Shaily Amin M.D.
Shaily Amin
M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Medical Education Research; Psychiatry; Vitamin D
Contact Information
Patient Care
Patient Care
This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
View this physician on UBMDProfessional Summary:
I'm a board certified psychiatrist who specializes in General Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I completed general residency at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the State University of New York Downstate where I was appointed academic chief and saw a multitude of patients from diverse backgrounds. I work with patients with various diagnosis and specialize in treating Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Postpartum Depression, PTSD.
I also serve on the faculty of the University at Buffalo, training medical students as well as psychiatric residents in a clinical setting.
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate (2022)
- Residency, General Adult Psychiatry, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (2020)
- MD, Psychiatry, Medical University of Silesia (2017)
Employment:
- Academic Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate (2021–2022)
- Program Evaluations Committee, Psychiatry, Virginia Tech Carilion Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine (2018–2019)
Awards and Honors:
- Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching (2022)
- Third place prize-SUNY Downstate Research Colloquium (2022)
Research Expertise:
- Assessing the components of resilience as predictors of depression severity in the outpatient setting
- Vitamin D deficiency in adolescents with ADHD
Journal Articles:
- Amin, A.R, Thompson, S, Amin, S.A. (2022) Future of Genomics in the diagnosis of human Arthritis: the hype, hope, and metamorphosis for tomorrow. Future Rheumatology (Oct), 2(4): 385-389.
- Amin, S. Islam, A.B.M.M.K, Reddy, A. (2020) The prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in ADHD-affected Children and Adolescents in the Appalachian Region of Virginia. Novel Research in Sciences (Feb), 3(3)
- Amin, S.A, Islam, A.B.M.M.K. (2016) Diminished Genomic Signaling of extravascular coagulation and fibrinolysis in human osteoarthritis-affected cartilage. Journal of Molecular Signaling (Sep), 1(1): 41.
Professional Memberships:
- State University of New York Downstate Grand Rounds Committee (2021–2022)
- New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Member in Training Committee Co-Chair, Board member (2020–2022)
- Health Administrative Scholars Program (2020–2022)
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2019–present)
- American Psychiatric Association (2017–present)
- American Medical Student Association (2008–2016)
Presentations:
- "Improving the quality of prior to admission medications consents from the CPEP to the inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric unit at Kings County Hospital" Health Administrative Scholars Program (2022)
- "Exploring organic causes of catatonia in children and adolescents" SUNY Downstate Grand Rounds (2022)
- "A multidisciplinary approach integrating the causality algorithm to diagnose and treat organic causes of catatonia in adolescents with autoimmune disorders" SUNY Downstate Research Colloquium (2022)
- "Improving the quality of medication consent forms for Children and Adolescents" SUNY Downstate Patient Safety and Quality Fair (2022)
- "Parent and child reports of externalizing behavior during psychiatric hospitalizations predicts readmission within 90 days" American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2019)
- "The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency in ADHD-affected adolescents in the Appalachian region" American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting (2019)
- "Transgender Patient Care in a Psychiatric Setting" Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Grand Rounds (2019)
- "A case series of late onset catatonia in elderly depression" Fall meeting of Psychiatric Society of Virginia (2018)
- "Components of resilience as predictors of depression severity in the outpatient population" American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry