Anxiety Disorders Clinic

Our Team

Franklin Schneier, MD

Franklin Schneier, MD

Office: (646) 774-8041 

Franklin.Schneier@nyspi.columbia.edu

Publications in NLM's PubMed

Franklin Schneier, M.D. is a Special Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Co-Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Schneier's research has focused on the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. He has conducted clinical trials establishing the efficacy of medication and cognitive- behavioral therapy treatments and has used brain imaging to evaluate brain function in anxiety disorders and depression.

 

 

Xi Zhu, PhD

Office: (646) 774-8086

Xi.Zhu@nyspi.columbia.edu

Dr. Zhu is a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University. Her current research focuses on utilizing resting state fMRI, structural MRI, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and task fMRI to identify brain bio-markers of PTSD. She is also interested in integrating different types of large scale imaging and clinical datasets and using machine learning /artificial intelligence approaches to construct predictive network models and predict treatment outcome.

 

Arsen Seitov, BA

 

 

Office: (646) 774-8113

Arsen.Seitov@nyspi.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)

Arsen is a Research Assistant at the Social Anxiety Clinic. He is the study coordinator for our current project, “A Novel Computer-Based Treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” and our BDD Research Program. He earned his BA in Psychology and Cognitive Science from the University of Virginia. At UVA, he completed an honors thesis examining the effects of social network expansion on happiness and psychological richness. He is primarily interested in the cognitive processes that contribute to the development and maintenance of psychopathology, particularly anxiety disorders. Arsen is interested in pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology in the future.