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Raul Silva, M.D.

Vice Chairman, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Executive Director, Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center
Raul Silva, M.D.

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic Evaluation, Psychopharmacology, Mood and Bipolar Disorders

Raul R. Silva, M.D., is Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. In addition, he is Vice Chairman of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Silva is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general and in child and adolescent psychiatry. He completed his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University's St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center where he became the Director of the Division and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training. He also completed a National Institute of Mental Health-sponsored psychopharmacology research fellowship at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Silva has authored and co-authored more than 180 publications and abstracts primarily devoted to psychopharmacology. He has been Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for 22 research projects in his field.

Dr. Silva is the recipient of several honors and awards. He is listed in Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans and Who's Who in America. Dr. Silva completed his second term on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is currently on the Editorial Board of Current Pediatric Reviews. He also is an Associate Editor for both the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology and Psychiatric Quarterly.

In the News

Diario Las Americas reports on the CSC
Raul Silva, M.D., talks about the CSC and it's mission with Diario Las Americas. This article is in Spanish. (June 30, 2008)

AboutOurKids.org en Español
Raul Silva, M.D., appeared on NY1 Noticias, Univision's Noticias 41, and Telemundo Noticiero 47 to discuss the CSC's new Spanish Web site. (June 27, 2008)

NYU to Partner With State Child Psych Center
Dr. Harold Koplewicz and Dr. Raul Silva were quoted by the Washington Square News in an article highlighting the collaboration between the Child Study Center and the Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center. Both Dr. Koplewicz and Silva spoke about the opportunities this connection would provide to the NYU community and the residents in the Rockland-Albany corridor. (February 20, 2007)