Peter Michael Marzuk, M.D.

Psychiatry
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Personal Statement

Dr. Peter M. Marzuk is Associate Dean for Education, Professor of Psychiatry, and Attending Psychiatrist at the Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Biographical Info

Dr Marzuk received his Sc.B. in physical chemistry from Brown University, his M.D. from Columbia University, and completed his residency training in medicine and psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and The New York Hospital-Payne Whitney Clinic. Dr. Marzuk's research interests center on suicide, homicide, violence, substance abuse and mood disorders. His research is directed at identifying epidemiological, clinical, neuropsychological and neurobiological predictors of suicidal behavior and violence with a goal toward prevention at both the individual and population-based levels. Previously, he served as Vice Chair of the Scientific Council of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and chaired the Foundation's Research Grants Committee. In addition, he conducts research in medical education. Prior to becoming Associate Dean for Education, he served as the Gertrude Feil Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs. Before becoming Associate Dean, Dr Marzuk ran an in-patient mood disorders unit and the psychopharmacology clinic at Payne Whitney Clinic, was Associate Editor of the Archives of General Psychiatry (now JAMA Psychiatry) and was director of medical student education in the Department of Psychiatry. He currently teaches Weill-Cornell students psychopathology and neuropsychopharmacology in Brain and Behavior, an integrated learning unit in neuroscience in the Health, Illness and Disease course and suicide risk assessment in the psychiatry clerkship.

Honors and Awards

McCormick Award, American Association of Suicidology 1989

American Psychiatric Association Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D. Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education 1994

The Senior List (Cornell University Medical College Class of 1994) for teaching excellence 1994, 1997, 2004, 2009, 2010

Excellence in Teaching Award (Weill Medical College) 2000

Fellow, American Psychiatric Association 2007

2nd Year Teaching Award 2011

Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
Clinical Expertise
Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Psychopharmacology
Suicide
Substance Abuse
General Psychiatry
Languages
English
Education 
  • M.D.
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
    1982
  • B.S.
    Brown University
    1978
Appointments 
  • Attending Psychiatrist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Associate Dean for Education
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
  • Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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