JavierI.EscobarMD

Psychiatry • New Brunswick, NJ

Psychosomatic Medicine

Associate Dean for Global Health Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine

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Office
112 Paterson Street
Institute for Health
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone+1 848-932-0231

Fax+1 732-932-2006

Education & Training

University of MinnesotaResidency, Psychiatry, 1969 - 1972
Universidad de Antioquia Faculty of MedicineClass of 1967

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1980 - Present
FL State Medical License 2023 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 1994 - 2023
GA State Medical License 1997 - 2017
CT State Medical License 1986 - 1995
MN State Medical License 1973 - 1988
TN State Medical License 1976 - 1980
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

Treatment of Medically Unexplained Physical Ailments (Somatization Disorder) Start of enrollment: 2001 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

35 citations
Mental Health and Stress Among South Asians
Alison Karasz, Francesca Gany, Javier I. Escobar, Cristina Flores, Lakshmi Prasad
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2019-08-01
172 citations
Immigration and mental health: Mexican Americans in the United States.
Javier I. Escobar, C Hoyos Nervi, Michael A. Gara
Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 2000-07-01
259 citations
Somatic symptom index (SSI): a new and abridged somatization construct. Prevalence and epidemiological correlates in two large community samples.
Javier I. Escobar, Maritza Rubio-Stipec, Glorisa Canino, Marvin Karno
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 1989-03-01

Press Mentions

Suny Downstate Psychiatry Residency SalaryNovember 22nd, 2019

Grant Support

Critical Research Issues In Latino Mental HealthNational Institute Of Mental Health2002–2010
Mups In Primary Care Research CenterNational Institute Of Mental Health2005–2009
Treatment Of Somatization In Primary CareNational Institute Of Mental Health2001–2002
Research Center: Etiology &Treatment Of Alc DependenceNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism1992