About The Doctor

Shari I. Lusskin, MD is the first Director of Reproductive Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine where she holds a joint appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology. She also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine

As a specialist in Women’s Reproductive Mental Health and psychopharmacology during pregnancy and breastfeeding, Dr. Lusskin has lectured extensively in the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe and India. She has a long-standing commitment to improving understanding of women's psychiatric needs, both by professionals and the general public. In 2001 she founded the NYU Reproductive Psychiatry Conference. The 6th NYU Reproductive Psychiatry Conference was held on Saturday, October 6, 2007.

Dr. Lusskin is the Director of Psychopharmacologic Agents for the Reproductive Toxicology Center, a Non-Profit Foundation. The Reproductive Toxicology Center operates Reprotox®, a computerized data base on the reproductive and developmental effects of drugs and other chemicals, biologics, and physical agents (www.reprotox.org).

In addition to teaching and writing, Dr. Lusskin serves as a member of the Expert Panel of the National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) which recently reviewed the use of stimulants in pregnancy (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov). Dr. Lusskin is the co-author of the Reproductive Psychiatry sections of UpToDate (www.uptodate.com). Dr. Lusskin has also served as a reviewer for the following scientific journals: American Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of Women's Mental Health, Biological Psychiatry, Current Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Dr. Lusskin is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. She is an attending physician at both New York University Medical Center and Mt. Sinai Hospital and maintains a private practice in New York City. Dr. Lusskin is on the Advisory Boards for Postpartum Support International (www.postpartum.net) and The Postpartum Resource Center of New York, Inc. (www.postpartumNY.org).

Dr. Lusskin graduated from Williams College where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and completed her internship and residency in Psychiatry at NYU Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital.

Dr. Lusskin has appeared on many local and national news programs including Good Morning America, The Today Show (with Brooke Shields), CNN, The O'Reilly Factor, Nightline, The Early Show, and The Infinite Mind on National Public Radio. She has also been featured in many magazine and internet articles on topics in women's mental health.