Michael S. Adragna MD

Michael Adragna

Michael S. Adragna
MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences


Specialty/Research Focus

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Psychiatry

Contact Information
1001 Main Street
4th Floor
Conventus
Buffalo, New York 14203
Phone: 716-835-1246
Fax: 716-835-0396
adragna2@buffalo.edu


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Professional Summary:

My primary clinical experience and expertise is providing general outpatient treatment to children, adolescents, and young adults, particularly those with developmental disabilities. I also am Division Director for Medical Student Wellness, in which role I provide direct care to the students and oversee additional clinicians doing the same.

In the hospital setting, I am the Medical Director of the Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service at Oishei Children‘s Hospital.

Current research and committee activities include work related to burnout in medical students and physicians. Additionally, I am a consultant for Dr. Greg Fabiano and colleagues' ADHD treatment studies.

Education and Training:

  • Fellowship, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Brown University (2012)
  • Residency, General Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo (2010)
  • MD, State University of New York at Buffalo (2006)
  • BS, Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001)

Employment:

  • Alternate Chief of Service, Psychiatry, Kaleida Health (2023-present)
  • Consulting Psychiatrist, Summit Academy (2022-present)
  • Division Director, Psychiatry, Medical Student Wellness (2020-present)
  • Medical Director, Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry Consultaation-Liaison Service (2020-present)
  • Attending Psychiatrist, UBMD Center for Advanced Psychiatry (2012-present)
  • Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2012-present)
  • Attending Psychiatrist, Children's Psychiatry Clinic (2012–2021)
  • Staff Psychiatrist, Aspire (2012–2014)

Awards and Honors:

  • Top Doctors in WNY 2023 (Pediatric Psychiatry; Psychiatry) (2023)
  • Teaching Attending of the Year (2022)
  • Top Doctors in WNY 2022 (Pediatric Psychiatry; Psychiatry) (2022)
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2021)
  • Top Doctors in WNY 2021 (Pediatric Psychiatry; Psychiatry) (2021)
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2020)
  • Top Doctors in WNY 2020 (Psychiatry) (2020)
  • Top Doctors in WNY 2019 (Psychiatry) (2019)
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to Medical Student Education (2018)
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2018)
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2016)
  • Award for Outstanding Contributions to Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2013)
  • Residency Service Award (2010)
  • Residency Service Award (2009)
  • Residency Service Award (2008)
  • "Wow!" Patient Advocacy Award (2006)
  • Research Fellowship Award (2003)

Research Expertise:

  • ADHD: I am a study consultant to Dr. Greg Fabiano for school-based treatment studies of ADHD.
  • Wellness/burnout: Co-wrote book chapter (in press) with Susan Orrange, PhD, regarding burnout in medical students and residents

UB 2020 Strategic Strengths:

  • Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan

Journal Articles:

Books and Book Chapters:

  • Orrange SM, Adragna MS, Jeanlus, A. (2021) What’s Causing the Problem? Drivers of Well-Being Contributing to Both Burnout and Flourishing. In: Caring for Caregivers to Be. Oxford University Press
  • Sengupta S, Adragna MS. (2019) In: Technological Strategies to Address Psychiatric Nonadherence. In: Fornari V., Dancyger I. (eds) Psychiatric Nonadherence: A Solutions-Based Approach (pp. 201-212). Springer, Cham.
  • Adragna M, Sengupta S. (1900) The Use of Technology to Enhance Treatment Adherence. In: Pediatric Nonadherence: A Solutions-Based Approach.

Professional Memberships:

  • American Medical Association (2021–present)
  • Medical Society of the State of New York (2015–2017)
  • American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2005–present)
  • American Psychiatric Association (2004–2011)
  • Western New York Psychiatric Society (2004–2010)
  • American Medical Student Association; Resident Section 2006-2010 (2001–2010)
  • American Medical Associaiton (2001–2010)

Presentations:

