Dr. Yalda Safai, MD, MPH

Expertise

• High Functioning Depression
• Amnesia
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)
• Anxiety
• Aphasia
• Asperger Syndrome (AS)
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Autism
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Dementia
• Dissociative Fugue
• Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Drug Abuse
• Eating Disorder
• Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
• Hypersomnia
• Insomnia
• Learning Disability
• Mood Disorders
• Munchausen Syndrome
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Persistent Depressive Disorder
• Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
• Phobias
• Postpartum Depression (PPD)
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
• Psychotic Disorder
• Rape and Sexual Assault
• Schizoaffective Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Sleepwalking
• Speech Disorders
• Tardive Dyskinesia
• Tics
• Wilson-Turner Syndrome

Treatment Orientation

• Medication

Work experience

• Oct 2017-Oct 2021
  New York Medical College-Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York City. Psychiatry resident
• Feb 2020- Present
  ABC News Medical Unit, New York City, NY. Medical contributor
• April 2020-Oct 2021
  Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT. Staff psychiatrist (per diem)
• Dec 2020-Oct 2021
  Eastern CT Health Network-Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester, CT. Staff psychiatrist (per-diem)
• Oct 2021-Present
  Happier Living Tele Psychiatry NY/CA/FL. Contractor psychiatrist

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

• 2008-2012: The Spine Institute at Santa Monica
  Student researcher; Assisted with rat surgeries, basic science research, and collecting data.
• 2009-2010: Research at the Jules Stein Eye Institute
  Recruiter for a study on the correlation between intake of certain vitamins and the development of Glaucoma later in life.
• 2010-2012: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  Research associate in the Department of Spine Surgery/ Spine center.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

• Summer 2009: Volunteer in Central America
  Volunteer; Spent 20 days in the rural parts of Costa Rica and Panama providing medical attention and setting up clinics in different rural areas.
• Summer 2012: Volunteer in the Amazon Rainforest
  Volunteer: Spent 2 weeks in the Amazon Rainforest setting up medical clinics for those in remote areas.
• Summer 2014: Clinical Training in Thailand
  Student: Completed clinical training at Siraj Hospital in Bangkok and traditional Thai medicine in Krabi, Thailand.
• Spring 2015: International Student Volunteers
  Finished master’s in Public health by doing 6 weeks of teaching basic healthcare to school-aged children in remote areas of Indonesia.

Education

• 2012-2017
  Degree: Medical Degree – St. George’s University School of Medicine.

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• 2012-2013
  Degree: Masters in Public Health – St. George’s University School of Public Health.

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• 2007-2010
  Degree: Bachelors of Science Major: Psycho-Biology, Minor: Near Eastern Studies
  – University of California Los Angeles

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• 2005-2007
  Irvine Valley College, Saddleback College, Orange Coast College

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURE

• NY State Medical License
  2022 – 2023
• FL State Medical License
  2021 – 2025
• CT State Medical License
  2020 – 2024.
• CA State Medical License
  2019 – 2023