Mary E. Woesner

Expert Publications

• Emphysematous pyelonephritis demonstrated by computed tomography.
• Emphysematous pyelonephritis demonstrated by computed tomography.
• A case of acute renal failure in a patient recently treated with clozapine and a review of previously reported cases.
• Antibiotic treatment may exacerbate clozapine induced renal failure.
• The assertive community treatment team: an appropriate treatment for medical disorders that present with prominent psychiatric symptoms.
• Revisiting the discussion: termination of clozapine treatment due to renal failure.
• A Survey of American and Canadian Psychiatry Residents on Their Training, Teaching Practices, and Attitudes Toward Teaching.
• Clozapine-Valproate Adverse Drug Reactions and the Need for a Clozapine Rechallenge Case File.
• Autophagy and Schizophrenia: A Closer Look at How Dysregulation of Neuronal Cell Homeostasis Influences the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia.
• Suggesting a Medical-Psychiatric Cohort for ACT Treatment.
• "Stitch" granuloma: a consideration in the differential diagnosis of the intramural gastric tumor. Case report.
• Frontal epidural hematoma. The angiographic diagnosis with a new finding.
• Xeroradiographic zonography of the larynx and hypopharynx.
• The evaluation of cervical spine motion below C2: a comparison of cineroentgenographic and conventional roentgenographic methods.
• Xeroradiography: a significant modality in the detection of nonmetallic foreign bodies in soft tissues.

Media Releases

Mary E. Woesner received her medical degree in 1974 from the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. She then served a rotating internship at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center and completed residencies at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Bronx Psychiatric Center and the New York Presbyterian Cornell Medical Center/Westchester Division. Dr. Woesner also underwent fellowship training in schizophrenia at the New York Presbyterian Cornell Medical Center/Westchester Division and in medical education at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Woesner is board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is an exceptionally experienced psychiatrist with a vast expertise in Adult Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Medical Education, Administration, and Schizophrenia who is currently serving patients at Bronx Psychiatric Center in Bronx, New York. Furthermore, she is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. For her hard work and dedication, she has been inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has also been granted The Nancy C.A. Roeske MD Certificate of Excellence in Medical Education by the American Psychiatric Association. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Woesner diagnoses and treats mental illnesses by gaining insight into a patient’s past and finding coping methods to help them address their own problems. She has authored over 40 presentations and publications relating to topics – but not limited to – the impaired medical student, transcultural psychiatry, community psychiatry, and psychoeducation. She has also authored books on families of the mentally ill, metabolic syndrome in psychiatric patients, clozapine-induced renal failure, residents as teachers, and innovative medical education. She attributes her success to family, friends and mentors who have always encouraged her; to her patients who have her deepest respect for their willingness to open up about their lives; and to her students and trainees who continue to inspire her.

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