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Carrie L Ernst, MD
Psychiatry
About Me
Carrie Ernst, MD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. After receiving her MD from Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Ernst completed her psychiatry residency training at Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School and went on to do a fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ernst is board certified in both General Adult Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine.
Dr. Ernst has focused her career on both clinical work in Psychosomatic Medicine and medical education. Her clinical duties include attending on the general consultation psychiatry service at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Ernst currently teaches students at all levels of medical education, including medical students, residents and fellows. She is program director of the Psychosomatic Medicine fellowship, Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, and the course director for the medical school’s Brain and Behavior course. In her capacity as teacher, she has won awards including the Institute for Medical Education Excellence in Teaching award.
Her areas of interest include: traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, stroke, HIV/AIDS, and reproductive psychiatry
Financial & Billing Information
Please direct any detailed billing or financial inquires to the Mount Sinai Psychiatry billing customer service number at 212-659-8752.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Psychiatry, PROFESSOR | Medical Education
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Adjustment Disorder
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Delirium
- Depression
- Dysthymia
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- HIV And AIDS
- Panic Disorder
- Postpartum Depression
- Social Anxiety Disorder
Education
MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Internship, Transitional Year
Cambridge Hospital-GME
Residency, Psychiatry
Cambridge Hospital-GME
Fellowship, Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Partners Health Plan
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Mentorship in the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Scott R. Beach, David P. Kasick, Priya Gopalan, Carrie L. Ernst. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
- 2024 ACLP Recommendations for Training Residents in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Scott R. Beach, Carrie L. Ernst, David C. Fipps, Thomas M. Soeprono, Mallika Lavakumar, Samuel P. Greenstein, Thomas W. Heinrich, Ann C. Schwartz. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
- Comment on “Is It Time to Rethink Psychiatry Residency Training? Part II: Training All Psychiatry Residents to Be General Psychiatrists”. Lindsay G. Lebin, Amanda Mihalik-Wenger, Carrie L. Ernst, Ann C. Schwartz, Thomas M. Soeprono. Academic Psychiatry
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Ernst during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.