Specialty
Certifications
Psychiatry & Neurology
Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical Focus
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cirrhosis
- Conversion Disorder
- Delirium
- Delirium Tremens
- Depression
- Dysthymia
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Hypochondria
- Munchausen Syndrome
- Panic Disorder
- Postconcussion Syndrome
- Postpartum Depression
- Somatization Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trichitillomania
Education
MD, New York Hospital Cornell University Med Ctr
Residency, Psychiatry
Payne Whitney ClinicResidency, Psychiatry
Langley Porter Psychiatric Inst.
Biography
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Board Certified in both General Adult Psychiatry
and Psychiatry of the Medically Ill, Dr. Klipstein has been working clinically
in the field of Medical Psychiatry for the last 8 years. She is an Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Consultation Psychiatry Service
at the Mount Sinai
Hospital. She is also the
Director of the Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship at the Mount Sinai Medical
School. After receiving
her MD from Cornell Medical College,
she completed her residency at New York Hospital Cornell and the University of California,
San Francisco.
Dr. Klipstein runs the psychiatric consultation liaison service for the general hospital and does specialty work with liver and kidney transplant patients in the Recanati Miller Transplant Center. In addition to her clinical role, she is currently conducting research on postpartum depression. Her areas of interest include: pregnancy and postpartum, oncology, organ transplant, psychopharmacology, chronic medical and neurologic illness and forensic issues.
Publications
Strain JJ, Klipstein KG, Quraishi S, Et Al . CBT for Medically Unexplained Symptoms. In: Strain J, editor. Textbook of Psychosomatic Medicine (2006). American Psychiatric Press, Inc;.
Strain JJ, Klipstein KG. Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders 4th edition. In: Gabbard G, editor. Adjustment Disorders (2005). American Psychiatric Press, Inc;.
Klipstein K, Goldberg J. Screening for bipolar disorder in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders; 91(2-3): 205-209.
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Dr. Klipstein did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2012 and/or 2013: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website at http://icahn.mssm.edu/about-us/services-and-resources/faculty-resources/handbooks-and-policies/faculty-handbook. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
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