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    Seth Powsner, MD

    Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine
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    Additional Titles

    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.

    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

    2024

    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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    Contacts

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    Academic Office Number
    Office Fax Number
    Clinic Fax Number
    Mailing Address

    Psychiatry

    20 York Street

    New Haven, CT 06510-3220

    United States

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