Erica Ahlert, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, PsychiatryAbout
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Biography
Erica Ahlert, M.D. is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. After completing General Psychiatry training at Yale, she went on to complete fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and College Mental Health. She is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Yale Department of Psychiatry. She sits on the Advisory Committee of the Student Mental Health and Wellness Program at the Yale School of Medicine, and is a Green College Affiliate of Yale School of Medicine. She also sees patients in her private practice in New Haven, CT.
Clinical interests include issues of identity formation, separation/individuation, development across the life span, creative expression and blocks, adjustment to school and college, depression, anxiety, grief, attention/hyperactivity, impulse control, coping with medical illness, children of divorce, and pre/postnatal issues.
Academic interests include mentoring college, medical, and professional students; teaching the application of the biopsychosocial model throughout clinical medicine; and the role of psychotherapy in the care of individual patients.
Appointments
Psychiatry
Assistant Clinical ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Green College Affiliates
- Psychiatry
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale University Health Services (2009)
- Fellow
- Medical University of South Carolina (2008)
- Resident
- Yale University School of Medicine (2006)
- MD
- Medical University of South Carolina (2003)
- BS
- Northwestern University, School of Speech, Communication Studies; French minor; Musical Theater Certificate Program (1995)
Board Certifications
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Latest Certification Date
- 2018
- Original Certification Date
- 2008
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
honor Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education
National AwardAmerican Psychiatric AssociationDetails02/02/2021United Stateshonor Roger Coleman Memorial Award for Service to Patients
Regional AwardConnecticut Psychiatric SocietyDetails06/05/2013honor Rock Sleyster Memorial Scholarship in Psychiatry
National AwardAmerican Medical AssociationDetails05/05/2003United Stateshonor Student Award for Excellence in Neurology
Other AwardAmerican Academy of NeurologyDetails05/01/2003United Stateshonor Dean’s Award Full Tuition Scholarship, College of Medicine
Other AwardMedical University of South CarolinaDetails06/01/2002, 06/01/2001, 06/01/2000, 06/01/1999United States
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Psychiatry
357 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
United States