Jess P. Shatkin
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Jess P. Shatkin

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Dr. Jess P. Shatkin, MD, MPH, is Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine. As Vice Chair for Education, he leads the educational efforts of the NYU Child Study Center. In addition to directing one of the largest training programs in the country in child and adolescent psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine & Bellevue Hospital Center, Dr. Shatkin is the founder and director of nation's largest undergraduate child psychology program, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies (CAMS) at NYU. His major clinical interests are mood and anxiety disorders, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, disruptive behavior disorders, and sleep. A consummate physician who cares for patients each day, Dr. Shatkin is one of the country's foremost voices in child and adolescent mental health. He has authored more than 100 articles, chapters, and published abstracts throughout his career, along with three books: (1) Born To Be Wild (TarcherPerigee/Penguin, 2017); (2) Treating Child & Adolescent Mental Illness: A Practical, All-in-One Guide (W.W. Norton, 2009), now in its second edition and retitled Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical, All-in-One Guide (2015); and (3) Pediatric Sleep Disorders, co-edited with Anna Ivanenko, MD, PhD, (Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2009). He is frequently featured in top print, radio, TV, and Internet media, including the New York Times, Good Morning America, Parade, CNN, New York Magazine, Health Day, Huffington Post, CBS Evening News, New York Daily News, Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. In addition, Dr. Shatkin hosts "About Our Kids," a two-hour call-in radio show broadcast live every Friday morning on Sirius/XM's Doctor Radio, Channel 110. Prior to joining the faculty at NYU, Dr. Shatkin served for two years with the National Health Service Corps in rural Arkansas before becoming the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Autism Services at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic). Dr. Shatkin received his Bachelors degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Medical Doctorate from the State University of New York at Brooklyn (Downstate Medical Center) and completed his post-graduate training in general and child/adolescent psychiatry at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. He is board certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry.
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