Samoon(Ahmad M.D)AhmadMD

Psychopharmacology, Integrative Psychiatry

Founder Integrative Center for Wellness, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

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Dr. Samoon Ahmad is a psychiatrist in New York, NY and is affiliated with NYU Langone Hospitals. He received his medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical College and has been in practice 30 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu. He specializes in psychopharmacology and integrative psychiatry and is experienced in obesity and weight management, bipolar disorder, psychotherapy, mood disorders, and depressive disorders.

NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry, 1992 - 1996
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)Internship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
Allama Iqbal Medical CollegeClass of 1987

Physician of the Year, Department of Psychiatry Bellevue Hospital Center New York, 2014
Frank Ochberg Award International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 2007

PubMed

102 citations
Coping and PTSD symptoms in Pakistani earthquake survivors: Purpose in life, religious coping and social support
Adriana Feder, Samoon Ahmad, Elisa J. Lee, Julia E. Morgan, R. K. Singh
Journal of Affective Disorders. 2013-05-01
10 citations
Independence of diabetes and obesity in adults with serious mental illness: Findings from a large urban public hospital.
Langston Sun, Mara Getz, Sulaima Daboul, Melanie Jay, Scott E. Sherman
Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2018-02-02
40 citations
Earthquake impact in a remote South Asian population: Psychosocial factors and posttraumatic symptoms
Samoon Ahmad, Adriana Feder, Elisa J. Lee, Yanping Wang, Steven M. Southwick
Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2010-06-01

Books/Book Chapters

Kaplan and Sadock’s Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.Wolters KluwerEdition 7th,2024
Kaplan and Sadock's Pocket Hadbook of Psychiatric Drug Treatment
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.Wolters KluwerEdition 8th,2023
Coping with Covid-19: The Medical, Mental and Social Consequences of the Pandemic
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.Wolters KluwerEdition 1st,2022
Medical Marijuana, A Clinical Handbook
Samoon Ahmad, M.D., Kevin Hill, M.D.Wolters KluwerEdition 1st,2020
Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
Benjamin Sadock, M.D., Samoon Ahmad, M.D., Virginia Sadock, M.D.Wolters KluwerEdition 6th,2018
Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Chapter: Anticholinergics and Amantadine
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.Editors: Sadock, B., Sadock, V., Ruiz, P.Wolters KluwerEdition 10th,2017
Clinical Addiction Psychiatry
Chapter: Suicide and Substance Abuse
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.Editors: Brizer, D., Castaneda, R.Cambridge University PressEdition 1st,2010
Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Chapter: Anticholinergics and Amantadine
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.Editors: Sadock, B., Sadock, V., Ruiz, P.Wolters Kluwer; Lippincott Williams and WilkinsEdition 9th,2009
On Call Psychiatry
Chapter: Anxiety Disorder
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.Editors: Bernstein, C., Ladds, B., Maloney, A., Weiner, E.W.B. Saunders CoEdition 1st,1997
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Your Brain and PTSD: Biomarkers and High-Stress StatesAugust 2020
Are Seniors Going to Pot?: Evidence suggests cannabis use is growing among America's elderlyMarch 2019
What Adult ADHD Looks Like: Adult ADHD is more common than you might you think.March 2019
Lavender Oil's Effects on Anxiety: Flower Power or Purple Placebo?March 2019
Schizophrenia and the GutMarch 2019
Independence of Diabetes and Obesity in Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Findings from a Large Urban Public HospitalFebruary 2018
Independence of Diabetes and Obesity in Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Findings from a Large Urban Public HospitalFebruary 2018
Independence of Diabetes and Obesity in Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Findings from a Large Urban Public HospitalFebruary 2018
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How Your Mental Health Can Affect Your Risk of Long COVID — and How to Maintain a Healthy BaselineOctober 10th, 2022
What We Know About How COVID-19, Long COVID, and COVID-19 Vaccines Differ Between Males and FemalesJuly 22nd, 2022
Omicron Is Adding Fuel to Mental Health CrisisJanuary 20th, 2022
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