April, 2002-2030 | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certificate # 47909

1993-present | Member, American Psychiatric Association

2001-present | Member, American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry

2001-present | Member, College on Problems of Drug Dependence

2013-present | Member, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

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1980-1986 | M.D | Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), Medicine

1988-1992 | Ph.D. | Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), Neuroscience

1993-1996 | M.S. | New School University, New York, Health Resources Management

2001-2004 | M.S. |Columbia University, Biostatistics

Ph.D. thesis (1992) | MAO plaquetaria y juego patológico: Un estudio psicobiológico. [Platelet MAO and pathological gambling: a psychobiological study]. Sponsor: Jerónimo Sáiz-Ruiz, M.D., Ph.D. Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), unpublished doctoral dissertation.

General Psychiatry Residence, Columbia University

Post-Doctoral Clinical Fellow in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Psychiatry, Columbia University

2001-2006 | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University

2006-2010 | Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University

2010-2013 | Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University

2014-2017 | Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center

1998-2001 | Clinical Assistant Psychiatrist, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

1998-2001 | Staff Psychiatrist, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

2001-2015 | Director, Gambling Disorders Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

2001-2006 | Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

2006-2010 | Associate Attending Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

2010-2015 | Attending Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

2005-2015 | Research Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

2022 | Member of the National Academy of Medicine. An honor only achieved by 0.1 % of American psychiatrist.

2022 | Simon Bolívar Award, American Psychiatric Association

2021 | Senior Health Services Research Award, American Psychiatric Association

2021 | Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry

2021-present | Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

2019 | NIH Director’s Award

2018-present | Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

2018-present | Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

2008-2013 | National Institute of Drug Abuse Independent Career Award

2001-2007 | National Institute of Drug Abuse Career Development Award

1998 | Van Ameringen Health Services Research Award, American Psychiatric Association

1996 | Fellow, American Psychoanalytic Association.

1999 -2003 | Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Foundation

1999 -2001 | Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behavior Foundation

1992-1993 | Postdoctoral Clinical Research Scholarship, Spanish Ministry of Health

2016-present | Chair, DSM Review Committee on Externalizing Disorders and Personality Disorders, American Psychiatric Association

2018-present | Member, CMS-NIH Task Force on the Opioid Epidemic

2018-present | Member, Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Group, National Academy of Medicine Collaborative on Countering the US Opioid Epidemic

2018-present | Co-Chair, Research, Data and Metrics Needs Group, National Academy of Medicine Collaborative on Countering the US Opioid Epidemic

2018-present | Member, Steering Committee, National Academy of Medicine Collaborative on Countering the US Opioid Epidemic

2018-present | Member, Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Group, National Academy of Medicine Collaborative on Countering the US Opioid Epidemic

2019-present | Member, Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, National Academy of Medicine