About
Dr. Charles Wintour Shaffer is a psychiatrist in New York, New York, board certified in Psychiatry and trained at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency in the Payne Whitney Department of Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine, where he served as Chief Resident and received the APA Resident Recognition Award. During his training, Dr. Shaffer helped establish and run the Ketamine Infusion Service for patients with treatment-refractory depression and obtained advanced training in psychotherapy at the Personality Disorders Institute. He practices at The New York and Presbyterian Hospital, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell, where he works on the inpatient unit and Ketamine Service while maintaining an outpatient practice. His current research focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the treatment of patients with serious mental illness, and he remains involved in supervising and teaching residents and medical students.
Conditions Treated
- Anxiety and depression
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Personality disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Panic disorder
Specialized Treatments
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Psychopharmacology
Insurances Accepted
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