About David A. Stern, MD

David A. Stern, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Prior to moving into full-time private practice, Dr. Stern co-directed Student Mental Health and Wellness Services at New York Medical College.

Dr. Stern teaches in the psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy programs at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, and supervises residents and teaches at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Stern is the founder of TherapySupervisor (therapysupervisor.ai), an AI-based clinical formation tool for psychotherapy trainees, and writes on how AI tools can support professional formation.

My Education & Experience

Academic Training

1997 BA, Duke University
2004 MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
2008 Residency in Psychiatry, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2021 Psychoanalyst, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

Honors & Publications

Honors

2025 Edith Sabshin Teaching Award, American Psychoanalytic Association

2022–2023 Teacher of the Year, Department of Psychiatry, Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2019–2020 Faculty Supervisor of the Year, Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center

Selected Publications

Stern, DA, Mitchell, B, Asghar-Ali, A. Value in Pharmaceutical Management. Chapter in Seeking Value: Balancing Cost and Quality in Psychiatric Care. American Psychiatric Publishing. 2021.

Arbuckle, MR, Barkil-Oteo, Asghar-Ali, A Stern, DA. Training in High-Value, Cost-Effective Care: a Curriculum for Psychiatry Residents. Academic Psychiatry 2020 Jun;44(3):330-334

Arbuckle, MR, Stern, DA, Barkil-Oteo, Asghar-Ali, A. Training Residents in High-Value, Cost-Effective Care: A National Survey of Psychiatry Program Directors. Academic Psychiatry 2020 Jun;44(3):324-329

Stern, DA, Barkil-Oteo A, Asghar-Ali, A, Arbuckle, M. Resource Management: Providing Psychiatric Care that is “Cost Effective”. American Association of Directors of Residency Training. Model Curriculum. 2016.

Andres Barkil-Oteo A, Stern DA, Arbuckle MR . Addressing the Cost of Healthcare from the Front lines of Psychiatry. JAMA Psychiatry. June 2014, Vol 71, No.6

Arbuckle MR, Weinberg M, Barkil-Oteo, Stern DA, Ranz JM, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Mental Health Services Committee. The Neglected Role of Resource Manager in Residency Training. Academic Psychiatry. August 2014, Volume 38, Issue 4, pp 481-484

Fried JL, Arbuckle MR, Weinberg M, Carino A, McQuiston HL, Skiandos A, Shoyinka SO, Stern D, Ranz JM Psychiatry Residents’ Experiences with Systems-Based Practice: A Qualitative Survey. Academic Psychiatry. August 2014, Volume 38, Issue 4, pp 414-419

Ranz JM, Weinberg M, Arbuckle MR, Fried J, Carino A, McQuistion HL, Davis G, Wong D, Shoyinka SO, Brody B, Sethi KD, Skiandos A, Sowers W, Stern D, Sullivan A, Vergare MJ. A four factor model of systems-based practices in psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 1;36(6):473-8.

Stern, D Should Physicians Be Experts on Cost? Psychiatric Times September 19, 2012

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