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Specialties
Adult Psychiatry
Personal Statement

Dr. Anna Dickerman is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, and an Associate Attending Psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. As Chief of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service and Program Director for the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, Dr. Dickerman supervises and teaches residents and fellows performing psychiatric consultations on patients in medical and surgical settings. In addition to her various academic, administrative, and clinical responsibilities within the hospital, she also maintains an active faculty practice in psychiatry and psychotherapy. She treats a wide range of conditions, with an individualized and integrated approach that incorporates psychotherapy and/or psychopharmacology as needed.

Biographical Info

Dr. Anna Dickerman is Chief of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Services at the Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine campuses of New York-Presbyterian. She is also Program Director for the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Dickerman attended Harvard College, where she graduated magna cum laude with highest honors. Following her undergraduate studies, she received her M.D. degree at The New York University School of Medicine, where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed her residency in Adult Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weil Cornell Medicine, where she received the Payne Whitney Faculty Council Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Department Trainee Award. Following her residency, Dr. Dickerman completed a fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. She also completed psychoanalytic fellowships at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, and the American Psychoanalytic Association. She is a recipient of the William L. Webb Fellowship Award from the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a Fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. She is also a member of the American Psychiatric Association Council on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and the American Medical Association House of Delegates (alternate delegate for the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and member of the Psychiatry Caucus and Psychiatry Section Council). Dr. Dickerman currently serves on the Membership Committee of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (Business of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Subcommittee) and previously served on the same organization's Research & Evidence Based Practice Committee (Guidelines & Evidence-Based Medicine Subcommittee). She has served on the Scientific Program Committee and Tellers Committee of the American Psychiatric Association, is a Trustee of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, and board member and immediate past Secretary of the Society for Liaison Psychiatry. Dr. Dickerman has written and published on a broad variety of topics in consultation-liaison psychiatry, and has also co-edited multiple study guides from American Psychiatric Publishing. She is a member of the editorial board of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and regularly participates as an ad hoc reviewer for multiple other peer-reviewed journals.

Honors and Awards

Name of award

Date awarded

Invited to serve as a Member of the Business of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Subcommittee, Membership Committee, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP)

11/2025

Invited to serve as a Member of the Council on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (APA)

05/2025

Elected to the Section Council on Psychiatry, American Medical Association (AMA)

04/2024

Elected by the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) to serve as Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates (AMA HoD)

04/2024

Invited to serve as a Member on the Committee of Tellers, American Psychiatric Association (APA)

03/2024

Elected as Trustee of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP)

03/2024

Granted Distinguished Fellow status in the American Psychiatric Association (APA)

01/2024

Recipient, Super Doctors New York Rising Stars (published in New York Times Magazine)

12/2022 and 12/2023

Invited to join the Psychoanalytic Education Committee of the American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP)

06/2022

Elected as Secretary of the Board, Society for Liaison Psychiatry (SLP)

04/2022

Invited to join the editorial board of “Psychodynamic Psychiatry,” the official journal of the American Academy of Psychodynamic

Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP)

01/2022

Granted Fellow status in the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP)

09/2021

Recipient, Faculty Teaching Award, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

06/2021

Recipient, Certificate of Recognition for Dedicated Teaching and Outstanding Mentorship in Medical Student Education, Department of Psychiatry, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

04/2021

 

Invited to serve as a member of the Board, Society for Liaison Psychiatry (SLP)

07/2020

Recipient, Super Doctors New York Rising Stars (published in New York Times Magazine)

12/2015, 12/2016,

12/2017

Recipient, OpenCare Patient’s Choice Award for Psychiatry in New York

01/2015

Recipient, Vitals.com Compassionate Doctor Recognition

01/2014

Granted Fellow status in the American Psychiatric Association (APA)

05/2013

Recipient, The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) Fellowship

07/2013-06/2014

Recipient, Editorial Board Fellowship, “Psychodynamic Psychiatry,” the official journal of The American Academy of Psychodynamic

Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP)

01/2013

Recipient, Payne Whitney Faculty Council Award for Excellence in Teaching, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

06/2013

Recipient, Consultation Psychiatry Department Trainee Award, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

06/2013

Finalist, American Psychiatric Association (APA) Psychiatry Residency Bowl “MindGames” (member of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine team)

05/2013

Recipient, William L. Webb Fellowship Award, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP); formerly the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM)

11/2012-11/2013

Recipient, The Columbia Psychoanalytic Fellowship, The Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

07/2012-06/2013

Selected as member of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine’s team for the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA’s) Residency Bowl “Mind Games”

01/2012

Recipient, The Nathaniel Wharton Fund Best Paper Award, given for the 2011 best paper by a trainee on a topic related to psychosomatic medicine, The Society for Liaison Psychiatry (SLP), New York regional organization of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), formerly the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM)

06/2011

Recipient, 2nd Place Award, New York State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA) 4th Annual Scientific Paper Award

01/2011

Recipient, Trainee Travel Award, Academy of Consultation-Liaison

Psychiatry (ACLP), formerly the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM), Annual Meeting, Phoenix Arizona

01/2011

Recipient, Payne Whitney Manhattan Shining Star Award, Department of Psychiatry, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

01/2011

Selected as member of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine’s 2012 team for American Psychiatric Association’s (APA’s) Residency Bowl “Mind Games”

012011

Recipient, New York University School of Medicine (NYU SoM) Eve

R. Flechner Memorial Award given to a female medical student with outstanding performance in the medical clerkship

05/2009

 

Election, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)

05/2008

Nominee, American Medical Association Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship/Rock Sleyster, MD Fund (Psychiatry); selected as sole nominee from New York University School of Medicine (NYU SoM)

01/2008

Recipient, NIH/NCI funded Summer Medical Student Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

06/2006

Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychosomatic Medicine)
Clinical Expertise
Psychiatric Consultation and Evaluation
Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Psychiatric Aspects of Physical Illness
Psychotherapy and Medical Illness
Education 
  • M.D.
    New York University School of Medicine
    2009
  • B.A.
    Harvard College
    2005
Appointments 
  • Associate Attending Psychiatrist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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