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Seth Powsner, MD

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Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine

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Director, Crisis Intervention Unit

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Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine

Director, Crisis Intervention Unit

Biography

Dr. Powsner teaches Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry residents, and advanced medical students. He has been on faculty over 30 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.

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Education & Training

Resident
Michael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois (1982)
MD
Yale University (1978)
BSEE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering (1974)

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Computer Graphics; Medical Informatics; User-Computer Interface

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Seth Powsner's published research.

Publications

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Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

  • honor

    President (2013-2016)

    National AwardAmerican Association for Technology in Psychiatry
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    President (2012-2014)

    National AwardAmerican Association for Emergency Psychiatry
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    Visiting Professor

    National AwardAcademy of Psychosomatic Medicine

Clinical Care

Overview

Clinical Specialties

Psychiatry; Emergency Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Informatics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Preventive Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2015

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Psychiatry

20 York Street

New Haven, CT 06510-3220

United States

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