
William Jay Apfeldorf MD PhD
Geriatric Psychiatry, Pain Medicine
Physician
21 Bloomingdale Rd 58White Plains, NY 10605
Overview of Dr. Apfeldorf
Dr. William Apfeldorf is a psychiatrist based in White Plains, NY, with a subspecialty in geriatric psychiatry. He graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1987 and completed his residency in psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Furthering his expertise, he completed a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at the same institution's Westchester campus. Since 1991, he has served as a psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Apfeldorf has research experience in delusional disorder and has co-authored several publications, including studies on suicide prevention in older adults, cognitive function markers in schizophrenia, and cases on severe eating disorders and medication effects. He will soon be retiring from his academic psychiatry position at Weill Cornell, and will be available to see patients in private practice
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)/WestchesterFellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry, 1994 - 1996
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 1988 - 1991
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2026 - 2028
NY State Medical License 1988 - 2028
NM State Medical License 2002 - 2017
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 18 citationsCognitive Reappraisal Intervention for Suicide Prevention (CRISP) for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Hospitalized for Suicidality.Dimitris N. Kiosses, George S. Alexopoulos, Greg Hajcak, William J. Apfeldorf, Paul R. Duberstein
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2017-12-01 - 87 citationsGlutamate as a marker of cognitive function in schizophrenia: a proton spectroscopic imaging study at 4 Tesla.Juan R. Bustillo, Hongji Chen, Charles Gasparovic, Paul G. Mullins, Arvind Caprihan
Biological Psychiatry. 2011-01-01 - 2 citationsSevere Eating Disorder in a 28-Year-Old Man With William’s SyndromeTodd Young, William J. Apfeldorf, Jordan Knepper, Joel Yager
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2009-01-01
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