
David Isak Mayerhoff MD
Pain Medicine, Psychopharmacology
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry/ Rutgers- NJ Medical School ( Voluntary)
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1000 Galloping Hill RoadDDC- Overlook Medical Center/ Atlantic Health SystemUnion, NJ 07083
Phone+1 908-598-6655
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Summary
- David Mayerhoff, MD, is a semi-retired psychiatrist based in West Orange, NJ, with subspecialties in Psychopharmacology. He completed his medical education at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine in 1983 and his psychiatry residency and Clinical Research Fellowship at Zucker Hillside Hospital. Dr. Mayerhoff has held various academic, administrative and clinical positions throughout his career, including his current role on the voluntary faculty as a Clinical Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He has extensive experience in treating schizophrenia, psycho-pharmacology, medical education, and developmental disability-related psychosis. Dr. Mayerhoff’s work has been published in various medical journals, in addition to extensive presentations locally, nationally and internationally. He has been recognized with awards such as the Young Investigator Award, Young Scientist award, NJ TOP DOCS and the Golden Apple Teaching Award nomination.
Clinical Expertise
- Medical education, Pharmacology, Schizophrenia, Psycho-pharmacology; Schizophrenia; Phenomenology and Philosophy; Graduate Medical Education, Traumatic brain injury-related psychosis, Somatoform disorder
Education & Training
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center1989
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Zucker Hillside HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1983 - 1987
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
- State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1983
- Yeshiva UniversityB.A., Pre-med, Magna Cum Laude, 1976 - 1979
Certifications & Licensure
- NJ State Medical License 1998 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 1985 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Student Council Nomination for Golden Apple Teaching Award New Jersey Medical School, 2011, 2014
- NJ TOP DOCS 2011
- Top Psychiatrist Guide to America’s Top Psychiatrists, Consumer Research Council of America, 2007
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsMedical Student Education in State Psychiatric Hospitals: A Survey of US State HospitalsJeffry R. Nurenberg, Steven J. Schleifer, Cheryl A. Kennedy, Mary O. Walker, David Mayerhoff
Academic Psychiatry. 2016-04-01 - 5 citationsAcademic-state hospital collaboration for a rehabilitative model of care.David Mayerhoff, L.C.P.C. Russell Smith, Steven J. Schleifer
Psychiatric Services. 2008-12-01 - 4 citationsNeurotoxicity associated with free valproic acid.David Mayerhoff, Jeffry R. Nurenberg, Snehal Shah, Steven J. Schleifer
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2005-04-01
Journal Articles
- Valproic Acid Associated Neurologic Syndrome In Chronic Mental IllnessMayerhoff DI, Schleifer SJ, Nurenberg JR, Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychosis, 1/1/2008
- Toward a Rehabilitative Model of Care Through an Academic /State Hospital Collaboration Frontline ReportMayerhoff DI, Smith R, Schleifer SJ, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/2008
- Elevated Ammonia Levels on Depakote: A Reply (Letter)Mayerhoff DI, Schleifer SJ, Nureneberg JR, Mellk H, Journal of Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses, 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Medical Student Effects On the Unit Milieu: Staff ImpressionsMayerhoff D, Nurenberg J, Sancho Mora E, Grogan R, Micevski A, Schleifer S, US Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2013
- Introducing a Student Psychiatry Clerkship Into a State HospitalMayerhoff D, Schleifer S, Kennedy C, Rabanal MC, Nurenberg J, Annual ADMSEP Meeting, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jackson Hole, WY, 1/17/2010
- Clinical Indices of Institutional Stress in Relocating to a New HospitalNurenberg J, Monroe JJ, Mayerhoff DI, Schleifer SJ, Institute Psychiatric Services, 62nd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2010
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Lectures
- Deficit State SchizophreniaGreystone Park, NJ - 1/24/2008
- Our Current Understanding of Negative Symptom Schizophrenia. An overviewEast Patchogue, NY - 1/28/1997
- Negative Symptoms and the Deficit StateStony Brook, NY - 1/25/1997
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Other
- State Hospital- Academia Collaboration Reorients Inpatients Toward RecoveryCNS News Online
1/1/2006 - Interview with Kelly Caldwell on Families Coping With Manic-Depression In Their RelativesNew York Newsday
1/20/1996 - New directions in the conceptualization and treatment of anxietyKornrich J, Lysaght T, Mayerhoff D, On Target, Freedom From Fear
New York, NY - 1/1/1995 - Join now to see all
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