2014
- A 66-Year-Old Woman with Facial Tics and Social ImpairmentGarakani A, Welch AK, Newcorn JH, Psychiatric Annals, 1/1/2013
- Review of: Kidnapping: An Investigator's Guide to ProfilingGarakani A, Billick SB, J Forensic Sci, 1/1/2008
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Parsing the Effects of Comorbid Adult ADHD and Substance Misuse on Affective Lability in Bipolar DisorderGarakani A, Goldberg JF, Proceedings of the 167th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY, U.S.A., 5/1/2014
- Voluntary Admission and Patient-Driven Discharge ProceduresGarakani A, Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Boston, MA, U.S.A., 10/27/2011
- Patient Request for Discharge from Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Chart ReviewGarakani A, Aloysi AS, Marcus S, Martinez JM, Katz CL, Proceedings of the 61st Annual Institute of Psychiatric Services Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY, U.S.A., 10/8/2009
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Lectures
- Medication Treatments for Anxiety Disorders: Where We Are and Where We Are GoingSilver Hill Hospital Grand Rounds (virtual) - 5/12/2021
- Electroconvulsive Therapy for Catatonia in a Patient with Schizophrenia and Synthetic Cannabinoid Abuse: A Case ReportIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY - 6/25/2013
- Malingering: Detection and Management in Clinical PsychiatryWoodhull Medical & Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY - 2/20/2013
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Press Mentions
Free to Check in, but Not to LeaveOctober 6th, 2019
Psilocybin and Mental Health: A Glimpse into Psychedelic TherapeuticsSeptember 8th, 2023- Evidence Grows for Psilocybin as a Treatment for DepressionSeptember 9th, 2023
Professional Memberships
- Distinguished Fellow
- Group for the Advancement of PsychiatryMember
- American College of PsychiatristsMember
- Society of Biological PsychiatryMember
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the LawMember
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