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Leon Hoffman, MD, Psychiatry, New York, NY

LeonHoffmanMD

Psychiatry New York, NY

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Lecturer, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1972 - 1974
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1970 - 1972
  • Maimonides Medical Center
    Maimonides Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1967 - 1968
  • Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1967
  • Columbia College
    Columbia CollegeA.B., 1959 - 1963

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1969 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Educational Achievement Award American Psychoanalytic Association, 2014
  • Award for Excellence (The West End Day School) The Association for Child Psychoanalysis, 2014
  • Edith Sabshin Teaching Award American Psychoanalytic Association, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Of Rats and Men: The Defensive Human Brain/Mind; Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety By Joseph LeDoux  
    Hoffman, L, J Am Psychoanal Assoc, 1/1/2016
  • Hoffman on Lieberman's Shrinks (Letter to the Editor)  
    Hoffman, L, J Am Psychoanal Assoc, 1/1/2015
  • The Psychiatrist, Circa 2015: "From Shrink to Pill Pusher"  
    Hoffman, L, J Am Psychoanal Assoc, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Effects of Supervision on Graduate Trainees in Regulation Focused Psychotherapy for Children.
    Gaines, E., Prout, T.A., Hoffman, L., Rice, T., & Aizin, S, Twelfth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, 1/1/2016
  • Psychoanalytic education: Evaluation of a course on psychoanalytic research using a Grounded Theory Approach
    Preter, S. Algus, J., and Hoffman, L, The American Psychoanalytic Association, 1/21/2011
  • Narrative Engagement: Interviews with Child and Adolescent Analysts.
    Merchant, A., Stoycheva, V., Hoffman, L., and Maskit, B, American Psychoanalytic Association, 1/1/2010
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Lectures

  • Preventing school shootings: Importance of a developmental approach to at-risk adolescents. 
    Athens, Greece - 1/17/2015
  • Regulation-focused psychotherapy for children: Illustrations of a Research Domain Criteria-compatible psychodynamic intervention for youth with externalizing behaviors. 
    Athens, Greece - 1/17/2015
  • Children's drawings as a window into creativity in play: Systematic ratings of human figure drawings predict creativity in symbolic play. 
    Athens, Greece - 1/16/2015
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Other

Press Mentions

  • 60 Years on, Twin/Triplet Study Still Raises Questions
    60 Years on, Twin/Triplet Study Still Raises QuestionsJuly 2nd, 2019
  • Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors: A Psychodynamic Approach with Leon Hoffman at AIP
    Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors: A Psychodynamic Approach with Leon Hoffman at AIPOctober 25th, 2016
  • Nypsi News: August 2016
    Nypsi News: August 2016August 2nd, 2016