Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University;
Chairman of Psychiatry at St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals
Dr. Rosenthal is Past President of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (aaap.org), a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in psychiatry, with subspecialty certification in addiction psychiatry. Prior to coming to St. Luke's-Roosevelt, he was associate chairman for clinical services of the Beth Israel Medical Center, NY (BIMC) department of psychiatry and director of the division of substance abuse at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Rosenthal received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College. He then went on to Duke University, where he received a master's degree from the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. He obtained his medical degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. He then completed a rotating internship and a residency in psychiatry in 1984 at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, where he was chief resident.
Following residency training, he served first as Unit Chief and then Division Chief of the Substance Abuse Service (Psychiatry) at BIMC. During this time, he created the Combined Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders treatment research program, and co-developed and manualized Brief Supportive Psychotherapy for Beth Israel's Brief Psychotherapy Research Program. Dr. Rosenthal's main research focus has been on the evaluation and treatment of the severely mentally ill with co-occurring addictive disorders, and he has been a clinical, research, and program development consultant to hospitals, state and federal agencies. He also has a long-term interest in medical informatics and is on the steering committee of the American Association for Technology in Psychiatry (techpsych.org), as well as the Information Systems Review Committee of the New York State Hospital Planning and Review Council. He has developed systems to screen behavioral health patients and track treatment response using interactive voice response (IVR). In 2004, Governor Pataki appointed Dr. Rosenthal to the NY State Mental Health Services Council. Dr. Rosenthal has received numerous awards and honors including New York Magazine's Best Doctors in New York in 1998-2006. Most recently, he was appointed as a Senior Fellow, SAMHSA Co-Occurring Disorders Center for Excellence and Co-Chairman of its National Steering Council (coce.samhsa.gov). He has authored 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, invited reviews, book chapters, and books. He maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology for mood and addictive disorders.
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