Dr. Alice Jo Siegel, MD

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Get to know Psychiatrist Dr. Alice Jo Siegel, who serves patients in New York, New York.

Dr. Siegel is a fellowship-trained psychiatrist in private practice in New York, New York. She is also affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital. 

Lenox Hill Hospital is a nationally ranked 450-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, servicing the tri-state area. It is one of the region’s many university-level academic medical centers.

Throughout her academic career, Dr. Siegel graduated with her medical degree from the Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1977. She then went on to perform her internship at Lenox Hill Hospital in 1978.

Furthering her training, she performed her residency in psychiatry and her fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1980 and 1983, respectively. 

Seeking to improve each patient’s quality of life, Dr. Siegel is board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to promoting high quality patient care for the public through the initial and continuing certification of psychiatrists and neurologists.

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behavior, cognition, and perceptions. Psychiatrists evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. They conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, prescribe medication, and evaluate treatment results.

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