Florina Haimovici MD

Psychosomatic Medicine, Women Focused

Assistent Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

1153 Centre StDepartment of PsychiatryBoston, MA 02130
Phone+1 617-983-7494

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Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 2000 - 2001
Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury)/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 1996 - 2001
Brigham and Women's HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1986 - 1988
Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyClass of 1980

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2000 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychosomatic Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification OpTime Surgical 2014 Certified Module, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

22 citations
Stress-induced alterations in HPA-axis reactivity and mesolimbic reward activation in individuals with emotional eating
Rose Seoyoung Chang, Hilâl Cerit, Taryn Hye, E. Leighton Durham, Harlyn G. Aizley
Appetite. 2022-01-01
27 citations
Resting-state brain connectivity predicts weight loss and cognitive control of eating behavior after vertical sleeve gastrectomy.
Hilâl Cerit, Paul Davidson, Taryn Hye, Priyanka Moondra, Florina Haimovici
Obesity. 2019-11-01
60 citations
Neural predictors of 12-month weight loss outcomes following bariatric surgery.
Laura M. Holsen, Paul Davidson, Hilâl Cerit, Taryn Hye, Priyanka Moondra
International Journal of Obesity. 2018-04-01

Journal Articles

Stress, Anxiety, and Depression of Both Partners in Infertile Couples Are Associated with Cytokine Levels and Adverse IVF Outcome
Elizabeth S Ginsburg, Florina Haimovici, Gordon W Bates, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Neural Predictors of 12-Month Weight Loss Outcomes Following Bariatric Surgery
Laura M. Holsen, Paul Davidson, Hilal Cerit, Taryn Hye, Priyanka Moondra, Florina Haimovici, Stephanie Sogg, Scott Shikora, Jill M. Goldstein, Eden Evins and Luke E. S..., Int J Obes (Lond), 1/1/2017
Alcohol use disorders after bariatric surgery
Suzuki J, Haimovici F, Chang G, Obesity Surgery, 1/1/2012

Books/Book Chapters

Depression in Medical Illness.
Chapter: Depression and Gastrointestinal Disease, Chapter 13
Robert J. Boland, MD, Florina Haimovici, MD, Megan Oser, PhD, Pamela Mirsky, MD, Joshua Korzinek, MDEditors: Barsky AJ, Silbersweig DA.McGraw-Hill2016
Cytokines in reproduction
Chapter: The role of psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology in reproduction
Page 1 - 17Haimovici F, Hill JAEditors: Hill JA.Publish Welay-Liss, New York, NY2000
Reproductive Immunology
Chapter: Genital tract immunity against human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1).
Page 379 - 386Quayle AJ, Haimovici F, Anderson DJEditors: S.K. Gupta.Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India1999

Abstracts/Posters

A determined woman: anxiety, unresolved mourning and capacity assessment in recurrent pregnancy loss.
Doghor O, Haimovici F, Mathias D, Knudson Gonzales D, Freid C, NASPOG meeting, New York, NY, 1/1/2016
Anxiety and depression between partners in infertile couples may modulate cytokines with role in reproduction and adversely affect IVF outcome.
Haimovici F, Anderson LS, Bates CW, Simovici D, Racowsky C, Ginsburg E, Fichorova R, NASPOG meeting, New York, NY, 1/1/2016
When past meets present: neurosyphillis-induced psychosis.
Parr JB, Leo JR, Schwartz AW, Merck SJ, Haimovici F, and Clark RP, Hospital Medicine, Annual Meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, 1/26/2014

Lectures

Relationships between changes in neural circuitry activity during food craving and weight loss post-surgery in vertical sleeve gastrectomy patients
New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2016
Infertility related psychiatric disorders in IVF couples and cytokines
Harvard Longwood - 1/1/2016
Correlations of Stress, Anxiety and depression between partners in infertile couples may modulate cytokines with role in reproduction and adversely affect IVF outcome.
1/1/2015

Other

Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Female Reproduction
Haimovici F, Bariatric Surgery Forum
1/1/2013
Sensitivity awareness for bariatric patients
Haimovici F, Safety Fair at Faulkner Hospital
1/1/2010
Lymphocytic Changes in Peripheral Blood in Collagen Disease
Haimovici F, Thesis
Institutul de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila, Bucuresti, Romania - 1/1/1980