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Staff Psychiatrist

Specialty: 
Psychiatry
Medical School: 
Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Education: 

Dr. Choy attended medical school at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She was named the Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholar to conduct research as a medical student at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  She received the Richard N. Kohl Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry upon graduation.

Dr. Choy received a full scholarship as a Philip Evans Scholar to complete her Bachelor of Arts degree at Swarthmore College. She graduated with distinction, and was inducted into two honors societies, the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. She was also the recipient of several distinguished awards upon graduation, including the Lucretia Mott Fellowship in Medicine and the Murry Bergtraum Medical Scholarship. 

Psychiatry training: Dr. Choy completed a general adult psychiatry residency at New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital, New York. She was appointed the chief resident in the residency program.

Dr. Choy has additional training in the evaluation and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. Following her residency training, Dr. Choy went on to conduct clinical research in anxiety disorders in the department of psychiatry at Columbia University in New York, where she completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in mood and anxiety disorders. 

Residency: 
Residency - New York University/Bellevue Hospital.
Fellowship Training: 
Columbia University
Board Certifications: 
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Areas of Practice and Clinical Interest: 
Dr. Choy has authored a number of peer reviewed articles in psychiatry. Publications: Choy, Y., G Schweitzer, B Bohle-Frankel, M Menon. Treatment Challenges for College Psychiatrists and Their Patients. Psychiatric Times. October 5th, 2020. Choy, Y. Filling Telehealth Gaps in College Mental Health (Opinion). Psychiatric Times. April 17th, 2020. Choy, Y., Z Alon. (2019) The Comprehensive Mental Health Treatment of Chinese International Students: A Case Report. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. 33 (1): 47-66/ Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Acute Procedure Anxiety in Adults: Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA. Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Acute Procedure Anxiety in Adults: Course, Screening, Assessment, and Differential Diagnosis. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA. Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Treatment of Acute Procedure Anxiety in Adults. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA. Choy, Y. (2012 to present). Treatment of Specific Phobias of Clinical Procedures in Adults. In Basow, DS (Ed) UpToDate, Waltham, MA. Choy, Y. FR Schneier. (2008). New and Recent Drugs for Anxiety Disorders. Primary Psychiatry. 50 (12): 50-56 Choy, Y. (Feb 2008) Treatment Planning for Panic Disorder: Evidence Based Treatments. Special Report. Psychiatric Times. 25 (2): 40 Kinoshita Y, J Chen, RM Rapee, S Bogels, FR Schneier, Y Choy, JH Kwon, X Liu, E Schramm, DA Chavira, Y Nakano, N Watanabe, T Ietzugu, S Ogawa, P Emmelkamp, J Zhang, D Kingdon, T Nagata, TA Furukawa. (2008) Cross-Cultural Study of Conviction Subtype Taijin Kyofu: Proposal and Reliability of Nagoya-Osaka Diagnostic Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 196: 307-313 Choy, Y., AJ Fyer and RD Goodwin. (2007) Specific Phobia and Comorbid Depression: A Closer Look at the National Comorbidity Survey Data. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 48 (2): 132-6 Choy, Y., AJ Fyer and JD Lipsitz. (2007) Treatment of Specific Phobia in Adults. Clinical Psychology Review. 27 (3): 266-286 Choy, Y., FR Schneier, RG Heimberg, KS Oh, ML Liebowitz (2007) Features of the Offensive Subtype of Taijin-Kyo-Fusho in U.S. and Korean Patients with DSM-IV Social Anxiety Disorder. Depression and Anxiety 0: 1-11 Choy. Y. (2007) Managing Side Effects of Anxiolytics. Primary Psychiatry. 14 (7): 68-76 Choy, Y., ED Peselow, BG Case, MA Pressman, JA Luff, G Laje, M Paizis, P Ying, MT Guardino. (2007). Three-Year Medication Prophylaxis of Panic Disorder: To Continue or Discontinue? A Naturalistic Study. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 48: 419-425 Choy, Y. (2006) The Anxious Patient. In: On Call Psychiatry. C Bernstein, Z Levin, M Poag, and M Rubinstein (editors), 3rd Edition. Elsevier publishing. Choy, Y. (2006) Telephone Consultation. In: On Call Psychiatry. C Bernstein, Z Levin, M Poag, and M Rubinstein (editors), 3rd Edition. Elsevier publishing