About Dr. Krakow

David Sert Krakow, M.D. is a double board certified psychiatrist with a profound commitment to treating and healing people with psychiatric and addictive disorders. Dr. Krakow specializes in a fluid combination of techniques including psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and the treatment of chemical and behavioral addictions in his private practice. In addition, as Director of Bioscience Research, LLC, Dr. Krakow is extensively involved in research that is expanding knowledge and exploring new and exciting treatments for psychiatric illness.

After pursuing post-baccalaureate pre-medical studies at Harvard University and Wellesley College, Dr. Krakow earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. He did his training in General Psychiatry at the New York University Medical Center. He was the Chief Resident in the department of Psychiatry in his fourth and final year of residency training. He continued his training at New York University Medical Center by completing a two-year Clinical and Research Addiction Medicine Fellowship. He also completed a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Fellowship at the Columbia University Psychoanalytic Institute, at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

In 1992, Dr. Krakow was awarded his Medical and Surgical License from the State of New York, and a year latter was licensed by the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Controlled Substances. He has received specialty board certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry in 1996, and, subsequently, two years later, from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for subspecialty certification in Addiction Psychiatry. Since 1998 he has held the academic appointment of Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

In addition to these credentials, Dr. Krakow’s current hospital and clinical assignments include Attending in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Director of Bioscience Research, LLC, Official Evaluation and Treatment Provider for the New York State Department of Health, Committee for Physicians’ Health, Official Evaluation and Treatment Provider for the Medical Society of the State of New York, Office of Professional Medical Conduct. Dr. Krakow provides Forensic Evaluations in the area of addiction, mood and anxiety Disorders. He has also been an Attending Physician and Research Consultant in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral medicine at Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, and an Instructor in Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.

Since his licensure, Dr. Krakow has maintained a demanding teaching/lecture schedule. He teaches introductory and advanced courses in Psychiatric Medicine to first and second year medical students at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University Medical College. He has given many lecture series to Medical students and Residents at Facilities such as St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital. A contributor to various publications, Dr. Krakow is the co-author of a chapter in On Call Psychiatry, a pocket-sized guide to diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions used by clinicians and psychiatrist in training.

Dr. Krakow is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Academy of Psychoanalysis, and the American College of Forensic Examiners.

To contact Dr. Krakow: dsk@drkrakow.com.

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