Dr. Michael Robert Cummings MD
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2128 Elmwood Ave Buffalo NY, 14207About
Dr. Michael Cummings practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Cummings evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Cummings seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
Education and Training
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1998
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Awards
- 2011 Award for Outstanding Contributions
- 2010 Josie Olympia Award for Overall Contribution
- 2009 Family Voices Network Most Valuable Voice: Community Engagment
- Erie County Medical Center 2007 Physician Excellence Award
- 2006 Outstanding Contributions to Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Educati
- 2003 Child and Adolescent PRITE Award
- 2000-2001 General Psychiatry PRITE Award
- 2001 Outstanding Service to General Psychiatry Residency Program
- 1998 Farney R. Wurlitzer Award for Academic Excellence in Psychiatry
- 1997 James A. Gibson Anatomical Society
- 1995-1996 Commedation from the Dean for Scholastic Achievement
- 1994 Merrill Presidential Scholar
- 1993 Beinecke Memorial Scholarship
Experience & Accolades
- Member2011 - 2014Psychiatric Consultant, Gateway-Longview Children's Services
- Member2010 - 2014 Psychiatric Consultant, Crisis Services
- Member2010 - 2014 Psychiatric Consultant, Erie County Secure Detention for Youth
- Member2009 - 2014 Psychiatric Consultant, Erie County Holding Center
- Member2009 - 2014 Psychiatric Consultant, Family Voices Network of Erie County
- Director 2009 - 2014 the Division of Community Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Member2009 - 2014 Staff Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, University Psychiatric Practice, Inc.
- Medical Director 2006 - 2014 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mid-Erie Counseling and Treatment Services
- Director 2002 - 2009 Adolescent Psychiatry, Erie County Medical Center
- Director2006 - 2008 Inpatient Psychiatry, Erie County Medical Center
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