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Joy J. Choi, M.D.

Joy J. Choi, M.D.

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About Me

Dr. Joy J. Choi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Choi completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency training at the Mount Sinai - St. Luke's/West Hospitals in NYC and graduated from the NYU School of Medicine Consultation-Liaison...
Dr. Joy J. Choi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Choi completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency training at the Mount Sinai - St. Luke's/West Hospitals in NYC and graduated from the NYU School of Medicine Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship in 2020. Currently she is the transplant psychiatrist for the Advanced Heart Failure Service. In this role, she provides pre- and post-transplant psychiatric evaluations for patients in need of Left Ventricular Assist Device and cardiac transplantation, as well as general psychiatric consultation to those suffering with advanced heart failure. Dr. Choi's research focuses on cognitive impairment in patients with advanced heart failure. She is deeply grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery and strives to provide compassionate and person-centered care.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Consul Liaison Services (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center. 2019 - 2020

Residency, Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Morningside. 2015 - 2019

Education

MD | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. 2015

Awards

Trainee Travel Award. 2020

Philip Krick, MD Resident Award for Humanism in Psychiatry. 2019

Publications

Journal Articles

Enhanced Primary Care for Severe Mental Illness Reduces Inpatient Admission and Emergency Room Utilization Rates.

Choi JJ, Maeng DD, Wittink MN, Olivares TE, Brazill K, Lee HB

Population health management.. 2024 December 27 (6):382-389. Epub 10/02/2024.

Association between psychosocial factors and left ventricular assist device implant outcomes: A systematic review.

Choi JJ, Bhasin S, Levstik J, Walsh P, Oldham MA, Lee HB

General hospital psychiatry.. 2024 90 :132-140. Epub 08/20/2024.

Functional, cognitive, and cerebrovascular aspects of depression before coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Testing the vascular depression hypothesis.

Choi JJ, Kukla B, Walsh P, Oldham MA, Lee HB

International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2023 September 38 (9):e6000. Epub 1900 01 01.

Arranging Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment for a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device.

Choi JJ, Peters CJ, Nickels MW

Progress in transplantation : official publication, North American Transplant Coordinators Organization ... [et al.]. 2022 September 32 (3):248-251. Epub 06/10/2022.

Schizophrenia in Translation: Why the Eye?

Silverstein SM, Choi JJ, Green KM, Bowles-Johnson KE, Ramchandran RS

Schizophrenia bulletin.. 2022 June 2148 (4):728-737. Epub 1900 01 01.

OCT and OCT Angiography Offer New Insights and Opportunities in Schizophrenia Research and Treatment.

Green KM, Choi JJ, Ramchandran RS, Silverstein SM

Frontiers in digital health.. 2022 4 :836851. Epub 02/18/2022.

Cognitive Change After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Case Series and Systematic Review.

Choi JJ, Oldham MA, Pancharovski T, Rubano A, Walsh P, Alexis JD, Gosev I, Lee HB

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2022 63 (6):599-606. Epub 09/16/2022.

A 34-Year-Old Man with Advanced Heart Failure and Substance Use Disorder

Choi, J.; Alexis, J.; Gosev, I.; Zimbrean, P.; Nickels, M.

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2021; .

Asian International Students and Suicide in the United States.

Choi J, Zarkar S, Tatum J, Rice TR

Asian journal of psychiatry.. 2020 August 52 :102155. Epub 05/05/2020.

Books

Absolute Transplant Psychiatry: A Case-Based Approach to Clinical Challenges (2022)

Chapter: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Intregrative Headache Medicine: An Evidence-Based Guide for Clinicians (2021)

Chapter: Psychology of Headaches

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