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Amir Garakani, MD, DFAPA

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
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Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Biography

Dr. Garakani is Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, CT. He was formerly Director of Education and an Attending Staff Psychiatrist in the Transitional Living Program at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT. He is Board-Certified in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. He received his B.A. in Classics (Latin), cum laude, with Distinction in All Subjects, from Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY, and his M.D. from the SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, where he won the AMA Rock Sleyster Scholarship. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY, and a research fellowship at the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Garakani also completed a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center. He has won several awards including the American Psychiatric Association (APA)/Lilly Resident Research Award, APA – NY County District Branch Resident Research Award, and travel awards from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and Society of Biological Psychiatry. He also was an APA/GlaxoSmithKline Leadership Fellow and a Fellow of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. He has participated in NIMH-funded research and is first or co-author on over 90 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He has taught classes to Mount Sinai medical students and residents on psychopharmacology, phenomenology, neuroscience and forensic psychiatry, and supervised psychiatry residents and medical students. He currently supervises Yale medical and physician associate students at Greenwich Hospital. He previously was elected to the Executive Council of the APA NY County District Branch. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Member of the American College of Psychiatrists. He is also a member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. He is also on the editorial board as a Clinical Case Discussion Editor for the Journal of Psychiatric Practice, and an Associate Editor for the journals Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice and Frontiers in Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Associate Professor on Term
    Primary

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
New York University Medical Center (2008)
Research Fellow
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2007)
Resident in Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Medical Center (2006)
MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University (2002)
BA
Cornell University, Classics (1998)

Board Certifications

  • Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine)

    Certification Organization
    AB of Preventive Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2018
  • Addiction Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Addiction Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2014
  • Forensic Psychiatry

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Latest Certification Date
    2019
    Original Certification Date
    2009
  • Psychiatry

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Latest Certification Date
    2017
    Original Certification Date
    2007

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Anxiety Disorders; Depressive Disorder; Forensic Psychiatry; Panic Disorder; Personality Disorders; Psychopharmacology; Substance-Related Disorders

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Amir Garakani's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Journal of Psychiatric Practice

  • activity

    Frontiers in Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology section

  • activity

    Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice

  • honor

    Top Doctors

  • honor

    Outstanding Young Alumnus Award