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HIV Center

Investigators

Robert Klitzman, M.D.

Research Scientist

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Overview Publications Professional Background

EDUCATION

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ B.A. 1980 History
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT M.D. 1985 Medicine

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1979     Medical Aide, Centre de Recherche Medical de Forcilles, Brie-Comte-Robert, France
1985-1986   Intern, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
1986   New York State License # 168061-1
1986-1989   Psychiatry Resident, Payne Whitney Clinic, The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
1986-1989   Medical Student Supervisor, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
1988   Assistant Unit Chief, Inpatient Research Unit, Payne Whitney Clinic, The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
1989   Assistant Unit Chief, Outpatient Department, Payne Whitney Clinic, The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
1989-1990   Fellow, Public Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1989-1995   Peer Reviewer, Milbank Quarterly
1989-present   Peer Reviewer, JAMA, American Journal of Public Health
1990-1993   Fellow, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University and New York Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1991-1993   Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1993-1995   Resident Preceptor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
1993-1996   Aaron Diamond Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY
1993-1996   Co-Investigator, Ethics, Policy, and Legal Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1993-present   Adjunct Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1993-present   Co-Investigator, Psychosocial/Qualitative Assessment Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
1994-1995   Mentor, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Training Program, Columbia University, New York, NY
1996-2003   Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000-2003   Assistant Professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000-present   Editorial Board, Journal of Homosexuality
2001-2006   Co-Director, Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, New York, NY
2003-2010   Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, (in Sociomedical Sciences), College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, NY
2004-present   Director, Ethics and Policy Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, NY, NY
2010-present   Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, (in Sociomedical Sciences), College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, NY

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

1977     Lyndon Baines Johnson Honorary Internship, U.S. House of Representatives
1981   Dupont Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine
1985   The Keese Prize, (Outstanding Medical School Thesis), Yale University Medical School
1986   Diplomate, National Board of Examiners
1987-1989   Burroughs-Wellcome Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
1989   Selected for Who's Who in the East
1989   Selected for Contemporary Authors
1990   Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
1991   MacDowell Colony Fellow
1993   "Best Science Book of the Year," Association of American Publishers , (for textbook in which chapter was included)
1994, 2001   Merck Company Foundation Fellow, Corporation of Yaddo
1994   Award for Best Research Paper by a Fellow, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
1996-1999   Picker-Commonwealth Scholar Award
1999-2000   Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
2001   Selected for Who's Who in the World
2003   Rockefeller Foundation, Individual Residency, Bellagio
2004   Finalist, Lambda Literary Award
2004   Nominee, Pulitzer Prize

 

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Robert Klitzman, M.D.

Research Scientist

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

TEL: (212) 543-3710
FAX: (212) 543-6003

rlk2@columbia.edu

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