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Jeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Pardes Building of the New York State Psychiatric Institute
Insurances Accepted
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- AETNA
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About Jeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, is the Suzanne Crosby Murphy Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), and Columbia University; and Co-Director of both the NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Translational Research in Child Psychiatric Disorders and the Whitaker Scholar Program in Developmental Neuropsychiatry at NYSPI/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who uses molecular and translational neuroscience research tools in the pursuit of new treatments for autism spectrum disorder and pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. He trained in human molecular genetics in the laboratory of Edwin H. Cook at the University of Chicago. Following his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship, he expanded his research experience with a postdoctoral research fellowship in molecular neuroscience with Randy Blakely and Jim Sutcliffe at Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia in 2014, Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele was director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University, where he was also an associate professor and medical director for the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele's laboratory at Columbia University and NYSPI focuses on the serotonin and glutamate systems in genetic mouse models with abnormal social or repetitive/compulsive-like behavior. His clinical/translational research program at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Center for Autism and the Developing Brain studies potential treatments for autism spectrum disorder and related genetic syndromes. His long-term goal is to be able to develop novel approaches in the molecular laboratory that can then be tested in children. Dr. Veenstra-VanderWeele's work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the 2017 Blanche Ittelson Award for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association. He is dedicated to helping train and develop the next generation of child psychiatrists and scientists who can generate an improved understanding of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders and deliver new treatments to the clinic.
Board Certifications
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
Expertise
Autism
Autism and Pervasive Develop Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Pediatric Autism
Education
Fellowship: University of Chicago Hospital & Clinics
Fellowship: University of Chicago Hospitals
Residency: University of Chicago Hospitals
Titles & Positions
Co-Director, NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Translational Research in Child Psychiatric Disorders
Co-Director, Whitaker Scholar Program in Developmental Neuropsychiatry
Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Interim Executive Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Interim Psychiatrist-in-Chief, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics
Ruane Professor for the Implementation of Science for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (in Psychiatry)
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Education
- Residency: University of Chicago Hospitals
- Fellowship: University of Chicago Hospitals
- Fellowship: University of Chicago Hospital & Clinics
Titles & Positions
- Co-Director, NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Translational Research in Child Psychiatric Disorders
- Co-Director, Whitaker Scholar Program in Developmental Neuropsychiatry
- Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry
- Interim Executive Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Interim Psychiatrist-in-Chief, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Ruane Professor for the Implementation of Science for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (in Psychiatry)
Board Certifications
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychiatry