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Yilmaz Yildirim, M.D., Ph.D.

Yilmaz Yildirim, M.D., Ph.D.

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Contact

Appointment (585) 276-3641

About Me

Ylimaz Yildirim, MD, is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). Dr. Yildirim received his medical degree in 1994 from Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey and his PhD from University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago...
Ylimaz Yildirim, MD, is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). Dr. Yildirim received his medical degree in 1994 from Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey and his PhD from University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago, IL in 2011. Dr. Yildirim completed Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Greenville, NC, Residency Program in 2008 and was Chief Resident at East Carolina University, Dept. of Psychiatric Medicine, Greenville, NC, in 2006. Dr. Yildirim is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Association.

Certified Specialties

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Psychiatry - American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, ECU Health Medical Center. 2006 - 2008

Residency, Psychiatry, ECU Health Medical Center. 2004 - 2006

Internship, Psychiatry, ECU Health Medical Center. 2002 - 2004

Education

MD | Hacettepe Universitesi (Turkey). 1994

Awards

Third place for poster presentation in North Carolina Psychiatry Association Annual Meeting. 2008

AACAP Outstanding Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Award. 2007

Educational Outreach Program Award. 2007

Award for Contribution to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2005

Appreciation Award for Consult and Liaison Service. 2004

State Award for outstanding contribution in Polio Eradication Program. 1995

Organization Committee on International Summer School On Public Health. 1989

Publications

Journal Articles

Empirical evidence on the use and effectiveness of telepsychiatry via videoconferencing: implications for forensic and correctional psychiatry.

Antonacci DJ, Bloch RM, Saeed SA, Yildirim Y, Talley J

Behavioral sciences & the law.. 2008 26 (3):253-69. Epub 1900 01 01.

A conceptual approach to needs assessment in mental health services

Yildirim Y.

Psychiatric Administrator. 2007; 7(6).

Telepsychiatry and e-mental health services: potential for improving access to mental health care.

McGinty KL, Saeed SA, Simmons SC, Yildirim Y

The Psychiatric quarterly.. 2006 77 (4):335-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

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