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Robyn J Sysko, PhD
Psychology
About Me
Dr. Sysko is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Center of Excellence for Eating and Weight Disorders in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a licensed clinical psychologist. She received an undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross and a PhD from Rutgers University, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Over the last 20 years, Dr. Sysko has been involved with research and treatment of a wide range of eating and weight disorders. She received a K23 Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and a Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Fund (formerly NARSAD). More recently, she has served as a Co-Investigator on several NIH grants and as a Global Mental Health Scholar for the World Health Organization’s revision of the classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).
She currently serves as the Director of Research, Bariatric Services, and Psychology Training in the Center of Excellence. Funded projects in the Center are examining: neuroimaging and eating behavior in adolescents with low weight eating disorders before and after a treatment intervention, PET imaging of endocannabinoids and estrogen biosynthesis, and digital health technology pre- and post-bariatric surgery and among individuals seeking weight loss.
Highlights of the Center's recent research findings can be found here: https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2020/helping-patients-with-binge-eating-disorders-theres-an-app-for-that-pr
Additional published work: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Sysko%2C%20Robyn%5BAuthor%5D
Financial & Billing Information
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Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Clinical Focus
- Eating Disorders
- Psychotherapy
Insurance Information
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- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- United Health Care - Top Tier
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Interoceptive Exposure Impacts Food-Cue Extinction in Adolescents With Low-Weight Eating Disorders: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Kurt P. Schulz, Robyn Sysko, Jin Fan, Thomas B. Hildebrandt. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Distinct Topological Properties of the Reward Anticipation Network in Preadolescent Children With Binge Eating Disorder Symptoms. Elizabeth Martin, Meng Cao, Kurt P. Schulz, Tom Hildebrandt, Robyn Sysko, Laura A. Berner, Xiaobo Li. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Phase-Transitions in Disgust During Self-Initiated Eating Among Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa and Related Low-Weight Eating Disorders and Matched Controls. Tom Hildebrandt, Allison Boyar, Xi Chen, Katherine Holland, Elena Silverman, Desiree Webb, Sophia Wolk, Kurt Schulz, Robyn Sysko. International Journal of Eating Disorders
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. Sysko during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Editorial Services
- UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health
- Oxford University Press
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.