Introduction
Dr. John Scialli is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, with over thirty years of experience working with adults and children in a variety of settings including private practice, academia, community-based mental health centers, inpatient units, and outpatient clinics. He specializes in medication management of a variety of psychiatric disorders including attention deficits and related conditions, mood disorders including depression and bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders in both adults and children which include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), phobias agoraphobia social anxiety disorder generalized anxiety disorder autistic spectrum disorders such as Asperger’s Disorder.
Dr. Scialli private practice
Dr. Scialli, who has been in private practice since 1985, has been a child and adolescent psychiatry specialist for over 37 years. He is the author of “A Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist’s Guide to Depression”.
Dr. Scialli completed his residency training at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and his fellowship training in neuropsychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI).
A board-certified Doctor and Teacher
He is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Scialli has been involved in teaching at Columbia University since 1986, where he teaches courses on psychopharmacology for the students at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.
He has also taught psychiatry residents at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College as well as medical students at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY).
A Medical graduate of the George Washington University School
Dr. Scialli completed his residency in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. He then completed fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Scialli is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and is a member of numerous specialty societies including the “American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry”.
An Assistant Clinical Professor at Georgetown University School
In addition to his private practice, Dr. Scialli is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine where he supervises medical students and residents in the Child Psychiatry Division at Children’s National Medical Center. He has published numerous articles on adolescent mental health and has lectured extensively on topics related to child psychiatry including sleep disorders, eating disorders, and anxiety disorders in young children and adolescents.
Dr. Scialli received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston where he completed internships at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Harvard Medical School/MGH Division of Child Psychiatry before completing a fellowship at MGH/Children’s Hospital Boston specializing in child psychiatry research as well as clinical care for children with depression or bipolar disorder.”
Chairman of the Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect
Dr. Scialli is a past chairman of the Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect for The District of Columbia Psychiatric Society (DCPS) where he also serves on the Executive Committee as Corresponding Secretary for DCPS.
Dr. Scialli has been involved in numerous professional organizations including the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, Washington Area Psychological Association (WAPA), Maryland Psychological Association (MPA), and Virginia Mental Health Professional Association (VMHPA).
Special interests in childhood trauma
John Scialli, MD is a clinical child and adolescent psychiatrist. He has special interests in childhood trauma, child abuse, and neglect, anxiety disorders, depression, fears and phobias, attention deficit disorder (ADD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), school problems, behavior difficulties, communication problems between parents & children, family conflicts, adoption issues, learning disabilities, gifted children with school or emotional problems & children with tic disorders or Tourette Syndrome.
This doctor cares about helping kids
Dr. Scialli cares about helping kids. He’s the kind of doctor who will make sure you’re taken care of, no matter what.
He has a passion for helping kids and families, and he wants to provide the best possible care in every area of his practice. That’s why he has created an environment where his staff is happy working at their jobs as well as being able to have fun with their patients!
He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets including CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, and NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday among others.
John Scialli specializes in medication management of a variety of psychiatric disorders including
Dr. John Scialli specializes in medication management of a variety of psychiatric disorders including:
- anxiety and depression
- bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness)
- schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or delusional disorder.
He treats adults and children with attention deficits and related conditions
For adults, Dr. Scialli has treated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, and panic disorders. He also treats a variety of other conditions such as depression, anxiety disorders, and sleep disorders in children and adolescents.
Dr. Scialli is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and completed his residency at Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York where he also worked as an assistant professor of internal medicine for six years before joining the faculty at SUNY Downstate Medical Center where he teaches medical students how to diagnose psychiatric problems among their patients.
Working with a variety of patients in different settings
He is recognized as one of the leading child and adolescent psychiatrists in the country and has been ranked as one of America’s Best Doctors by U.S. News & World Report for five consecutive years (2000-2004).
Dr. Scialli has authored more than 75 publications, including several chapters in psychiatric textbooks used nationally and internationally, he also serves on the editorial board for several journals including Child Psychiatry & Human Development, The Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, JAMA Pediatrics and The International Journal Of Offender Therapy And Comparative Criminology.
Conclusion
I am excited to meet you and look forward to seeing how you feel after our appointment. You should also know that I have spent a lot of time looking over your medical records and talking with other doctors about your condition. This is what we call “demystifying” medicine, which means trying to make it less mysterious in order for everyone involved patient, doctor, and pharmaceutical company alike, to be able to understand each other more clearly.
