Melinda Lantz, MD Email Melinda Lantz
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- Position
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
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- Specialties
- Psychiatry
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
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- Phone
- Dept of Psychiatry 212-420-2457 212-420-2457
Melinda S Lantz MD is Vice Chair and Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry for Mount Sinai Beth Israel.
She is the Program Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program and the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship programs fr Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Dr. Lantz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Lantz has served as President and member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. She is the author of numerous publications and presentations in the area of dementia care and late life mental illness. Dr. Lantz is interested in Integrative Medicine and Psychiatry
Certifications
Geriatric Psychiatry
Addiction Psychiatry
Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Education
MD, Univ of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
Residency, Psychiatry
Hillside Hospital
Fellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry
Montefiore Medical Center /Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Language
English
2015
Phillip J Hauptman Teaching Award for Geriatric Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
2015
Best Doctors
New York Magazine
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Dr.Lantz did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2018 and/or 2019: 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.
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