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Kristin Louise Leight
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Attending Psychiatrist, Penn Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Assistant Residency Director, Director of Psychotherapy Training, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Attending Psychiatrist, PAH 6 Spruce Mood Disorders Service, Pennsylvania Hospital
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Senior Associate Residency Program Director, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Psychiatry Residency
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Medical Director , Penn Center for Women’s Behavioral Wellness
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Department: Psychiatry
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Education:
21 9 B.A. 3b (Highest Honors in English and Creative Writing) c
44 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994.
21 9 M.A. 2c (Classics and English literature) c
3c Magdalen College, Oxford University, 1997.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
2f Harvard Medical School, 2004.
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21 9 B.A. 3b (Highest Honors in English and Creative Writing) c
44 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994.
21 9 M.A. 2c (Classics and English literature) c
3c Magdalen College, Oxford University, 1997.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
2f Harvard Medical School, 2004.
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Post-Graduate Training
24 61 Intern in Medicine/Psychiatry, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 2004-2005.
24 41 Resident in Psychiatry, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center 3f New York State Psychiatric Institute, 2005-2008.
24 65 Candidate in Psychoanalytic Training, Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute, 2008-2013.
24 61 Fellow in Women's Mental Health, Columbia University Medical Center, 2009-2010.
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Permanent link24 61 Intern in Medicine/Psychiatry, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 2004-2005.
24 41 Resident in Psychiatry, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center 3f New York State Psychiatric Institute, 2005-2008.
24 65 Candidate in Psychoanalytic Training, Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute, 2008-2013.
24 61 Fellow in Women's Mental Health, Columbia University Medical Center, 2009-2010.
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1c Perinatal Psychiatry
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Description of Clinical Expertise
26 Women's Mental Health1c Perinatal Psychiatry
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109 Fitelson E, Kim S, Baker AS, Leight K: Treatment of postpartum depression: clinical, psychological and pharmacological options. International Journal of Women’s Health 3: 1-14, Dec 30, 2010.
cf Leight KL, Fitelson EM, Weston CA, Wisner KL: Childbirth and mental disorders. International Review of Psychiatry 22(5): 453-71, 2010.
120 Monk C, Leight K, Fang Y. : The Relationship between Women’s Attachment Style and Perinatal Mood Disturbance: Implications for Screening and Treatment. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 11(2): 117-29, Jun 2008.
af Leight, K., Joachim, N.: The Empathy Conference - (a review). Academy Forum 51(2): 10-11, Summer 2007.
f3 Leight K.: “Transitions.” The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death. Pories, Jain and Harper (eds.). Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, June 2006.
107 Chen J, Kamath R, Lam A, Litrovnik B, Leight K, Miller S, Sawady J, Schultz A.: How will changes in resident work hours affect medical students? Current Surgery 60(3): 268-70, May-June 2003.
8f Leight K: Transitions. Current Surgery 60(2): 174-5, March-April 2003.
d7 Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K: The LFQ: A brief, gender-neutral scale assessing functional outcome. Psychiatry Research 112(2): 161-82, 2002.
112 Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K, Frye M, Gitlin M: Subsyndromal depression is associated with functional impairment in patients with bipolar disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 63(9): 807-11, 2002.
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Selected Publications
d9 Leight K: “Case Conceptualization" Differential Psychotherapeutics. Cabaniss and Holoshitz (eds.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2019.109 Fitelson E, Kim S, Baker AS, Leight K: Treatment of postpartum depression: clinical, psychological and pharmacological options. International Journal of Women’s Health 3: 1-14, Dec 30, 2010.
cf Leight KL, Fitelson EM, Weston CA, Wisner KL: Childbirth and mental disorders. International Review of Psychiatry 22(5): 453-71, 2010.
120 Monk C, Leight K, Fang Y. : The Relationship between Women’s Attachment Style and Perinatal Mood Disturbance: Implications for Screening and Treatment. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 11(2): 117-29, Jun 2008.
af Leight, K., Joachim, N.: The Empathy Conference - (a review). Academy Forum 51(2): 10-11, Summer 2007.
f3 Leight K.: “Transitions.” The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death. Pories, Jain and Harper (eds.). Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, June 2006.
107 Chen J, Kamath R, Lam A, Litrovnik B, Leight K, Miller S, Sawady J, Schultz A.: How will changes in resident work hours affect medical students? Current Surgery 60(3): 268-70, May-June 2003.
8f Leight K: Transitions. Current Surgery 60(2): 174-5, March-April 2003.
d7 Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K: The LFQ: A brief, gender-neutral scale assessing functional outcome. Psychiatry Research 112(2): 161-82, 2002.
112 Altshuler L, Mintz J, Leight K, Frye M, Gitlin M: Subsyndromal depression is associated with functional impairment in patients with bipolar disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 63(9): 807-11, 2002.
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