Chair & SVP
Northwell Health & the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Glen Oaks, New York
Dr. Young is professor and chair of the department of psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine and chair and senior vice president for behavioral health at Northwell. He is also chair of the department of psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital. Previously, he served as vice chair for education in the Department of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine and Zucker Hillside Hospital. He also directed the Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Zucker Hillside and chaired the Curriculum Committee, which oversees the four-year curriculum at the School of Medicine. Dr. Young’s research has focused on improving quality and patient safety in the clinical learning workplace. In particular, he has made important contributions to multiple literatures, including cognitive load, handoffs, and patient safety; the ‘July Effect’; professional identity formation; and workplace-based assessment in psychiatry. He has held leadership roles in medical education organizations such as AADPRT, NBME, APA, ACGME, and the ICBME Collaborative. He currently is the President of AADPRT. He received a BA (magna cum laude) from Harvard University with a double concentration in Social Studies and the Comparative Study of Religion. He earned a master's degree in Public Policy from the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy and a PhD in Health Professional Education from Utrecht University in The Netherlands. He obtained his MD from the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine where he also completed residency training in general adult psychiatry.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
