Jon A. Levenson, MD, has received the Outstanding Clinical Care Award from the American Psychosocial Oncology Society.
Levenson is an alumnus of the Yale psychiatry residency (1988). He is currently an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, and the director of the HIV Liaison Psychiatry Service in New York Presbyterian Hospital–Columbia AIDS Program.
From the American Psychosocial Oncology Society website:
"In 1990, [Levenson] joined the faculty of the psychosomatic medicine division at Columbia University Medical Center where he continues to work and care for medically ill patients and families as well as serve as an educator, supervisor, and advisor for medical students, residents, and fellows. His career has been devoted to the psychiatric and psychosocial care of cancer and HIV-infected patients and families. Current research activity includes an ongoing NCI-funded study with colleague Carlos Blanco MD comparing the efficacy of three short-term psychotherapies for depressed breast cancer patients. At Columbia, he has developed a novel outpatient psycho-oncology program with specific focus on psychiatrically symptomatic cancer patients who have been unable to engage in care. In addition, he has developed a psychosocial rounds for oncology nurses which addresses issues of burn out, psychosocial skill set building, and professionalism. He also serves as senior psychiatric consultant within the New York Presbyterian Hospital Palliative Care Service, as well as adjunct clinical psychiatrist within the Center for Supportive Care and Clinical Ethics at Columbia University.
"Dr. Levenson is a past president of APOS when it was known as ASPBOA – American Society of Psychosocial and Behavioral Oncology/AIDS - from 1999-2001. He also served as president of the Society for Liaison Psychiatry from 2000-2002. He has authored papers and chapters focused on management of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders in cancer and AIDS patients."
The American Psychosocial oncology Society was formed in 1986 to bring together professionals working in the psychological, behavioral and social aspects of cancer.