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David Mayerhoff, MD, Psychiatry, Union, NJ

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

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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 Center
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center1989
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Zucker Hillside Hospital
    Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Zucker Hillside HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1983 - 1987
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
    Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
    State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1983
  • Yeshiva University
    Yeshiva UniversityB.A., Pre-med, Magna Cum Laude, 1976 - 1979

Certifications & Licensure

  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 1998 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1985 - 2025
  • Psychiatry
    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

Journal Articles

  • Valproic Acid Associated Neurologic Syndrome In Chronic Mental Illness  
    Mayerhoff 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 Report  
    Mayerhoff 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 Impressions
    Mayerhoff 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 Hospital
    Mayerhoff 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 Hospital
    Nurenberg 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 Schizophrenia 
    Greystone Park, NJ - 1/24/2008
  • Our Current Understanding of Negative Symptom Schizophrenia. An overview 
    East Patchogue, NY - 1/28/1997
  • Negative Symptoms and the Deficit State 
    Stony Brook, NY - 1/25/1997
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Other

  • State Hospital- Academia Collaboration Reorients Inpatients Toward Recovery 
    CNS News Online
    1/1/2006
  • Interview with Kelly Caldwell on Families Coping With Manic-Depression In Their Relatives 
    New York Newsday
    1/20/1996
  • New directions in the conceptualization and treatment of anxiety 
    Kornrich J, Lysaght T, Mayerhoff D, On Target, Freedom From Fear
    New York, NY - 1/1/1995
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