PGY2 Psychiatry Resident Physician
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Hagar Kandel, MD, MSc, is a trained child neuropsychiatrist from Egypt and a current second-year resident at SUNY Downstate Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. She completed postdoc training for three years at Rockefeller University studying arousal in mice models, completed an advanced certificate in clinical and translational research, and had several publications. Currently, she is a long-term trainee in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and other related Disabilities (LEND) program at SUNY Downstate, through which she acquires the knowledge and skills to evaluate and diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder/ Developmental Disabilities (ASD/DD), provide evidence-based interventions, and develop a commitment to providing interdisciplinary, person-/family-centered and culturally responsive care. In the meantime, she is getting an advanced degree in public health to gain a foundation in public health and expand her skill set. Hagar presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and will present at the International Society of Autism Research and the World Psychiatric Association. Hagar participated in different projects which include outreach project for People of Color with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Impact of COVID-19 on Suicidal Ideation in Youth Presenting to the Psychiatric Emergency Room, Residents' perspective on the role of journal club in enriching psychiatry residency training, and Analysis of proliferation and Migration profile and 3D culturing of Cultured Neural progenitor cells derived from Olfactory Neuroepithelium (CNON) from patients with Schizophrenia. She is interested in a career serving individuals with disabilities, including a commitment to leadership, and improving the systems of care for people with ASD/DD.
