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Claude-Michael Edmund Chiemeka Ezie, M.D.

Psychiatry

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Biographical Info

Chiemeka Ezie is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at AVÑо¿Ëù. Prior to his medical training, he completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Harvard College and worked in cognitive neuroscience research. He subsequently attended the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, completed a residency in psychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, and undertook a fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He currently serves on Cornell's telepsychiatry consult service, where he supports the mental health care needs of patients in the emergency department and inpatient medical units at several NYP hospitals. His academic interests include medical education, health disparities, and novel applications of mobile and internet technologies in behavioral health research and treatment. Born in Buffalo, N.Y. and later raised in Wake Forest, N.C., he is grateful to have found a home in New York City.

 

Honors and Awards
  • Graduate Staff of the Month Award, NYP/AVÑо¿Ëù, Sep 2025
  • Health Justice in Action Grant Award, NYP Dalio Center, January 2021
  • Herman Wortis Award for Excellence in Psychiatry and Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, May 2021
Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
Clinical Expertise
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Catatonia
Delirium
Education 
  • M.D.
    New York University School of Medicine
    2021
  • B.A.
    Harvard College
    2015
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Psychiatrist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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