Our Staff

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Ngozi Okezie joined Columbia Health in 2007. Prior to joining Columbia Health, Ngozi was a staff psychiatrist in outpatient mental services at Saint Vincent's Hospital Westchester. Prior to this, she was the director of child and adolescent outpatient services at Saint Vincent's. She was also an assistant professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College. She attended Bryn Mawr College and Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and went on to do further advanced training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. She then completed a research fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry, concentrating on child mental services delivery. Ngozi's professional interests include ADHD, mood disorders, and cultural issues.