Skip to main content
Abigail Dahan, MD, Psychiatry, Englewood, NJ

AbigailLeventerDahanMDFAPA

Psychiatry Englewood, NJ

Psychopharmacology, Women Focused, Integrative Psychiatry

Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist

Dr. Dahan is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

  • Connect with other colleagues in the same hospital or clinic
  • Search all U.S. specialist profiles and refer a patient
  • Read the latest clinical news and earn CME/CEU credits

See Dr. Dahan's full profile

Already have an account?

Summary

  • Dr. Dahan is a psychiatrist who specializes in treating adults using psychodynamic psychotherapy, lifestyle changes, and medication management. Her approach to treatment emphasizes emotions in the context of the patient's life experiences. Her care is individualized, compassionate, safe, and entirely confidential. It is her belief that every person who seeks psychiatric care deserves partnership with an experienced and trusted physician who can not only diagnose illness and provide symptom relief, but who empowers individual growth.

    Dr. Dahan received her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan, after completing her undergraduate education, majoring in pharmacology, at SUNY Stony Brook. She then pursued 4 years of post-graduate residency training in psychiatry at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan, where she was chosen to be Chief Resident, and received the C. Harold Taylor, MD Psychotherapy Award for excellence in psychotherapy. She then completed a year long fellowship in forensic psychiatry.

    Dr. Dahan is double Board Certified, in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. She is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. In 2021, she was awarded the NYU Department of Psychiatry Clinical Faculty Mentor of the Year award.

    Dr. Dahan teaches and mentors resident physicians, and works as a forensic psychiatrist at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, AOT program. Her private practice is located in Englewood, NJ.

Education & Training

  • New York Medical College at St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York
    New York Medical College at St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New YorkFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2009 - 2010
  • Westchester Medical Center
    Westchester Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2005 - 2009
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2009 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2007 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • What Every Psychiatrist Needs to Know About Treating Adolescents and Youth With Type 1 Diabetes: A Review  
    Dahan, Abigail, Mind & Brain, The Journal of Psychiatry, 2012
  • Medical Decision Making Capacity in Patients with Dementia  
    Dahan, Abigail and Eth, Spencer, Psychiatric Times, 2009

Books/Book Chapters

Professional Memberships