  • "Parent and Teacher Ratings of Impairment in Medicated vs Unmedicated Children With ADHD" 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2023)
  • "Preventing Burnout and Maintaining Wellness: Law School Edition" Didactic presentation and discussion about wellness for new law students. (2023)
  • "Psychiatric Treatment of Medical Students: An Updated quality Improvement Inventory" Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry, University at Buffalo (2023)
  • "Morning & Evening Behaviors of Transitionally Aged Youth and Young Adults With ADHD." 69th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2022)
  • "Psychiatric Treatment of Medical Students: A Quality Improvement Inventory" 2022 Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry, University at Buffalo (2022)
  • "Burnout and the Effects of the Pandemic" Root-Ed Conference (2022)
  • "Managing Anxieties about the Return to School" Back-to-School but not Back-to-Normal, a Webinar hosted by the UBMD Physician's Group (2021)
  • "Bordering on an Eating Disorder: Challenges Navigating Treatment, Systems of Care, and Comorbidities" 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2019)
  • "Lisdexamfetamine and Workplace-Related Performance." 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2019)
  • "Pharmacologic Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: An Overview of Anxiety Disorders and Treatments with and without Comorbid ASD" Summit Conference (2018)
  • "Psychiatric Medications and Autism" Summit Conference (2016)
  • "Predictors of Missed Child Psychiatry Appointments. , San Antonio, TX 2015." 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2015)
  • "A First Line for the Front Line" Grand Rounds, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, University at Buffalo Dept. of Pediatrics (2013)
  • "Adolescent on Social Networking Sites: Assessment and Management of Normative and Risk Behaviors" Grand Rounds, Women and Children's Hospital Of Buffalo, University at Buffalo Dept. of Pediatrics (2012)
  • "Social Networking Behavior of Adolescents Who Endorse Suicidal Thinking and Behavior." 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2012)
  • "Social Networking in Child Psychiatry: Implications for Practice" Academic Rounds, Children's Psychiatry Clinic, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University at Buffalo (2012)
  • "Teaching Countertransference to Medical Students in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry." 38th Annual Meeting of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education (2012)
  • "Following Consultants’ Medication Recommendations Predicts a Positive Response." 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2010)
  • "Resident Profiles on Facebook: Content, Attitudes, and Experiences" Grand Rounds, Bradley Hospital, Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (2010)
  • "Resident Profiles on Facebook: Content, Attitudes, and Experiences" Grand Rounds, University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry (2010)
  • "Choosing an Antipsychotic for Children and Adolescents: What is the Evidence?" 61st Annual Meeting of the Institute on Psychiatric Services (2009)
  • "The Rapid Pediatric Psychiatric Consultation Project: Another Model of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry-Primary Care Provider Collaboration." 56th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2009)
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Service Activities:

  • FPMP Governing Board; Alternate (2022)
  • I serve on the Faculty Burnout Prevention Committee under the leadership of Howard Faden, M.D. The committee aims to determine and mitigate drivers of faculty burnout.; Contributing member (2021–present)
  • I direct the newly established Division of Medical Student Wellness, charged with providing psychiatric and psychological treatment to the Jacobs' School students.; Division Director (2021–2022)
  • Executive Committee; Committee Member (2021–present)
  • Participant in panel and newspaper interview to discuss challenges related to anxiety around the return to school for children in 2021.; Panelist (2021)
  • UB Heals (Street Medicine); Volunteer Preceptor (2020–present)
  • FPMP Governing Board; Alternate (2016)
  • ; Reviewed submission for Pediatric Drugs (Adis Journals). (2014)
  • Member of the Recruitment and Selection Committee, UB Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program (2012–2019)
  • Member of the Scholarly Project Committee, UB Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program (2012–present)
  • Member of the Clinical Competency Committee, UB Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program (2012–present)
  • Member of the Education Policy Committee, UB Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program (2012–present)
  • Academic Psychiatry Curriculum Committee, Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. (2010–2011)
  • Spoke with youth in the Rhode Island Juvenile Justice System about anger management; Volunteer discussant (2010)
  • Responsible for producing, editing, and printing a departmental periodical.; Editor, "Shrink Wrap" (2007–2010)
  • Evaluated residency applicants for suitability for the Psychiatry Residency Training Program.; Member, State University of New York at Buffalo Psychiatry Residency Training Program Selection Subcommittee (2007–2010)
  • Represented resident interests and worked as liaison with broader University at Buffalo Graduate Medical Education Committee.; Member, University at Buffalo Residents' Committee. Vice-Chair, 2008-2009; Chair, 2009-2010. (2007–2010)
  • Voting member at University at Buffalo Graduate Medical Education Committee Meetings.; Resident representative (2007–2010)
  • Participated in University at Buffalo Graduate Medical Education Grievance Committee Hearings.; Resident representative (2007–2010)
  • UB Psychiatry Residency Program annual activity; Volunteer, National Depression Screening Day (2007–2008)

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Contact Information

1001 Main Street
4th Floor
Conventus
Buffalo, New York 14203
Phone: 716-835-1246
Fax: 716-835-0396
adragna2@buffalo.edu

This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.

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