Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center / NY Presbyterian Hospital and the New York State Psychiatric Institute
Vice President, Columbia Faculty Practice Organization,
David A. Kahn, M.D.
Dr. Kahn is Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University, and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs at Columbia University Medical Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital.
He received his B.A. from Haverford College in 1975, completed medical school and internship in medicine at Columbia, and was resident and chief resident in psychiatry at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He then received an NIMH extramural research fellowship at the Psychiatric Institute, where he worked in the area of mood disorders, ECT and regional cerebral blood flow.
After his research fellowship, Dr. Kahn pursued a clinical administrative career, initiating a number of core programs including two new inpatient units and new outpatient psychopharmacology and psychotherapy teaching clinics. He currently oversees faculty practice outpatient programs including the Columbia Day Program at East 60th Street, the inpatient teaching service at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, and the inpatient and outpatient research and clinical programs at the Psychiatric Institute.
He has served on numerous advisory committees related to mental health services and quality management. He has published over 40 articles and book chapters related to psychopharmacology focusing on bipolar disorder, issues in combining medication with psychotherapy, and the quantification of expert consensus in the development of practice guidelines. Outside of psychiatry, he played a key role in founding the faculty practice organization of the medical center and serves on its executive committee.
In his clinical work, Dr. Kahn is an expert in the psychopharmacology of treatment-resistant mood disorders including depression and bipolar illness. He is especially interested in the balance between medication and psychotherapy in addressing complex symptoms where personality, life goals, family interactions, and biological illness all interact. He maintains a general practice of psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Undergraduate: Haverford College, B.A., 1975
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, M.D., 1979
Internship: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Medicine, 1979 - 1980
Residency: NYS Psychiatric Institute/New York Presbyterian Hospital, Psychiatry, 1980 - 1983
Fellowship: National Institute of Mental Health/New York State Psychiatric Institute, Psychiatry, 1983 - 1984
Board Certifications: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Depression and Bipolar Disorder
• General Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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