Amir Garakani, MD, DFAPA
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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 80 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 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 Frontiers in Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology.
Education & Training
- Fellow in Forensic PsychiatryNew York University Medical Center (2008)
- Research FellowMount Sinai School of Medicine (2007)
- Resident in PsychiatryMount Sinai Medical Center (2006)
- MDSUNY Upstate Medical University (2002)
- BACornell University, Classics (1998)
Certifications
- Board CertificationAB of Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) (2018)
- Board CertificationAB of Addiction Medicine, Addiction Medicine (2014)
- Board CertificationAB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry (2009, recertified: 2019)
- Board CertificationAB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (2007, recertified: 2017)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Outstanding Young Alumnus Award | SUNY Upstate Medical University | 2022 |
Member | American College of Psychiatrists | 2020 |
Distinguished Fellowship | American Psychiatric Association | 2017 |
Resident Education Recognition Award | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | 2013 |
Clinical Trials Workshop Travel Grant | American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology | 2009 |
Resident Research Award, 3rd Prize | American Psychiatric Association - New York County District Branch | 2008 |
Lilly Resident Research Award | American Psychiatric Association | 2007 |
Travel Scholarship Award | Society of Biological Psychiatry | 2007 |
Loan Repayment Award | National Institute of Health | 2006 |
Resident Research Award | Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry | 2006 |
Resident Research Award, Honorable Mention | American Psychiatric Association - New York County District Branch | 2006 |
Fellowship Award | Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) | 2005, 2007 |
GlaxoSmithKline Leadership Fellowship Award | American Psychiatric Association | 2004, 2006 |
Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators | American Psychiatric Association | 2004 |
Resident Research Award, 1st Prize | American Psychiatric Association - New York County District Branch | 2004 |
Trainee Travel Award | Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) | 2004 |
Marc H. Hollender, M.D. Psychiatry Award | SUNY Upstate Medical University | 2002 |
Rock Sleyster Scholarship | American Medical Association | 2001 |
Stanley M. Kaplan Medical Student Essay Contest, Best Scientific Paper, 2nd Prize | University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry | 2001 |
Bruce Dearing Writing Award, 2nd Prize | SUNY Upstate Medical University | 2001 |
Bruce Dearing Writing Award, 1st Prize | SUNY Upstate Medical University | 2000 |
Bruce Dearing Writing Award, 1st Prize | SUNY Upstate Medical University | 1999 |
cum laude, With Distinction in All Subjects | Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences | 1998 |