David Adam Fedoronko, MD

Dr. Fedoronko is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Consultation-Liaison and Behavioral Medicine division. He received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Wayne State University before studying medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed residency in psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He then came to Columbia to complete a fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry. He has remained on faculty since that time. He currently serves as liaison to the lung transplant, heart transplant, and heart failure programs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He additionally serves as a consultant to the general hospital. His interests include the management of mood and anxiety disorders in patients with severe medical illness and the influence of personality style on coping mechanisms and medical outcomes. He is active in teaching as he directs the consultation-liaison component of the third year medical student clerkship in psychiatry. Dr. Fedoronko is also active in clinical supervising and lecturing to psychiatry residents and fellows. Past honors include the William Webb Fellowship from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, the outstanding graduate in consultation-liaison psychiatry from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, the Raymond Waggoner Award from the University of Michigan Medical School, and election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.