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Ravi DeSilva, MD, Psychiatry, New York, NY, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

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Psychiatry New York, NY

Psychopharmacology, Integrative Psychiatry

Unit Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Milstein Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center

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Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)/New York State Psychiatric Institute
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)/New York State Psychiatric InstituteResidency, Psychiatry, 2010 - 2013
  • University of Rochester
    University of RochesterResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2010
  • University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 2008
  • University of Kansas
    University of KansasM.A., Cultural Anthropology, 2001 - 2004
  • Boston College
    Boston CollegeB.S., Biology, 1997 - 2001

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2010 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Medical Humanities Concentration University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2008
  • Medical Humanities and Humanities Cluster Grant University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2006
  • Medical Humanities Enrichment Grant University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2005
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • How We See Ourselves: A Resident’s Reflection on the Class Play  
    DeSilva RB, Journal of Medical Humanities, 1/1/2014
  • Developing cultural competence in health care professionals: a fresh approach  
    Aggarwal NK & DeSilva RB, Medical education, 1/1/2013
  • Barriers to implementing the DSM-5 cultural formulation interview: a qualitative study  
    Aggarwal NK, Nicasio A V, DeSilva RB, Boiler M, & Lewis-Fernández R, Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • The ‘Class Play’ as Resident Process Experience
    DeSilva RB, Robinson L, American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2014
  • The Graduation Speech Transformed-A Residency Class Video as Experiential Reflection and Measure of Professional Development
    DeSilva, et al, Association for Academic Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 1/1/2014
  • Teaching the Outline for Cultural Formulation Through the Cultural Formulation Interview: The Columbia Experience
    DeSilva RB, Aggarwal NK, Lewis-Fernández R, American Psychiatric Association 166th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2013
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Other

  • SSRIs with David Kahn, MD (Audiovisual/Media) 
    DeSilva RB & Kavanagh E, Columbia Psychopharmacology Video Series for Resident Clinic Prescribing Course, Department of Psych
    New York, NY - 1/1/2013
  • SNRIs with David Kahn, MD (Audiovisual/Media) 
    DeSilva RB & Kavanagh E, Columbia Psychopharmacology Video Series for Resident Clinic Prescribing Course, Department of Psych
    New York, NY - 1/1/2013
  • Bupropion with David Kahn, MD (Audiovisual/Media) 
    DeSilva RB & Kavanagh E, Columbia Psychopharmacology Video Series for Resident Clinic Prescribing Course, Department of Psych
    New York, NY - 1/1/2013
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Grant Support

  • Levy GrantColumbia University2012–2013
  • Policy Scholar AwardNew York State Office of Mental HealthPresent

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Hospital Affiliations