Peter A. Shapiro, MD
Overview
Peter A. Shapiro, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Shapiro is a past president of the Society for Liaison Psychiatry, the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, and the American Psychosomatic Society. He has authored over 60 original peer-reviewed publications in cardiovascular disease psychiatry, psychophysiology, and consultation-liaison psychiatry. Dr. Shapiro's honors include the Dlin-Fischer Prize for Clinical Research from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, the Bakken Prize for Contributions to Heart-Brain Medicine from the Cleveland Clinic, and the Career Award from the Society for Liaison Psychiatry. In 2019 he was named a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a past member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychosomatic Medicine Subspecialty Examination Committee and the American Psychiatric Association Council on Psychosomatic Medicine.
In addition to teaching, administration, and research, Dr. Shapiro maintains a part-time practice in general psychiatry with a focus on patients with depression and anxiety associated with medical conditions.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Adult Psychiatry
- Consult/Liason Psychiatry
- Delirium
- Depression
- Psychiatric Consultation and Evaluation
- Psychocardiology
- transplant psychiatry
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
Gender
- Male
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Insurance Accepted
Affinity Health Plan
- Beacon Health - Behavioral Health
Amida Care
- Beacon Health - Behavioral Health
Coventry Health Care
- Coventry Health Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Behavioral Health
- Behavioral Health (Columbia University Employee Plan)
- Medicaid Behavioral Health
- Medicare Behavioral Health
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Internship: Bronx Municipal Hospital Ctr, Bronx, NY
- Residency: New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
Board Certifications
- Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Dlin-Fischer Prize for Clinical Research from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
- Bakken Prize for Contributions to Heart-Brain Medicine from the Cleveland Clinic
- Career Award from the Society for Liaison Psychiatry
Research
Dr. Shapiro's research has focused on psychiatric outcome after organ transplantation and on psychological factors and psychiatric problems in heart disease. He was a co-investigator for the REMATCH and SADHART trials.
Dr. Shapiro is interested in depression and anxiety in the medically ill, psychological factors affecting heart disease and transplant outcomes, and treatment intervention studies to improve these outcomes.
Research Interests
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Death after previous myocardial infarction
- Effects of exercise training on autonomic, inflammatory, and mood responses to psychological stress
- Psychosocial predictors of long-term survival after heart transplantation
- Randomized trial of stepped care depression intervention following acute coronary syndromes
- Specification of depression characteristics associated with recurrent myocardial infarction
Selected Publications
Shapiro PA, Pereira LF, Taylor K, Wiener I. Post-transplant psychosocial and mental health care of cardiac transplant patients. In: Y Sher and J Maldonado, eds., Psychosocial Care of End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients. Springer, 2018.
Sloan RP, Shapiro PA, McKinley P, Bartels M, Shimbo D, Lauriola V, Karmally W, Pavlicova M, Choi J, Choo T, Scodes J, Flood P, Tracey KJ. Aerobic Exercise Training and Inducible Inflammation: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Healthy, Young Adults. JAHA 2018. E-pub date: 2018-08-23.
Shapiro PA. Psychiatric Aspects of Heart Disease (and Cardiac Aspects of Psychiatric Disease) in Critical Care. Critical Care Clinics. 2017. PII:S0749-0704(17)30016-7 DOI:10.1016/j.ccc.2017.03.004
Shapiro PA. Heart Disease. In: Levenson J, ed. APPI Textbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Washington DC, APPI, 2018.
Cheung SG, Mishkin AD, Shapiro PA. "What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate:" Association of Preferred Language With Rate of Psychiatric Consultation. Psychosomatics 2017;58:421-426.
Ackerman MG, Shapiro PA, Coe A, Trivedi MS, Crew KD. The impact of mental illness on uptake of genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in a multiethnic cohort of women with breast cancer. Breast Journal. E-publication: March 21, 2017. DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12791
Hajjari P, Mattson S, McIntyre KM, McKinley PS, Shapiro PA, Gorenstein EE, Tager FA, Choi CJ, Lee S, Sloan RP. The Effect of Hostility Reduction on Autonomic Control of the Heart and Vasculature: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychosom Med 2016;78:481-91. DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000296. PMID: 26867075
Shapiro PA. Management of Depression After Myocardial Infarction. Current Cardiology Reports. 2015;17:1-9.
Lavakumar M, Gastelum E, Choo T-H, Gerkin J, Kahn D, Lee S, Nicolson S, Rosenthal L, Schwartz A, Tobin MW, RN
, Shapiro, PA. Parameters of Consultee Satisfaction With Inpatient Psychiatric Consultation Services: A Multi-Center Study. Psychosomatics 2015;56:262-267
Shapiro PA, Pereira LF, Taylor K, Wiener I. Post-transplant psychosocial and mental health care of cardiac transplant patients. In: Y Sher and J Maldonado, eds., Psychosocial Care of End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients. Springer, 2018.
Shapiro PA, Critchfield A. Cardiovascular Disorders. In: Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P (eds), Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 10th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Shapiro PA. Cardiovascular disorders. In Levenson JL, Ferrando SJ (eds.) Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill, 2nd ed. Washington DC: APPI 2017
Ackerman MG, Shapiro PA. Psychological Effects of Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Transplantation. In: M Alvarenga, D Byrne, editors. Handbook of Psychocardiology. Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media. 2016
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov