Meet the Team: Dr. Adjoa Smalls-Mantey on Trends in Emergency Psychiatry

<p>Guest: </p><p>Dr. Adjoa Smalls-Mantey is a physician-scientist, writer, medical media consultant, and organizational leader. She conducted HIV viral immunology research and completed her doctoral degree at the University of Oxford. She later earned her medical degree from Columbia University and completed her psychiatry residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital where she served as chief resident. Afterwards, she completed her public psychiatry fellowship at Columbia University, working on mental health policy at the New York State Office of Mental Health. Dr. Smalls-Mantey is also certified in lifestyle medicine. She currently practices emergency psychiatry in New York City and is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is president of the New York County Psychiatric Society. Within the American Psychiatric Association she has served on the Presidential Work Group for Lifestyle Psychiatry and is a member of the Council for Communications. Dr. Smalls-Mantey speaks and writes on mental illness, wellness, and public health and seeks to empower people to make informed decisions about their health. Her media consulting work includes several on-air appearances for ABC News, Fox 5 DC; podcasts, radio interviews, writing for ABC News Medical Unit, and serving on the Medical Advisory Board for VeryWell. Last year she was appointed by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee. Dr. Smalls-Mantey is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, and is also the co-author of the award-winning children’s book <a href="https://anjalithebrave.com/"><u>Anjali </u></a><a href="https://anjalithebrave.com/"><u>the Brave: All about Vaccines</u></a>. Social Media (IG, TikTok, YouTube): @doctoradjoa, also on LinkedIn.</p><p><br></p><p>Host:</p><p>Angela Liu, MD is a fourth-year psychiatry resident and Chief Resident of Medical Education at Northwell Health - Zucker Hillside Hospital. After graduating residency, she will be joining the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship. </p><p><br></p><p>Podcast Editor: </p><p>Daniel Carvallo Ruiz is a resident in BronxCare Health System. All of his years of offering free mental health consultations to the most underserved Venezuelan populations, along with his work at Columbia Psychiatry/NYSPI, and his current position as a PGY-1 at the  BronxCare Health System Psychiatry Residency Program, have made him understand the critical