About
Personal Statement
Alyson Gorun, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In addition to her clinical and academic leadership roles, she has a General Adult Psychiatry out patient practice and specializes in Women’s Mental Health. She currently welcomes all patients for consultations, psychotherapy, diagnostic evaluations, and medication management.
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Adult Psychiatry
- Psychotherapy
Expertise
- Reproductive Psychiatry
- Mood Disorders
- Psychopharmacology
- Adjustment Disorder
- Grief
- Trauma
- Postpartum Disorders
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Psychological Aspects of Infertility
- Menopause
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Supportive Psychotherapy
Biography
Dr. Gorun received her undergraduate and medical degrees from New York University. She completed residency training in psychiatry as chief resident at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine and a Reproductive Psychiatry Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. She has published and presented nationally in a number of areas including women’s mental health, trauma, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and resident education. She teaches and supervises medical students and residents and is the Assistant Training Director of the General Psychiatry Residency Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. She specializes in treating mental health issues in women across their lifespan through psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic interventions, including menstrual cycle disorders, preconception consultations, pregnancy and postpartum psychiatric disorders, pregnancy loss, infertility, and menopause. In addition, she works with patients with a broad range of life challenges and psychological diagnoses. She is currently a Candidate in Adult Psychoanalysis at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Research and Training and is the Aaron Stern, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychodynamic Psychiatry.
Research
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
Award, Perinatal Mental Health Conference, 2019
Editorial Board Fellowship, Journal of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, 2017-2019
John F. O’Connor Award, given by the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, for outstanding teaching of psychodynamic concepts to medical students, 2021
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Psychiatrist - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., New York University School of Medicine, 2015
- B.A., New York University, 2011
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
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No External Relationships Reported