Dr. Robert Grossman's Education & Training in Psychiatric Therapy

Dr. Robert Grossman has years’ worth of experience in psychiatric therapy. Learn more about his education and experience below.

• 1986: B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
• 1990: M.D. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
   

Internship and Residencies

• 1990 - 1991: Transitional Internship, Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1991 - 1993: Residency in Psychiatry, The New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY
• 1993 - 1994: Chief Resident in Psychiatry, The New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY
   

Research Fellowship

• 1994 - 1996: National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Research Fellow in the Neurobiology of Personality and Psychological Trauma. Mentors: Larry Siever M.D., Rachel Yehuda Ph.D., and Eric Hollander M.D. Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
   

Academic Appointments

• 1995 - 1996: Clinical Associate, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• 1996: Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• 1996 - 2006: Medical Director, Mount Sinai Specialized Treatment Program for Holocaust Survivors and their Families
• 1998 - 1999: Consulting Psychiatrist for Second Opinion Program, Pilgrim State Psychiatric Hospital, NY.
• 2001 - 2006: Medical Director, Traumatic Stress Treatment Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Awards & Honors

• Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society (1982)
• Student Grant from The American Heart Association for Research in Sodium Channel Biophysics (1984)
• Phi Beta Kappa (1986)
• Magna Cum Laude, High Honors in Biology, Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society, Ralph J. Speno Premedical Scholarship Award (1987)
• Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Most Outstanding Resident Award presented by the Resident Education Committee and Alumni Association, 99th percentile rank on PRITE Psychiatry Standardized Exam (1994)
• 99th percentile rank on the written portion of the National Psychiatry and Neurology Board Exam (1995)
• Rafaelsen Fellowship Award, Twentieth Congress of The Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum, Melbourne, Australia (1996)
• NARSAD Young Investigator Award for the project entitled, "Psychological Trauma, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity And Hippocampal Volume In Major Depression." (1997)
• Invited Guest Editor, Psychiatric Annals Special issue on Borderline Personality Disorder (2000)
• Research Grant (RO3) From The National Institute of Mental Health to Study Serotonergic Modulation of the Stress Hormone System (2000)
• Research Grant (KO8) From The National Institute of Mental Health to Study How Stress Hormones Modulate Cerebral Metabolism and Memory Formation (2001)
• Research Grant From Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals to Study the Efficacy of Aripiprazole Augmentation for Antidepressants and Mood Stabilizers (2003)
• Roeske Memorial Award From The American Psychiatric Association for Outstanding Teaching of Medical Students in the Field of Psychiatry (2006)
• Invited Keynote Speaker, Impulsive and Aggression Disorders Meeting, University of Madrid Medical Center, June. (2006)
• Highest-rated Professor by medical students 3 years in a row in the core seminar: Brain and Behavior. (2006 - 2009)
• Invited Guest Editor for Psychiatric Times special issue on Psychological Trauma and Violence. July 2009, Vol. XXVI, No. 7 (2009)
   

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