Dr. Kaminski Bio
Rami Kaminski, MD
Founder and Director
The Institute of Integrative
Psychiatry
Rami Kaminski M.D., is a world-renowned psychiatrist with a
thriving private practice on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He serves
as an advisory board member on many biotechnology panels including
the Gerson Lerman Group - an international consultation group
to major corporations - where he was elected a leader.
He also serves as a consultant and expert witness to the Family
Court and the Supreme Court of New York State for issues of
custody, mental competency and Guardianship.
After years of serving in every facet of psychiatry - from
academic and research work through clinical, government
and public service - Dr. Kaminski founded and directs the
Institute for Integrative Psychiatry in New York City, a
ground-breaking non-for-profit institute dedicated to optimizing
available treatments in medicine and psychiatry.
Dr. Kaminski is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia
University where he teaches and lectures at the medical school and
the Department of Psychiatry. Drawing on his vast 30 years of
experience as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, Dr. Kaminski has
treated and helped thousands of people from top business
executives, community leaders and celebrities, to ordinary people
from all backgrounds.
In the 1990's, while working at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in
New York he made several ground breaking discoveries in brain
research-- most notably the role of histamine in degenerative brain
disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, as well as
Multiple Sclerosis and schizophrenia. Dr. Kaminski was
awarded 11 international patents in recognition of his scientific
work. He has given numerous lectures and talks in public and
academic forums in both the US and abroad. His topics of expertise
range from Schizophrenia, Depression and Brain Degenerative
Disorders to Stress-management and the understanding of integrative
approaches to psychiatric issues.
Throughout his career Dr. Kaminski has been a leader in advocacy
groups for people with mental illness. He was the First Vice
President of the NY chapter of the National Alliance of Mentally
ill, and has given workshops and published booklets to help
patients and families better understand the plight of those who
suffer from chronic mental illness. In 1996 Dr. Kaminski was
offered the position of Medical Director for Operations and
Commissioner Liaison to families at the New York State Office of
Mental Health. In this capacity, Dr. Kaminski served as a
special advisor to the Commissioner of Mental Health in New York
State. He advised the commissioner and legislature on
wide-ranging topics involving mental health issues. He also
created and promoted award-winning community programs including the
famed "Second Chance" program: This program, the recipient of
many awards is now in effect not only in New York States and other
States in the US but also Internationally in places as varied as
Argentina and Pakistan. Dr. Kaminski has been invited to give
talks about his community programs all over the World and was
awarded the Outstanding Treatment Initiative Award in 2002 in
recognition of the program's success. During the 9/11 attack
on NYC Dr. Kaminski through his Government position was one of the
major organizers of the mental health response to the
disaster.
A recipient of many awards, Dr. Kaminski was awarded the
"Exemplary Psychiatrist Award" from the National Alliance for the
Mentally ill, the "Physician of the Year" award from the Mount
Sinai Hospital in NY, and the "Charles E. Colt Excellence in
Service" award. In recognition of his Excellence in Teaching as the
Director of Medical Students Education in Psychiatry at the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Kaminski was inducted into the
Medical Honor Society Alpha Omega Alpha.
