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Michael Avissar, MD, Psychiatry, New York, NY, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

MichaelAvissarMDPhD

Psychiatry New York, NY

T32 Schizophrenia Research Fellow at Columbia University

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Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 2013 - 2016
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2010
  • University of Pennsylvania
    University of PennsylvaniaPh.D., Neuroscience, 2008
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityB.S., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, 2001

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2013 - 2025
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2021 - 2022
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Medical Student Teaching Award Weill-Cornell Psychiatry Residency, 2016
  • Resident Research Paper Prize First Place New York County Psychiatric Society, 2016
  • Best Trainee Abstract International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation, 2015
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Refractoriness enhances temporal coding by auditory nerve fibers  
    Avissar M, Wittig Jr JH, Saunders JC, Parsons TD, J. Neurosci, 1/1/2011
  • Adaptation reduces spike-count reliability, but not spike-timing precision, of auditory nerve responses  
    Avissar M, Furman AC, Saunders JC, Parsons TD, J. Neurosci, 1/1/2007
  • The effects of intense sound exposure on phase locking in the chick (Gallus domesticus) cochlear nerve  
    Furman AC, Avissar M, Saunders JC, Eur. J. Neurosci, 1/1/2006
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Abstracts/Posters

  • rTMS Modulates the Limbic Frontostriatal Circuit in Depression
    Avissar M, Powell F, Liston C, Dubin M, Soc. Of Biological Psychiatry 71st Annual Scientific Meeting, 1/1/2016
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex modulates frontstriatal connectivity in depression
    Avissar M, Powell F, Liston C, Casey BJ, Dubin M, International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation Annual Meeting; Soc. of Biological Psychiatry 70th Annual Scientific Meeting, 1/1/2015
  • The Reliability and Precision of Auditory Nerve Responses
    Avissar M, Furman AC, Saunders JC, Parsons TD, Otolaryngology 31st Midwinter Research Meeting, 1/1/2008
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Hospital Affiliations