Jacob M Appel, MD, MS, MPH

Psychiatry

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About Me

Jacob M. Appel MD JD MPH is Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry and Assistant Director of the Academy for Medicine & the Humanities at the Icahn School of Medicine, and an emergency room psychiatrist in the Mount Sinai Health System. He is the author of nineteen books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, including a compendium of ethical conundrums drawn from medicine and healthcare (Who Says You're Dead?) He is co-chair of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry's Committee on Law & Psychiatry and a judge for the National Book Critics Circle Awards

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

Research Topics

Psychiatry

About Me

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

Research Topics

Psychiatry

Education

MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SInai

Residency, Psychiatry

Mount Sinai Hospital

Fellowship, Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine

Mount Sinai Hospital

Research

Dr. Appel's research interest focuses on bioethics, law & medicine, and the nexus between law and psychiatry.

Insurance Information

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Publications

Publications:137

Selected Publications

Legal and Ethics Considerations in Capacity Evaluation for Medical Aid in Dying. Jacob M. Appel. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Hospital Nurse Staffing Legislation: Mixed Approaches In Some States, While Others Have No Requirements. Nithya Krishnamurthy, Neha Mukherjee, Bevin Cohen, Melissa Mazor, Jacob M. Appel. Health Affairs
Ethics of providing elective cosmetic care at discounted-cost and free clinics. Aneesh Agarwal, Samir Kamat, Jacob Appel, Benjamin Stoff. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

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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.

Dr. Appel has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

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.

Dr. Appel has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

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.