Department of Psychiatry Leadership, Faculty & Clinicians

Faculty and clinicians in the Department of Psychiatry lead collaborative educational programs, clinical initiatives, and research studies across NYU Long Island School of Medicine and NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island.
In addition to offering generalized mental healthcare, many of our providers possess unique areas of interests and expertise and have board certification in multiple specialties.
Psychiatry Leadership
Aaron Pinkhasov, MD
Department Chair
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine
Psychiatry Faculty and Clinicians
Daniel B. Cucco, MD
Director, Psychiatry Clerkship
Co-Director, Brain, Mind, and Behavior Preclerkship Course
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Jeisson F. Fontecha Hernandez, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Gul Hwang, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry
Emma Laskin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry
Radwa Morsy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Mary Rzeszut, DSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Margaret Tippy, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Jingna Zhao, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Sean R. Dellasperanzo, NP
Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Joanne G. Hudkins, NP
Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Joseph P. Weaver, NP, DNP
Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Francesca Angelini, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Cecilia Arevalo, LCSW-R
Clinical Social Worker
Richard Cawley, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Jennifer Heaphy, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker