Seth M. Powsner MD

Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine; Director, Crisis Intervention Unit

Biographical Info

Dr. Powsner teaches Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry residents, and advanced medical students. He has been on faculty over 20 years and has been Medical Director of the Crisis Intervention Unit within Yale-New Haven Hospital's Emergency Department since 2000. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Dr. Powsner was on the clinical faculty at the University of Chicago. He had a private practice in downtown Chicago.

Education & Training

B.S.E.E.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974)

M.D.

Yale University (1978)

Resident

Michael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois, Psychiatry (1978 - 1982)

Board Certification

Geriatric Psychiatry, Board Certified  (1992)

Board Certification

Psychiatry, Board Certified  (1984)

Board Certification

Psychosomatic Medicine, Board Certified  (2005)

Honors & Recognition

• Visiting Professor
  Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2000)