Dr. Vincent F. Colón, MD

Expert Publications

• Palliative therapy of the scalenus anticus syndrome.
• Anesthesia in general practice, a meditative essay.
• Case report: toxic effects of the brown spider bite.
• The gluteal syndrome of Steindler.
• The child with recurrent respiratory tract infections.
• Vaccinia necrosum as a clue to lymphatic lymphoma.
• Anterior knee pain.

Media Releases

Get to know Child And Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Vincent F. Colón, who serves the population of Morristown, New Jersey.

Dr. Colón is a child & adolescent psychiatrist who is affiliated with Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, New Jersey. He specializes in diagnosing and treating mental and emotional conditions in young children and adolescents.

Academically, he graduated with his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1989. He then went on to perform his residency in psychiatry at Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in 1993, followed by his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1995.

With over three decades of experience, the doctor is board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to serving the professions of psychiatry and neurology.

In honor of his clinical expertise, Dr. Colón is the recipient of the On-Time Doctor Award (2015).

The child and adolescent psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and the treatment of disorders of thinking, feeling and/or behavior affecting children, adolescents, and their families. A child and adolescent psychiatrist offers families the advantages of a medical education, the medical traditions of professional ethics, and medical responsibility for providing comprehensive care.

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