Shirin Ali, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry
Candidate, Adult Psychoanalysis
Private Office
9 West 10th Street
New York New York 10011
Areas of Interest
Member of the Public Outreach Committee, Columbia Psychoanalytic
Teaching Foci include psychodynamic psychotherapy, starting a private practice, psychosis
Areas of academic interest: culture and technology and psychoanalysis
Professional Biography
Dr. Ali graduated from Swarthmore College with a double major in comparative literature and biology. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, she completed her residency and Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital in 2009 and served as chief resident in her final year there. She worked as an inpatient attending at the New York State Psychiatric Institute for several years and has been in private practice in Greenwich Village since 2010. She continues to teach medical students and supervise psychiatry residents in psychodynamic psychotherapy and starting a private practice. In her clinical practice, she focuses on mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, culture and identity, and difficulties relating to emerging adulthood.
Selected Presentations and Publications
Ali S. “An Approach to Mental Health in Asian American Patients” In: Stigma and Prejudice: Touchstones in Understanding Diversity in Healthcare, 2nd Edition. Parekh R, Trinh, N, editors. Springer. New York, in press.
Ali S. “Religious Minorities in Medicine: The Collision of Healthcare and Faith” In: The Massachusetts General Hospital Textbook on Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity in Mental Health. Parekh R, Rosenbaum J, editors. Springer. New York. 2016.
Ali S, Miller KK, Freudenreich O. “Management of psychosis associated with a prolactinoma: case report and review of the literature.” Psychosomatics. 2010 Sep-Oct;51(5):370-6.
Ali S. “Obsessions and Compulsions” and “General Neurology” In: The Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Pocket Handbook of Psychiatry, By the Residents and Faculties of the Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals. Rosenquist JN, Nykiel S, editors. 2009. 1st ed. Baltimore: Lippincott.
Education and Training
B.A., Swarthmore College, 2000
M.D., University of Virginia, MD, 2005
Psychiatry Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital and Mclean Hospital 2009
Chief Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital and Mclean Hospital, 2009
Psychoanalytic training: Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, 6th Year Candidate
Honors
Mel Kayce Psychotherapy Award, Mclean Hospital 2009
American Psychiatric Association Nancy Roeske Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education 2016