Adriana Feder, M.D.

Adriana Feder, M.D.
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2015 Independent Investigator Grant

2002 Young Investigator Grant

Adriana Feder, M.D.

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Professor, Psychiatry

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Dr. Adriana Feder is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Trauma and Resilience Program, and Associate Director for Research at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is also a senior investigator at the Depression and Anxiety Center for Discovery and Treatment. Her research spans clinical, epidemiological and translational studies of resilience and posttraumatic stress in a range of trauma-exposed populations.

Dr. Feder's research focuses on the development of novel treatment interventions for PTSD and related disorders. Her research has significantly contributed to the development of ketamine as a treatment for PTSD, including the first published randomized controlled trials of single and repeated intravenous ketamine infusions for PTSD, as well as the first published neuroimaging study of ketamine for PTSD.

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