Lina Sami Shihabuddin MD

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health Network, Barnabas Health. Medical Director at VNA of Central Jersey

495 N 13th StNewark, NJ 07107
Phone+1 973-268-2492

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Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1993 - 1995
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1990 - 1993
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1989

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Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2003 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1999 - 2027
OH State Medical License 1992 - 2020
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

18 citations
From Hospital to Home: An Intensive Transitional Care Management Intervention for Patients with COVID-19.
Irene Borgen, Martha C. Romney, Nicole Redwood, Belynda Delgado, Patricia Alea
Population Health Management. 2021-02-02
19 citations
Increased white matter metabolic rates in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.
Serge A. Mitelman, Monte S. Buchsbaum, Derek S. Young, M. Mehmet Haznedar, Eric Hollander
Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2018-10-01
48 citations
Positron emission tomography assessment of cerebral glucose metabolic rates in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia
Serge A. Mitelman, Marie Cecile Bralet, M. Mehmet Haznedar, Eric Hollander, Lina Shihabuddin
Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2018-04-01

Press Mentions

Fewer Intubations, More at-Home Care: Covid-19 Is Changing Doctors’ Approach to Oxygen TherapyMarch 11th, 2021
From Hospital to Home: An Intensive Transitional Care Management Intervention for Patients with COVID-19October 14th, 2020
Afraid of Doctors, Needles, Hospitals? Tips to CopingSeptember 6th, 2016