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Tianxu Xia, MD
About Me
Tianxu Xia, MD is an assistant professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, and the Assistant Director for Behavioral Neurology Education. Dr. Xia's clinical interests include dementia of all types, various neuropsychiatric symptoms (depression, anxiety, and psychosis) co-occurring in the setting of neurocognitive disorders, and psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES). He is board-certified in Psychiatry. He sees patients at 5 East 98th Street.
Dr. Xia completed his Medical Diploma at the Harbin Medical University in China. He speaks Mandarin Chinese in addition to English. He completed his psychiatry residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and his fellowship training in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Xia's research focuses on understanding the anatomy and symptomatology of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the setting of neurocognitive disorders. In addition, Dr. Xia has an interest in exploring the utilization of interventional psychiatry technologies to treat refractory neuropsychiatric symptoms. He has been an avid advocate for minority health care accessibility. With his training background in both Neurology and Psychiatry, Dr. Xia is interested in improving neurological education in the psychiatry training program and vice versa.
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Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neurology, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
Research Topics
Cognitive Neurology, Neuromodulation, Psychiatry
Clinical Focus
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anxiety
- Cognitive or Memory Impairment / Dementia
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Delirium
- Forgetfulness
- Frontal Lobe Dementia
- Lewy Body Disease
- Mental Health Services
- Mental State Opinion
- Mood Disorders
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Vascular Dementia
Publications
Selected Publications
- Scaling the great wall: The impact of communication barriers on quality of psychiatric care in Chinese patients. Sanya Virani, Tianxu Xia, Navjot Brainch, Souparno Mitra, Saeed Ahmed, Herbert Mutasiigwa, Gaurav Chaudhari, Deval Zaveri. International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- When Green Becomes Mean: Green Tea Extract Reduces Ziprasidone’s Effect and Causes Psychosis. Yassir Mahgoub, Keeva Madden, Tianxu Xia. The primary care companion for CNS 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.
Dr. Xia has not yet completed reporting of industry relationships or has no industry relationships to report.
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