Shirin Ali, MD

Dr. Shirin Ali is a clinical and academic psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. She lectures on psychopathology and psychodynamic formulation to Columbia residents and supervises residents in psychodynamic psychotherapy and supportive psychotherapy. She also co-chairs and teaches in the process curriculum and diversity curriculum to psychoanalytic candidates at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Dr. Ali is the recipient of the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center's John F. O’Connor Award for teaching psychodynamic concepts to medical students. She is in full-time practice in Greenwich Village with a focus on mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, identity, emerging adulthood, and psychosis. Before starting her private practice, she worked as an inpatient attending at the New York State Psychiatric Institute for several years. Her academic interests include psychoanalysis and culture.