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Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DrMedSc, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He is Interim Chair and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY, and Presiding Officer, Faculty and Professional Staff of the College of Medicine. He serves on the Medical Executive Committee of the University Hospital; on the College of Medicine’s Dean’s Advisory Council, Dean’s Council on Education, the Faculty Development Leadership Committee, LCME Action Planning Committee, Committee on Student Health (Co-Chair), and Faculty Wellness Committee (Co-Chair). He is the Director of the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, and Chair of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. He has done research on physician-patient communication, how physicians resolve ethical dilemmas, and psychologic variables associated with treatment adherence in patients with gynecologic cancers, HIV, and children with sickle cell disease. He is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service. From the American Psychiatric Association: Nancy Roeske Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education, Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Residency Education, and two service awards - George Tarjan Award, and Ronald Shellow Award. He has been continually included in “Castle Connolly Guide: The Best Doctors – New York Metro Area”, since the year 1994. He served on the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association, as Minority and Under-Represented Groups Trustee. He is the Chair of the Committee on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.
