ScottShafferMD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Univ Associate Training Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

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Office
1225 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone+1 718-839-7015

Fax+1 718-405-5953

Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010 - 2012
Butler Hospital/Brown UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 2006 - 2010
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2010 - 2025
RI State Medical License 2006 - 2010
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Insidious Onset of Serotonin Syndrome in a 6-Year-Old Boy
Lisa Hutchison, Meredith Clark, Scott Shaffer
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2021-02-01
75 citations
Peripartum neuroactive steroid and γ-aminobutyric acid profiles in women at-risk for postpartum depression.
Kristina M. Deligiannidis, Aimee R. Kroll-Desrosiers, Shunyan Mo, Hien Nguyen, Abby E. Svenson
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016-08-01
32 citations
A review of seabird energetics using the doubly labeled water method.
Scott A. Shaffer
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 2011-03-01

Press Mentions

Frontline Science: Multiple Cathepsins Promote Inflammasome‐Independent, Particle‐Induced Cell Death During NLRP3‐Dependent IL‐1β ActivationJanuary 13th, 2017