Kareem Ghalib, MD
Overview
Dr. Ghalib is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and in adult psychiatry. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated from Harvard College with a degree in English literature. He earned a Fulbright fellowship in public health before returning to Maryland for medical school, and then coming to New York to complete his psychiatry training at Columbia. He served as chief resident in both his adult and child and adolescent psychiatry training programs.
Dr. Ghalib initially joined the faculty as medical director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute’s Children’s Day Unit and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Evaluation Service. He went on to direct the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division of Harlem Hospital, an affiliate of Columbia University. Currently, he teaches advanced psychopharmacology to the child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and maintains a private practice in both New York City and Westchester.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Adult Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Gender
- Male
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, University of Maryland
- AB, Harvard University
- Residency: Columbia/ New York Psychiatric Inst
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell and Columbia
Committees, Societies, Councils
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society
- Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Consumer Issues Committee
Honors & Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society
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Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Research
Selected Publications
- Ghalib, K., & Soren, K. (2012). Suicide risk and handling emergencies. In R. Zuckerbrot, P. Jensen, A. Cheung, & R. Stein (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent depression for primary care providers. Princeton, NJ: Civic Research Institute.
- Ghalib, K., Vidair, H., Woodcome, H., Walkup, J., & Rynn, M. (2011). Anxiety disorders. In A. Martin, L. Scahill, D. Charney, & J. Leckman (Eds.), Pediatric psychopharmacology: Principles and practice (2nd ed.) New York, NY: Oxford.
- Rynn, M., Puliafico, A., Heleniak, C., Ghalib, K., & Vidair, H. (2011). Advances in pharmacotherapy for pediatric anxiety. Depression and Anxiety, 28(1), 76-87.
- Ghalib, K, & Harper, G. (2010). Prevention principles for adolescents in psychiatric practice. In M. Compton (Ed.), Clinical manual of prevention principles in mental health. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
- Harper, G., Copans, S., Becker, D., Flaherty, L., Ghalib, K., Krasner, A., … Wittenberg, J. (2010). Engaging the help-rejecting depressed adolescent. Contemporary Pediatrics, 27(4), 42-49.
- Baghai, T., Baldwin, D., Barrett, B., Baumann, P., Ghalib, K., Goodwin, G., … Sartorius, N. (2007). Antidepressant medications and other treatments of depressive disorders: A CINP Task Force report based on a review of evidence. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 10(S1), 1-207.
- Cheung, A, Zuckerbrot, R, Jensen, P, Ghalib, K, Laraque, D, Stein, R, & GLAD-PC Steering Group. (2007). Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): II. Treatment and ongoing management. Pediatrics, 20(5), e1313-1326.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov