SethMPowsnerMD

Psychiatry • New Haven, CT

Geriatric Psychiatry, Pain Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine

Professor, Psychiatry & Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

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Office
20 York Street
Room Fitkin 615
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone+1 203-688-1616
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Education & Training

Michael Reese Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1978 - 1982
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1978
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS, Electrical Engineering, 1970 - 1974

Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 1985 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1979 - 1987
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychosomatic Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

President American Association for Technology in Psychiatry, 2013-2016
President American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, 2012-2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

13 citations
Management of Agitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Ambrose H. Wong, Lynn P. Roppolo, Bernard P. Chang, Kimberly A. Yonkers, Michael P. Wilson, Seth M. Powsner, John S. Rozel> ;The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020 May 22
17 citations
Six habits of highly successful health information technology: powerful strategies for design and implementation.
Jessica M. Ray, Raj M. Ratwani, Christine A. Sinsky, Richard M. Frankel, Mark W. Friedberg, Seth M. Powsner, David I. Rosenthal, Robert M. Wachter, Edward R. Melnick> ;Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2019 Oct 1
18 citations
In Reply—Defining Physician Burnout, and Differentiating Between Burnout and Depression
Edward R. Melnick, Seth M. Powsner, Tait D. Shanafelt> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2017 Sep 1
24 citations
Patient-Centered Decision Support: Formative Usability Evaluation of Integrated Clinical Decision Support With a Patient Decision Aid for Minor Head Injury in the Emer...
Edward R. Melnick, Erik P. Hess, George Guo, Maggie Breslin, Kevin Lopez, Anthony J. Pavlo, Fuad Abujarad, Seth M. Powsner, Lori A. Post> ;Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2017 May 19
14 citations
Empathy in the Time of Burnout
Edward R. Melnick, Seth M. Powsner> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2016 Dec 1
21 citations
Novel user interface design for medication reconciliation: an evaluation of Twinlist
Catherine Plaisant, Johnny Wu, A. Zachary Hettinger, Seth M. Powsner, Ben Shneiderman> ;Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2015 Feb 7
9 citations
Reducing wrong patient selection errors: exploring the design space of user interface techniques.
Awalin Sopan, Catherine Plaisant, Seth M. Powsner, Ben Shneiderman> ;AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2014 Nov 14
12 citations
Twinlist: novel user interface designs for medication reconciliation.
Catherine Plaisant, Tiffany Chao, Johnny Wu, A. Zach Hettinger, Jorge R. Herskovic, Todd R. Johnson, Elmer V. Bernstam, Eliz Markowitz, Seth M. Powsner, Ben Shneiderman> ;AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2013 Nov 16
1 citations
Commentary: A Curious Conception
Seth M. Powsner> ;The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2011 Feb 1
"Manufacturing vs repair" in health care.
Seth M. Powsner> ;JAMA. 2005 Nov 23
13 citations
Cognition, copyright, and the classroom.
Seth M. Powsner, David Powsner> ;The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2005 Mar 1
3 citations
Data presentation for quality improvement.
Prem Thomas, Seth M. Powsner> ;AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2005 Jan 1
1 citations
Immediate and delayed learning
Seth M. Powsner> ;Lancet. 2004 Jun 26
2 citations
Assessment and management of patients with psychiatric disorders.
Paul H. Desan, Seth Powsner> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2004 Apr 1
2 citations
Forms that Inform
Rhona O'Connell, A. Poljak, S. Powsner> ;Methods of Information in Medicine. 2004 Jan 1
8 citations
Sex, lies, and medical compliance.
Seth M. Powsner, Richard Alan Spitzer> ;Lancet. 2003 Jun 14
117 citations
Clinicians Are From Mars and Pathologists Are From Venus
Seth M. Powsner, Jose Costa, Robert J. Homer> ;Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2000 Jul 1
73 citations
Opportunities for and challenges of computerisation
Seth M. Powsner, Jeremy C Wyatt, Patricia Wright> ;Lancet. 1998 Nov 14
Self-inflicted injuries before arrival of Hale-Bopp comet.
Stephen M. Cohn, C. Chao, John H. Cross, M. A. Bell, Mark D. Sawyer, Gerard A. Burns, P. A. Angood, S. Powsner> ;The Journal of Trauma. 1997 Jul 1
12 citations
Lessons learned from a pilot implementation of the UMLS information sources map.
Perry L. Miller, Sandra J. Frawley, Lawrence W. Wright, Nancy K. Roderer, Seth M. Powsner> ;Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1995 Mar 1
99 citations
Graphical summary of patient status
Seth M. Powsner, Edward R. Tufte> ;Lancet. 1994 Aug 6
8 citations
Using a network menu and the UMLS Information Sources Map to facilitate access to online reference materials.
Jeffrey I. Clyman, Seth M. Powsner, John A. Paton, Perry L. Miller> ;Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1993 Apr 1
7 citations
Teaching Consultation Psychiatry Through Computerized Case Simulation
John S. Jachna, Seth M. Powsner, Patrick J. McIntyre, Robert Byck> ;Academic Psychiatry. 1993 Mar 1
2 citations
Augmenting GRATEFUL MED with the UMLS Metathesaurus: an initial evaluation.
J S Jachna, Seth M. Powsner, P L Miller> ;Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1993 Jan 1
5 citations
NetMenu: experience in the implementation of an institutional menu of information sources.
Mark A. Shifman, Jeffrey I. Clyman, John A. Paton, Seth M. Powsner, Nancy K. Roderer, Perry L. Miller> ;Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care. 1993 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, Connecticut