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Andrew Kolodny, MD
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry |
Primary Address:
920 48th Street Brooklyn, NY 11219
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Phone: (718) 283-7557
Fax: (718) 635-7099
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Andrew Kolodny, MD
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Dr. Andrew Kolodny joined the Maimonides Medical Center Department of Psychiatry in December 2005 as the Vice Chair for Clinical Services. He became Chair of the Department in January of 2009.
Dr. Kolodny believes that caring for patients with mental illnesses and substance use disorders includes a responsibility to advocate on their behalf. Dr. Kolodny has a long-standing interest in public health and community psychiatry. He was previously the Medical Director for Special Projects in the Office of the Executive Deputy Commissioner for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In this role, Dr. Kolodny helped develop and implement multiple programs to improve the health of New Yorkers and save lives, including city-wide buprenorphine programs and emergency room-based screening and referral programs for drug and alcohol misuse. He has helped train hundreds of clinicians about buprenorphine treatment of opioid dependence and has authored publications aimed at improving the ability of primary care physicians to recognize and treat depression and substance use disorders.
Dr. Kolodny is a past recipient of the Daniel X. Freedman Congressional Health Policy Award. He is also a former President of the New York Regional Chapter of the American Association of Psychiatric Administrators and former Chair of the American Psychiatric Association New York County District Branch Public Psychiatry Committee. |
Medical School:
Temple University Residency:
Mt. Sinai School/City Univ. of NY Fellowship :
Columbia University
PSYCHIATRY - General
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Primary Address:
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