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LAURA KUNKEL MD.

LAURA KUNKEL MD.

Department:
STONY BROOK PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATES

Board Certification:
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Clinical Practice Began:
2003

Gender:
Female

Primary Medical Conditions Treated:

ADD (ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER)
ADHD (ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER)
BIPOLAR DISORDER (DEPRESSION)
DEPRESSION
POSTPARTUM
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
SCHIZOPHRENIA

Education and Training

Medical School:
State University of New York @ Syracuse

Residency:
Massachusetts General Hospital, MA

Fellowship:
Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA

Academic

Year Appointed at Stony Brook:
2007

Honors, Awards and Grants:
Member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society

Academic Rank:
Assistant Professor

Insurance Plans

AETNA
APA PARTNERS
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD HMO
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OTHER PLANS
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD PPO
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
US FAMILY HEALTH PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)

Practice Sites

My Notes

There are 600 + physicians and other health care providers practicing within 18 different clinical entities, or specialty groups that are affiliated with Stony Brook University Physicians (SBU Physicians). Together, these providers offer patients of all ages a comprehensive range of high quality medical services, from primary care to advanced specialty care. The physicians and health care professionals affiliated with SBU Physicians are committed to excellence in service and leadership in clinical care. In their capacity as faculty of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, they also educate medical students, interns, residents and fellows in many specialties and sub-specialties, and engage in research and clinical trials that help to advance the science of medicine.

My Articles

1. Henderson DC, Kunkel L, Goff DC, Psychosis and Schizophrenia. In T.A. Stern, J.B. Herman (Eds.), Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, 2nd ed., pp. 97-102. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

2. Henderson DC, Kunkel L, Goff DC, Antipsychotic Drugs. In T.A. Stern, J.B. Herman (Eds.), Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Update and Board Preparation, 2nd ed., pp. 335-342. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.

3. Weiss AP, Goff DC, DeWitt I, Zalesak M, Kunkel L, Heckers S. Impaired hippocampal function during the detection of novel words in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 55(7)668-75, 2004 April 1.

4. Henderson DC, Daley TB, Kunkel L, Rodriques-Scott M, Koul P, Hayden D. Clozapine and Hypertension: a Chart Review of 82 Patients. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 65(5):686-9, 2004 May.

5. Henderson DC, Kunkel L, Nguyen DD, Borba CP, Daley TB, Louie PM, Freudenreich O, Cather C, Evins AE, Goff DC. An exploratory open-label trial of aripiprazole as an adjuvant to clozapine therapy in chronic schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 113(2):142-147, 2006 Feb

6. Holt DJ, Kunkel L, Weiss AP, Goff DC, Wright CI, Shin LM, Rauch SL, Hootnick J, Heckers S. Increased medial temporal lobe activation during the passive viewing of emotional and neutral facial expressions in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 82(2-3)153-162, 2006, Feb 28.

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