Obiamaka C. Atumonyogo, MD

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Get to know Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Obiamaka C. Atumonyogo, who serves patients in New York.

Dr. Atumonyogo is an attending psychiatrist of the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program within the Department of Psychiatry & Addiction Services at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is a full service medical hospital and emergency facility in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York City, on the service road of the Van Wyck Expressway at Jamaica Avenue. Its mission is “To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none.”

Alongside her clinical role, Dr. Atumonyogo serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Licensed to practice medicine in New York, she is affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue and NYC Health + Hospitals / Harlem.

Back in 2004, Dr. Atumonyogo graduated with her medical degree from the University of Calabar, Faculty of Medicine in Nigeria. Upon relocating to the United States, she went on to perform her residency at NYC Health + Hospitals / Harlem in 2018.

Caring for patients’ well-being, the doctor is board-certified in psychiatry & child and adolescent 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.

Child and adolescent psychiatry, also known as pediatric psychiatry, is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families. A child and adolescent psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of thinking, feeling, as well as behavior affecting children, adolescents, and their families.

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