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Brian Trappler, MD, Psychiatry, Brooklyn, NY

BrianTrapplerMDMRCP; FACP

Psychiatry • Brooklyn, NY

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  • Office

    636 Eastern Parkway
    Apt 2-A
    Brooklyn, NY 11213
    Phone+1 718-778-4390
    Fax+1 718-363-2911

Summary

  • Dr. Trappler graduated WITS Medical School in Johannesburg 1974.

    He spent three years as a House-Officer, then Senior House Officer and Medical Registrar at the Johannesburg General Hospital, Groote Schuur, and Red Cross Pediatric Hospital doing Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Intensive Coronary Care.
        
    He did Locums at the Royal Post Graduate School of Medicine in London, after registering with the General Medical Council of London, and passing his written examination of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

    He then attended a 3-year Residency in Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and in 1981 graduated as a Psychiatrist at the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, obtaining the highest score for the Clinical Board Examination in the country.
    In 1981, he moved to Crown Heights where he completed a two-year Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine until July 1983.
    From 1984 to 1988 he joined Dr. Arthur Lapovsky in developing a Geri-Psych “Scatter-Bed Unit” in Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
    He was appointed Assistant Professor in Biological Research at Columbia University from 1988 to 1994.
    During the 6 years at Columbia University and the New York Psychiatric Institute, he apprenticed under Jean Endicott, Director of Biological Research at New York Psychiatric Institute, and Co-Author of DSM-3.
    He then became Director of Psychiatric Education as Associate Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the State University of New York at Brooklyn from 1994-2010.
    During this time he was Associate Medical Director of the Anxiety Clinic at SUNY Downstate, Director of Training in Psycho-Pathology at SUNY Medical School, Lecturer in Pharmacology, and Deputy Director of the SUNY Geriatric Fellowship Program.
    As Director of Neuroscience Education, he was assigned by Dean Eugene Feigenson to change the curriculum into a small-group P.B.L format. His SUNY Model for Neuroscience education using the P.B.L. format is published in the Br. J of Med Ed.

Education & Training

  • University of the Witwatersrand
    University of the WitwatersrandClass of 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1983 - 2026
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1981 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • Canadian Royal College of Neurology and Psychiatry
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of LondonMember

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Lecturer Pharmacology SUNY Downstate, 2010
  • Director of Psychopathology SUNY Downstate, 2002
  • Acting Director of Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate (Medical Dean) Eugene Feigelson, 1999
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Trauma Healing via Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Chronically Hospitalized Patients  
    Trappler B, Newville H, Psychiatric Quarterly, 1/1/2007
  • Integrated problem-based learning in the neuroscience curriculum � the SUNY Downstate experience  
    Trappler B, BMC Medical Education, 1/1/2006
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Multi-Ethnic Urban Outpatient Clinic: Initial Presentation and Treatment Outcome With Exposure and Ritual Prevention  
    Friedman S, Smith L, Halpern B, Levine C, Paradis C, Viswanathan R, Trappler B, Behavior Therapy, 1/1/2003
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Psychological Trauma-A Collection of Essays ranging from Domestic to Political Abuse 
    Authorhouse2014
  • Identifying and Recovering from Psychological Trauma 
    Trappler BNew England University Press2009
  • Modern Terrorism and Psychological Trauma 
    Trappler BNew England University Press2008

Abstracts/Posters

  • The Impact of Early Lifetime Trauma in Later Life
    Trappler B, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 19th Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1/10/2006

Lectures

  • Trauma Healing Via Cognitive Behavior 
    1/5/2006
  • Hasidic Patients: Their Lifestyles and Treatment 
    New York, NY - 1/12/1990

Authored Content

  • New-York-Firefighters:-A-Sample-of-First-Responders-10-Years-Following-the-Collapse-of-the-World-Trade-CenterDecember 2018

Grant Support

  • Principle InvestigatorN.I.M.H.1988–1994

Committees

  • Board Examiner, American Board of Psychiatric Examiners 1996 - 2010

Research History

  • Associate InvestigatorGene-Markers in Bipolar Disorder. New York Psychiatric Institute. Principle Investigator Drs J. Endicott and M. Baron1988 - 1994

Professional Memberships

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