Psychiatry near Purchase, NY

Biography: Leah Susser, MD, is a Reproductive Psychiatrist and is Program Director for NYP/WCM Ambulatory Reproductive Psychiatry.She obtained her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and she completed psychiatry residency training at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell. In residency, she specialized in women's mental health and in perinatal psychiatry through the Payne Whitney Women's Program.Since completing residency in 2016, she has dedicated her career to providing people with specialized reproductive mental health care and consultation. This includes people who are planning to get pregnant, pregnant, expecting a child, postpartum/new parents, who have experienced perinatal loss, who are experiencing infertility, who are in the menopausal transition, and who are experiencing mental health symptoms related to the menstrual cycle. She has published numerous articles and presents at national conferences on topics related to reproductive psychiatry. She provides specialized consultations to inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospital teams as well. She teaches trainees and other clinicians about this specialty field, and she is the director of the Journal Club for the Payne Whitney Women's Program and co-director of the WBHC Reproductive Psychiatry Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship. She believes in understanding symptoms in the context of a person's life circumstances, and she understands the importance of collaboration with other clinicians. She is empathic and uses an evidence-based approach to treatment that includes non-pharmacologic wellness strategies, psychotherapy, and/or medications to alleviate psychiatric distress, when appropriate. She also offers one-time reproductive psychiatry consultations related to pregnancy/postpartum, the menstrual cycle, and the perimenopausal period.

Biography: Dr. Eyma is a board certified psychiatrist licensed to practice in both New York and Connecticut. She is a graduate of the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education/City College of New York (a combined BS/MD program) and obtained her medical degree from Albany Medical College. She has been a staff psychiatrist at Montefiore Medical Center and Yale New Haven Hospital. She has a particular interest in cross-cultural psychiatry and global mental health. She spent two years working in a mental health clinic in the Wellington region of New Zealand providing care to a diverse patient population including Maori and Pasifika people. Dr. Eyma diagnoses and treats an array of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and psychotic disorders. Her practice is solely telepsychiatry.

Biography: Dr. Saenger received her undergraduate degree in history from Columbia College of Columbia University. She went on to receive her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons where she was awarded an NIH medical student research fellowship. After completing her training in general psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Saenger completed a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She supervises and teaches residents at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Biography: She is double board certified in General Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has an interest in Psychotic disorders and mood disorders in the Geriatric Population. Dr. Awatramani received her medical degree from the Medical University of the Americas and trained at Louisiana State University Shreveport, where she served as Chief Resident of Education as a third year resident and Administrative Chief Resident as a Fourth year. She then went on to complete a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at theNewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center, Cornell University. Dr Awatramani also remains active in teaching medical students, psychiatry residents and geriatric psychiatry fellows. She is an active participant in the American Psychiatric Association and received the Resident Recognition Award for Excellence in Family Oriented Care at the Annual APA meeting (2015). She has received a Scholar's Award during Residency for outstanding performance in Academics. Dr Awatramani was the Chair Person and organizer for the first Mental Health Awareness Walk in Shreveport, Louisiana(2014) to promote the awareness of mental health in the community.