Ramin Parsey, M.D./PH.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Director of the Brain Imaging Division, Department of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Co-Director of the PET Chemistry and Analysis Core, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Ramin V. Parsey M.D. Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and the Director of the Brain Imaging Core of the Silvio O. Conte Center for the Neurobiology of Mental Disorders, at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology. His areas of expertise include magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography (PET) studies in mood disorders.
Dr. Parsey graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland. His Ph.D. was from the Department of Biophysics on a project where he studied the electrophysiological alterations of calcium channels in pancreatic beta cells. He completed his residency in Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and a fellowship in Affective Disorders at Columbia University.
Dr. Parsey is the principal investigator of two National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders grants and a National Institute of Health research training grant. He is a mentor for an American Foundation of Suicide Prevention grant. He is also a co-investigator on four other NIMH-funded research studies examining the neurobiology of affective disorders and suicidal behavior and development of novel radiotracers for PET imaging.
Dr. Parsey also supervises and teaches a course on the neurocircuitry of psychiatric disorders to fellows and medical students at Columbia University. He is a peer reviewer for various psychiatric journals and grant proposals submitted to the NIMH. He has authored or co-authored over 50 articles and chapters.
Undergraduate: University. of Maryland, B.S., 1986
Medical School: University. of Maryland, M.D./Ph.D., 1992
Internship: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Psychiatry, 1994 - 1995
Residency: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, Psychiatry, 1995 - 1997
Residency: Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, Psychiatry Postdoctoral Resident Fellow, 1997 - 1998
Fellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York State Psychiatric Institute, Neuroscience, 1998 - 1999
Board Certifications: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
