About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Adult Psychiatry
- General Psychiatry
- Psychopharmacology
Expertise
- Psychotic Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Mood Disorder
- Anxiety Disorder
Personal Statement
Dr. Babatunde Asemota is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Psychiatrist at the NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center. In addition to his academic and hospital clinical responsibilities, he maintains an active faculty practice in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Dr. Asemota treats a wide range of conditions, using individualized and integrated approaches that incorporate psychotherapy and/or pharmacology as indicated.
Biography
Dr. Babaturnde Asemota completed his medical education at the University of Benin College of Medicine, Nigeria in 1988. He finished his residency training at the Montefiore Medical Center, the teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1998. He has been on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medicine and an Attending Psychiatrist at the NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center since 2005. Dr. Asemota is the unit chiefof the Acute Psychotic Disoders Unit at the NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center
To schedule an appointment please call (914) 997-8674.Specialties: General Adult Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy, Wellness
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Psychiatry
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
- Assistant Attending Psychiatrist - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Education and Training
- M.B.,B.S., University of Benin, Faculty of Medicine (Nigeria), 1988
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this physician. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the physician’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this physician is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark