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Seth Powsner, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine
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Additional Titles

Director, Crisis Intervention Unit

About

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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.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Professor
    Primary

  • Emergency Medicine

    Professor
    Secondary

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

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

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

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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2023

2021

2015

2014

2013

2009

2007

2005

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    President (2013-2016)

    National AwardAmerican Association for Technology in Psychiatry
  • honor

    President (2012-2014)

    National AwardAmerican Association for Emergency Psychiatry
  • honor

    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

  • Psychosomatic Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Latest Certification Date
    2014
    Original Certification Date
    2005

  • Geriatric Psychiatry

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Latest Certification Date
    2019
    Original Certification Date
    1992

  • Psychiatry

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Latest Certification Date
    2009
    Original Certification Date
    1984

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Academic Office Number
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Mailing Address

Psychiatry

20 York Street

New Haven, CT 06510-3220

United States

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