John J Mariani, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Director, Substance Treatment and Research Service,
New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University


Dr. John Mariani is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and a Research Psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. After receiving his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and completing his psychiatry residency at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, where he served as Chief Resident, Dr. Mariani began a two-year addiction psychiatry research fellowship at Columbia University. In 2005, he joined the faculty of the Division on Substance Abuse as a Research Psychiatrist. Under the mentorship of Dr. Frances Levin, he has remained active in clinical research and is the recipient of a K-23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Currently, Dr. Mariani is the Director of Columbia University’s Substance Treatment and Research Service (STARS). His research has primarily focused on investigating novel pharmacotherapies for addictive disorders, especially the utilization of anticonvulsant treatment for alcohol and sedative-hypnotic dependence.
Undergraduate:  State University of New York at Albany, BS, 1985-1989
Medical School:  New York University School of Medicine, MD, 1989-1993
Internship:  Mt Sinai Medical Center, 1993-1995
Residency:  Beth Israel Medical Center, Psychiatry, 1999-2003
Fellowship:  Columbia University Medical Center, Addiction Psychiatry, 2003-2005
Board Certifications:  Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, certification in the specialty of psychiatry, certificate # 56587, awarded 9/8/06
Subspeciality Certifications:  Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, certification in the subspecialty of addiction psychiatry, certificate # 2001, awarded 5/19/08
• Psychiatry
• Addiction Psychiatry
Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 3712  Unit/Box:66
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY   10032

Phone: 212-543-5987
Fax: 212-543-6018
jm2330@columbia.edu


Development of novel pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders.

1. Mariani JJ, Levin FR: Pharmacotherapy for Alcohol-Related Disorders: What Clinicians Should Know.  Harv Rev Psychiatry  2004;12: 351-366

2. Mariani JJ, Rosenthal RN, Tross S, Singh P, Anand O: A Randomized Open-Label Controlled Trial of Gabapentin and Phenobarbital in the Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal.  American Journal on Addictions  2006;15(1): 76-84

3. Mariani JJ, Levin FR: Treatment Strategies for Co-Occurring ADHD and Substance Use Disorders.  American Journal on Addictions   2006;16(supp. 1): 45-56

4. Mariani JJ: Alcohol-Related Disorders. In Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, Glen O. Gabbard, editor in chief.—4th edition.,  APA Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.,  Arlington,  VI,  US

5. Mariani JJ. Horey J. Bisaga A. Aharonovich E. Raby W. Cheng WY. Nunes E. Levin FR.: Antisocial behavioral syndromes in cocaine and cannabis dependence..  American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse  2008;34(4): 405-414

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