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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Faculty Profile: Andrew H. Yood, M.D.

A graduate of Brandeis University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Hull Yood is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. Before coming to Columbia, he was trained in the theory and techniques of psychodynamically-oriented psychotherapy at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was Chief Resident in Psychiatry. He then worked as Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Downstate Medical Center, SUNY, on the Medical Student Teaching Unit at King's County Hospital, first as an Attending Psychiatrist and then promoted to Unit Chief. When he first joined the Columbia faculty in 1990, Dr. Yood arrived at the recently completed Allen Pavilion to work with Dr. Jonathan Silver on the new Neuropsychiatry unit, where the emphasis was on treating patients whose psychiatric problems were complicated by brain injury. When that unit widened its focus to include more general psychiatric care, Dr. Yood became proficient in the administration of ECT on a routine basis. As the unit and its mission evolved further towards the predominantly Hispanic community MICA unit it is today, Dr. Yood became a specialist in the evaluation and treatment of patients hospitalized acutely for severe psychiatric and behavioral problems, often complicated by substance abuse, medical illness, legal problems, poverty, and/or homelessness. Currently, he has pioneered the unit's use of the internet to provide and verify ancillary medical history using publicly accessible databases. Throughout his career, and as a front line clinician at Columbia, he has been committed to education. In addition to his ongoing supervision of Psychiatry residents and fellows working on the inpatient and Consultation-Liaison services, he has taught and supervised medical students, psychology and social work interns, also residents in Family Practice. Dr. Yood was specifically commended as an exceptional teacher by the Director of Medical Student Education and the Acting Chairman. At the April 18, 2009, annual gala of The Dominican Medical Association, Dr. Yood was presented an award honoring him "In recognition of [his] commitment, support, and years of service in the Psychiatry field and the community we serve." Introducing Dr. Yood, the President of the DMA said, "He is not one of us; however, he has a Hispanic Heart." (boldface mine) As the only non-Dominican honored, Dr. Yood believes that this award is significant more for what it says about the ideals and generous character of the presenting organization than for what was said about himself.

I have printed the entire entry, but I am extremely proud of the
last paragraph which reflects the true meaning of the practice of
medicine, compassion and consideration of fellow man.