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Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DrMedSc, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He is Professor and Interim Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY, where he is also Director of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, Program Director of the C-L Psychiatry Fellowship, and Core Faculty in the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program. He is President-Elect of the American Psychiatric Association. He is Chair of the Committee on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. He has done research on physician-patient communication, how physicians resolve ethical dilemmas, and psychologic variables associated with treatment adherence in patients with gynecologic cancers, HIV, and children with sickle cell disease. He is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Liaison Psychiatry, and the following awards from the American Psychiatric Association: Nancy Roeske Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education, Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Residency Education, George Tarjan Award for Excellence in IMG Service, Ronald Shellow Award for Excellence in Service to the Assembly, and the Assembly RFM Mentor Award. He has been continually included in “Castle Connolly Guide: The Best Doctors – New York Metro Area”, since the year 1994.
