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ACGME Director

Carol A. Bernstein, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

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Carol A. Bernstein, M.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and DIO for ACGME Programs at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Bernstein is currently President of the American Psychiatric Association and has served the Association as Vice-President, Treasurer and Trustee-at-Large and as the chair of multiple committees.

Dr. Bernstein completed medical school at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Following an internship in internal medicine at St. Luke's/Roosevelt Medical Center in New York, she completed her psychiatric residency training at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Dr. Bernstein is active in many national psychiatric associations including the American College of Psychiatrists, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, among others. In 2003, Dr. Bernstein was selected as a Fellow in ELAM (Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine) a national program, designed to promote leadership for women in medicine. Dr. Bernstein has written numerous articles and chapters on psychiatric education and has served as a peer reviewer for both the American Journal of Psychiatry and Academic Psychiatry. She has also served on the editorial boards of Academic Psychiatry, the Journal of Psychiatric Services and Focus and has presented at more than 70 conferences and meetings.