The Youth Adult Symposium

Bem Atim, MD | I am an attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health and an assistant professor in clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. In my current role, I am the unit chief for the Young Adult/College Track program, caring for young adults experiencing a mental health crisis. I am board certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, and have interests in medical education and medical decision making.
Dr. Bem Atim has no disclosures.

Mark Sullivan, MD| I am an attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health, and I am the unit chief for both the acute and extended care units for treatment of psychotic disorders. Additionally, I am board-certified in forensic psychiatry with an interest in people suffering from psychotic disorders who interface with the legal system. Furthermore, I work with our psychosis research group along with Anthony Ahmed, PhD on several active research projects in studying various factors related psychotic disorders.
Dr. Mark Sullivan has no disclosures.

Michelle Gorenstein, Psy.D. | Dr. Gorenstein is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. At the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, Dr. Gorenstein specializes in adult diagnostic evaluations. She also leads evidenced based social skills groups for autistic adults and adolescents. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine Dr. Gorenstein was the Director of Community Outreach at the Seaver Autism Center. In her role there, Dr. Gorenstein worked with various community agencies to disseminate evidence-based treatments for autistic children, teens, and young adults. Dr. Gorenstein graduated from Washington University and earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology.
Dr. Michelle Gorenstein has no disclosures.

Pankhuree Vandana, MD | Dr.Vandana is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a Research Psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. She serves as the Service Chief of the NYP Center of Autism and Developing Brain’s Neurodevelopmental Conditions Inpatient Consult service at and as the Medical Director of the CADB Translation Medicine Research Program. She specializes in clinical care and program development for individual with neurodevelopmental conditions and severe psychiatric co-morbidities including programming on specialized inpatient units and ambulatory settings. She serves on the Co-Chair of the Intellectual Disability Sub-Committee of the AACAP Autism and Intellectual Disability Committee in addition to Chairing the Neurodevelopmental Consultation Workgroup. She has authored several papers in high impact journals and presented extensively at national and internation level on the topic of mental health affecting individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions.
Dr. Pankhuree Vandana has no disclosures.

Paul C. McCormick, MD | Dr. McCormick, is a psychiatrist, board-certified in General Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. McCormick is also an attending on the NewYork-Presbyterian/Westchester Behavioral Health Inpatient Eating Disorders Unit which specializes in the treatment of both adolescents and adults with eating disorders. In addition to these clinical duties, he is an Assistant Program Director for the Weill Cornell Medicine General Psychiatry Residency.
Dr. Paul C. McCormick, MD has no disclosures.

Shannon Bennett, Ph.D. | Dr. Bennett, is an Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending Psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Bennett serves as the Associate Director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Youth Mental Health, and the Director of the Tourette Syndrome Center of Excellence at Weill Cornell. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Bennett works with children, adolescents, adults and families suffering from anxiety, tics, OCD and related conditions. She also teaches, writes, and presents internationally on these topics. Dr. Bennett’s primary research interests include the development, evaluation, and dissemination of cognitive behavioral treatments for anxiety, mood, OCD and tic disorders, testing the efficacy of novel treatments for these disorders, and better understanding mechanisms involved in symptom change. Dr. Bennett is also committed to training psychologists, psychiatrists, and other care professionals in cognitive-behavioral interventions to improve access to these treatment approaches for youth with anxiety and related impairments. Dr. Bennett contributed to several cognitive-behavioral treatment and research programs at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, and was a Co-Founder and Associate Director of the Pediatric OCD Intensive Treatment Program at UCLA before joining the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2010. Dr. Bennett also led a multi-disciplinary research team focused on the psychosocial needs of women who experience perinatal loss and earned a National Research Service Award for this research effort. Dr. Bennett has been honored with a Career Development Leadership Award from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and serves on the Medical Advisory Board for the Tourette Association of America.
Dr. Shannon Bennett has no disclosures.