About Dr. Krasner

Aaron Krasner studied English literature and Hispanic Studies at Northwestern University College of Arts and Sciences in Evanston, IL where he earned a BA with honors. Upon graduation he joined Teach for America as a bilingual educator in California and earned a multi subjects teaching credential while teaching.  He left teaching for medicine and completed a post baccalaureate degree in pre-medical studies from Mills College prior to earning his MD at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.

Dr. Krasner completed his adult and child and adolescent training in psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University prior to his role as the Whitaker Scholar in Developmental Neuropsychiatry.  After serving as an Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division at Columbia University, Dr. Krasner joined the faculty at the Yale School of Medicine.  He was the director of the Adolescent Transitional Living Program at Silver Hill Hospital before leaving to establish the Krasner Adolescent Institute, a private, interdisciplinary assessment team focused on innovation in psychiatric assessment for treatment refractory teens and families.  

Dr. Krasner is also the president of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry.