Diana Vera Punko MD MS
Psychosomatic Medicine
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
525 E 68th StNew York, NY 10065
Overview of Dr. Punko
Diana Punko, MD, is a psychiatrist based in New York, NY, specializing in psychiatry with a subspecialty in psychosomatic medicine. She completed her medical education with a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, following her residency in psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She holds an MD from New York Medical College, a BA in Psychology from Dartmouth College, and an MS in Biomedical Sciences from Tufts University. Dr. Punko is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Her past roles include attending positions at Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization. Her areas of expertise include addiction medicine, post-partum depression, behavioral neurology, neuropsychiatry, and liaison psychiatry. She has contributed to various publications in her field, focusing on topics such as agitation management, opioid use in transplant patients, cultural assessment in anorexia nervosa, and liver transplantation for alcohol-related hepatitis.
Education & Training
Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 2020 - 2021
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel)Residency, Psychiatry, 2016 - 2020
New York Medical CollegeClass of 2016, MD
Tufts UniversityMS, Biomedical Sciences, 2009 - 2011- Dartmouth CollegeBA, Psychology, Green Key Honor Society, 2005 - 2009
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2018 - 2027
RI State Medical License 2022 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2020 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NH State Medical License 2022 - 2024
VT State Medical License 2022 - 2024
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Factitious disorder and malingering in general hospitals in the United States: A retrospective analysis of the National Inpatient Sample 2017-2021.Diana Punko, Henry Onyeaka, Isabel O'Sullivan, James Luccarelli, John B Taylor
Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2026-09-01 - Management of Agitation in Frontotemporal Brain Sagging Syndrome: A Case Report.Sara Friedman, Jaimie Lynn Rogner, Diana Punko
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2025-08-07 - The Use of Opioid Medications in Lung Transplant: A Scoping Review.Annie Heyman, Diana Punko, Fremonta Meyer, Brian C Keller, Nathaniel Langer
Transplantation. 2025-08-01
Press Mentions
AAGP Session to Highlight Research on Resilience, Emotional Well-Being in AgingJanuary 27th, 2023
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Academy of Consultation-Liaison PsychiatryMember
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