Peter A. Shapiro, MD

Specialties:
Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine

More specialties

Profile Navigation

Overview
Schedule an Appointment
Insurance Accepted
Credentials & Experience
Research

Overview

Peter A. Shapiro, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Shapiro is a past president of the Society for Liaison Psychiatry, the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, and the American Psychosomatic Society. He has authored over 60 original peer-reviewed publications in cardiovascular disease psychiatry, psychophysiology, and consultation-liaison psychiatry. Dr. Shapiro's honors include the Dlin-Fischer Prize for Clinical Research from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, the Bakken Prize for Contributions to Heart-Brain Medicine from the Cleveland Clinic, and the Career Award from the Society for Liaison Psychiatry. In 2019 he was named a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a past member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychosomatic Medicine Subspecialty Examination Committee and the American Psychiatric Association Council on Psychosomatic Medicine.
In addition to teaching, administration, and research, Dr. Shapiro maintains a part-time practice in general psychiatry with a focus on patients with depression and anxiety associated with medical conditions.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

Adult Psychiatry
Consult/Liason Psychiatry
Delirium
Depression
Psychiatric Consultation and Evaluation
Psychocardiology
transplant psychiatry

Academic Appointments

Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC

Administrative Titles

Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

Male

Schedule an Appointment

Connect Patient Portal

For existing patients, login to make an appointment, view documentation or contact your care provider.
Connect Sign In

Insurance Accepted

Aetna

Aetna Signature Administrators
EPO
Medicare Managed Care
NYP Employee Plan
NY Signature
PPO
Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

Beacon Health - Behavioral Health

Amida Care

Beacon Health - Behavioral Health

Coventry Health Care

Coventry Health Care

Local 1199

Local 1199

Medicare

Railroad
Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

Multiplan

Quality Health Management

Quality Health Management

RiverSpring

Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health (Columbia University Employee Plan)
Medicaid Behavioral Health
Medicare Behavioral Health

*Please contact the provider’s office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship: Bronx Municipal Hospital Ctr, Bronx, NY
Residency: New York State Psychiatric Institute
Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY

Board Certifications

Psychiatry
Psychosomatic Medicine

Honors & Awards

Dlin-Fischer Prize for Clinical Research from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Bakken Prize for Contributions to Heart-Brain Medicine from the Cleveland Clinic
Career Award from the Society for Liaison Psychiatry


America's Top Doctor


NY Top Doctor

Research

Dr. Shapiro's research has focused on psychiatric outcome after organ transplantation and on psychological factors and psychiatric problems in heart disease. He was a co-investigator for the REMATCH and SADHART trials.?
Dr. Shapiro is interested in depression and anxiety in the medically ill, psychological factors affecting heart disease and transplant outcomes, and treatment intervention studies to improve these outcomes.

Research Interests

Cardiac arrhythmias
Death after previous myocardial infarction
Effects of exercise training on autonomic, inflammatory, and mood responses to psychological stress
Psychosocial predictors of long-term survival after heart transplantation
Randomized trial of stepped care depression intervention following acute coronary syndromes
Specification of depression characteristics associated with recurrent myocardial infarction

Selected Publications

Shapiro PA, Pereira LF, Taylor K, Wiener I. Post-transplant psychosocial and mental health care of cardiac transplant patients. In: Y Sher and J Maldonado, eds., Psychosocial Care of End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients. Springer, 2018.
Sloan RP, Shapiro PA, McKinley P, Bartels M, Shimbo D, Lauriola V, Karmally W, Pavlicova M, Choi J, Choo T, Scodes J, Flood P, Tracey KJ. Aerobic Exercise Training and Inducible Inflammation: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Healthy, Young Adults. JAHA 2018. E-pub date: 2018-08-23.
Shapiro PA. Psychiatric Aspects of Heart Disease (and Cardiac Aspects of Psychiatric Disease) in Critical Care. Critical Care Clinics. 2017. PII:S0749-0704(17)30016-7 DOI:10.1016/j.ccc.2017.03.004
Shapiro PA. Heart Disease. In: Levenson J, ed. APPI Textbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Washington DC, APPI, 2018.
Cheung SG, Mishkin AD, Shapiro PA. "What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate:" Association of Preferred Language With Rate of Psychiatric Consultation. Psychosomatics 2017;58:421-426.
Ackerman MG, Shapiro PA, Coe A, Trivedi MS, Crew KD. The impact of mental illness on uptake of genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in a multiethnic cohort of women with breast cancer. Breast Journal. E-publication: March 21, 2017. DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12791
Hajjari P, Mattson S, McIntyre KM, McKinley PS, Shapiro PA, Gorenstein EE, Tager FA, Choi CJ, Lee S, Sloan RP. The Effect of Hostility Reduction on Autonomic Control of the Heart and Vasculature: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychosom Med 2016;78:481-91. DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000296. PMID: 26867075
Shapiro PA. Management of Depression After Myocardial Infarction. Current Cardiology Reports. 2015;17:1-9.
Lavakumar M, Gastelum E, Choo T-H, Gerkin J, Kahn D, Lee S, Nicolson S, Rosenthal L, Schwartz A, Tobin MW, RN?￠a???¨, Shapiro, PA. Parameters of Consultee Satisfaction With Inpatient Psychiatric Consultation Services: A Multi-Center Study. Psychosomatics 2015;56:262-267
Shapiro PA, Pereira LF, Taylor K, Wiener I. Post-transplant psychosocial and mental health care of cardiac transplant patients. In: Y Sher and J Maldonado, eds., Psychosocial Care of End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients. Springer, 2018.
Shapiro PA, Critchfield A. Cardiovascular Disorders. In: Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P (eds), Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 10th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Shapiro PA. Cardiovascular disorders. In Levenson JL, Ferrando SJ (eds.) Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill, 2nd ed. Washington DC: APPI 2017
Ackerman MG, Shapiro PA. Psychological Effects of Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Transplantation. In: M Alvarenga, D Byrne, editors. Handbook of Psychocardiology. Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media. 2016


For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov