JoanneAholaMD, DLFAPA, PC

Medical Director Emeritus, Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights; Co-Author and Thematic Reviewer, Istanbul Protocol; Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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Office
140 W 79th St,
Suite 1F
New York, NY 10024
Phone+1 646-319-7064

Education & Training

Harvard Medical CollegeMastery Certificate, Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery, 2011 - 2012
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)/New York State Psychiatric InstituteResidency, Psychiatry, 1983 - 1986
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1982
Brown UniversityB.A., Comparative Literature, 1977

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - Present
NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1983 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Award for Excellence in Clinical Administration Sandoz, 1986
Ginsburg Fellowship Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, 1985

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Treating Family Members of Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People: An Interview With Eric Yarbrough, M.D.
Benjamin Fey, Joanne Ahola, Flávio Casoy
Focus. 2020-08-11

Journal Articles

Mental health challenges of LGBT forced migrants
Ahola J co-author with Ariel Shidlo, Forced Migration Review, 1/1/2013
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Assessment in LGBT Refugees and Asylees
Ahola J co-author with Ariel Shidlo, RIWW, 1/1/2011

Lectures

Do One and Teach One: Using Innovative Program Design to Create a Human Rights Clinic for Asylum Seekers
1/1/2014
Teaching Asylum: Where Human Rights and Psychiatry Meet
1/1/2014
Teaching at the Intersection of Health and Human Rights
Weill Cornell Medical College - 1/1/2014
Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Mental Health Challenges and Needs
1/1/2013
Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights: Program Design
1/1/2013
The Physician and the Political Refugee: The Asylum Process
Weill Cornell Medical College - 1/1/2012
The Role of the Mental Health Professional in Helping LGBT Asylum Seekers
1/1/2012
The Mental Health Professional and the LGBT Asylum Seeker
1/1/2012
Global Mental Health and the Mental Health Professional
1/1/2011
Career Options
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY - 1/1/2007
Psychiatric Medicine II
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY - 1/1/2000
Psychiatric Medicine I
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY - 1/1/1999
Aiding Survivors of Torture: Psychiatric/Psychological Evaluation of Asylum Seekers, Working with Survivors of Torture, Collaborating with Expert Witnesses
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Other

Asylum: Safety and Healing. Video
Ahola J
1/1/2011

Professional Memberships

Group for Advancement of Psychiatry
Member
American Psychiatric Association - APA
Member