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American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Diplomate of Psychiatry, 1993
Queens Hospital of New York
Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
State University of New York Downstate Medical School
Visiting Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
New York Medical College
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Homosexuality and mental health professions
Psychoanalysis
Sexuality and gender
Emergency psychiatric care
American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, President-Elect
Wholeness of Life Award Recipient
Lenox Hill Hospital and The Healthcare Chaplaincy, Inc.
Journal of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity, Editorial Board
American Academy of Psychoanalysis
Co-Chairman, Capital Fund Campaign and former Director
Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, Editor
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Dr.
Joseph Merlino is the Chairman of the Department
of Psychiatry at Queens Hospital in New York. He recently
assumed the post from his previous position, as Director
of Ambulatory Psychiatry at world-renowned Bellevue Hospital,
in New York City. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
at New York University School of Medicine, and Adjunct
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at New
York Medical College
Dr.
Merlino was formerly Associate Director of Psychiatry
at Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was Chairman of the Hospital
Ethics Committee. At Lenox Hill, he was widely acknowledged
for significant advancements in the quality of inpatient
care and emergency services, and the development of a
strong department of Psychiatry in a relatively brief
period of time. Furthermore, Dr. Merlino was a physician
ethicist at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City, where
he was an attending physician in the Departments of Community
Medicine and Psychiatry.
In
recent years, Dr. Merlino has emerged as leading practitioner
wrestling with a variety of ethics issues in hospital
and patient care. A sophisticated, pragmatic interdisciplinary
thinker and practitioner, Dr. Merlino was awarded the
Wholeness of Life Award 1998 by the Health Chaplaincy,
Inc.
An
expert in psychiatry and gender issues, Dr. Merlino is
an editor of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy.
He also serves on the Committee on Human Sexuality for
the prestigious Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.
Dr.
Merlino is also the Book Review Editor of the Journal
of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. He is a
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association as well
as the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. He currently
is the President-elect of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis
and Dynamic Psychiatry.
In
addition to consulting and teaching, Dr. Merlino maintains
a private treatment practice.
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"A Depression Algorithm," with Waguih IsHak, M.D.
and Manual Truijillo, MD in Treatment Outcomes Measure in
Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Press. 2002.
Psychiatric
Ethics", The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis,
Vol 28 (3), 562-564, 2000
"Homosexuality & the Mental Health Professions: the
Impact of Bias." Co-author, GAP Report No. 560, Group
for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Committee on Human Sexuality,
The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, NJ. 2000.
"The Hospital Ethics Committee: A Role for the Contemporary
Psychoanalyst" Vol. 25(2), The Journal of the American Academy
of Psychoanalysis, 305-315, 1997
"Patient Falls in a General Psychiatric Unit: Common Factors
Associated with Falls; Implications for Managed Behavioral
Health Care Systems" with Eugene West, MD, Journal of Practical
Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, p.118-120, March 1997
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