Scott Ira Krakower DO

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Associate Professor - Hostra Northwell School of Medicine

Summary

Dr. Scott Krakower, DO, is a psychiatry specialist in Glen Oaks, NY, with a subspecialty focus in child and adolescent psychiatry. He completed his undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies: Structural Biology at the University of Florida, graduating summa cum laude, and earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from NYIT–NYCOM. He trained in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

He has held roles including Unit Chief at The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Medical Director at a community substance treatment center, and clinician in both child and adult outpatient psychiatry. He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine and maintains a private practice.

Dr. Krakower has authored numerous publications and has been recognized with distinctions such as Super Doctors and Top Area Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist awards.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellChief Residency, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011 - 2012
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010 - 2012
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Zucker Hillside HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2006 - 2010
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Zucker Hillside HospitalChief Residency, Psychiatry, 2006 - 2007
NYIT College Of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2006

PubMed

7 citations
Correlates of Subjective Caregiver Strain in Caregivers of Youth Evaluated in a Pediatric Psychiatric Emergency Room
Silvia Molteni, Maren Carbon, Johnny D. Lops, Erin C. Soto, Chiara Cervesi
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2017-06-01
16 citations
Activating and Tranquilizing Effects of First-Time Treatment with Aripiprazole, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, and Risperidone in Youth.
Zainab Al-Dhaher, Sandeep Kapoor, Ema Saito, Scott Krakower, Lisa David
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2016-06-17
4 citations
Eating Disorders in Adolescents: Review of Treatment Studies that Include Psychodynamically Informed Therapy
Ida Dancyger, Scott Krakower, Victor Fornari
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2013-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

Evidence Based Treatment of Eating Disorders: Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Chapter: How Does the Evidence of Psychodynamic Therapy Inform Treatment of Adolescents with Eating Disorders?
Dancyger I., Krakower S., Fornari V.Nova Science PublishersEdition 2nd,2014
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Chapter: Eating Disorders in Adolescents: Review of Treatment Studies That Include Psychodynamically Informed Therapy
Page 97 - 117Dancyger, I., Krakower, S., Fornari, V.Editors: Ritvo, R. and Henderson, S.,.Elsevier, Inc., Philadelphia, PA2013
Academic Psychiatry
Chapter: Words: Facing our Frustration
Krakower, S.2010

Lectures

Crushing Debt? Crush Debt! Debt Management Strategies for the Child Pyshciatrist in Training and Beyond
San Antonio, TX - 1/30/2015
Playing with Fire: Clinical Approaches to Using Controlled Substances in Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders
San Antonio, TX - 1/28/2015
Motivational Interviewing for Adolescent Substance Use
Madrid, Spain - 1/1/2015

Other

Rampant Prescription Drug Abuse Demands New Controls (Op-Ed)
Krakower, LiveScience
12/10/2013
Facing Our Frustration
Krakower
Academic Psychiatry - 2010
Three Dimensional Structure of Wild-Type Aleutian Mink Disease Parvovirus: Implications for Disease Pathogenicity
Krakower, S. I., University of Florida Liberal Arts and Science College
McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL - 1/1/2002