Dr. Iliyan Ivanov is Honored as Top Doctor in Psychiatry by the International Association of Who’s Who

New York, NY, December 28, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Dr. Ivanov earned his medical degree at Varna Medical Institute and completed his medical training in General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Since 2003 he has been part of the faculty at the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai Medical System and since 2015 is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is board certified in both General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also holds certification for Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Dependence from the American Society of Addiction Medicine as well as lifetime ECFMG Certification.

Dr. Ivanov works as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Mount Sinai St Luke’s hospital, where he specializes in the diagnosis and management of youth diagnosed with ADHD and other behavioral disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and substance abuse. He also serves as a member of the Board of the New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since 2001 and was President of the council from 2012-2014. He has served as member the Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Psychiatrists Committee, the Substance Abuse Committee and the Local Arrangements Committee for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He has been an Examiner of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Board Certification Exam. He is also a member of the Program Committee at the Society of Biological Psychiatry.

Dr. Ivanov authored a number of medical publications, including original research papers, review articles and book chapters. His research interests cover studies in drug-naïve children with history of parental substance abuse, effects of trauma on stress reactivity and the effects of biological treatments on brain morphology and function. For his expertise, he has attracted much professional praise, and has received numerous awards, including the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Achievement Award, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Travel Fellowship Award, the National Institute on Research and Education Young Investigators Colloquium Award.

Outside of his work pursuits, Dr. Ivanov enjoys music and the arts, is active member and supporter of the art collective Openings and the Alternative Guitar Summit as well as exhibits original art and performs as member and a founder of the jazz band The Shrinks.