Richard Friedman MD
Psychopharmacology
Professor, Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
525 E 68th StNew York, NY 10065
Overview of Dr. Friedman
Dr. Friedman is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Friedman has a particular interest and expertise in the psychopharmacology and neurobiology of mood disorders, treatment-resistant depression, and resilience.
He completed his internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital, following his graduation from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1982.
He has also done research in depressive disorders, including studies of new medications for depression and a large collaborative study of the genetics and neurobiology of bipolar disorder. He has done research in the military’s use of various psychotropic medications in active duty troops during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and in the veteran population.
At Cornell, he is actively involved in teaching and training psychiatric residents and is director of the biological psychiatry curriculum in the department. He was the director of the Cornell Student Mental Health Program from 1999-2020.
Dr. Friedman writes for several medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, The American Journal of Psychiatry and the Journal of the American Medical Association, on psychiatric topics. He writes for the New York Times, the Washington Post and The Atlantic on mental health, addiction, human behavior, and neuroscience.Dr. Richard Friedman is a psychiatry specialist based in New York, NY, with a subspecialty in psychopharmacology.
He has also been recognized as a Top Doctor in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly since 2002.
Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1986- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 1982
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1985 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- I am a contributing Op-Ed writer for the New York Times
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Case of Semaglutide-Induced Euphoria in a Patient With Bipolar Disorder.Norman R Greenberg, Florence Yu, Richard A Friedman
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2025-02-17 - 1 citationsThe doors of precision: Reenergizing psychiatric drug development with psychedelics and open access computational tools.Daniel S Barron, Richard A Friedman
Science Advances. 2022-03-18 - 89 citationsAntidepressants' Black-Box Warning — 10 Years LaterRichard A. Friedman
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2014-10-29
Press Mentions
ADVANCES IN CARE: Exploring Psychedelics as the Next Wave of Psychiatric InnovationDecember 17th, 2025- Is Microdosing the Next Frontier in ADHD Treatment?June 19th, 2025
- Should the FDA Reconsider Antidepressant Black Box Warnings?December 23rd, 2024
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