Ramaswamy Viswanathan MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Health Sci Center
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450 Clarkson Ave# 127Brooklyn, NY 11203
Phone+1 718-270-2352
Fax+1 718-270-3355
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Education & Training
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 1974 - 1977
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/NYC Health and Hospitals (Queens)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1974
Brooklyn Hospital CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1972 - 1973
Madras Medical CollegeClass of 1972
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1977 - Present
NY State Medical License 1977 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychosomatic Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Lifestyle Interventions for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): An Expert Consensus Statement From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.Gia Merlo, Steve Sugden, Richard M Rosenfeld, David Baron, Micaela C Karlsen
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2026-01-08 - Editorial: Neurobiological mechanisms of addiction: bridging neuroscience and clinical implications.Chella Kamarajan, Ksenija Marinkovic, Ramaswamy Viswanathan
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2026-01-01 - 1 citationsDrawing the Line Between Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 and Functional Neurologic Disorders: A Daunting Clinical Overlap or Irrelevant Conundrum?Paulo M G Sales, Melissa J Greenfield, Aaron Pinkhasov, Ramaswamy Viswanathan, Ramotse Saunders
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2023-12-01
Press Mentions
‘A Historic Moment’: Medical Societies Unite at Lifestyle Medicine ConferenceNovember 21st, 2025
Which Natural Cures Work—and Which Don'tDecember 12th, 2024- No Easy Rx for Medical Staff Burnout, Experts SayAugust 3rd, 2021
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