Austen Riggs is Hiring a Medical or Clinical Director/CEO
Vivian Chan, DO, MS
Fellow in Psychiatry
Vivian Chan, DO, MS
Fellow in Psychiatry
Education
- BA in media studies from Pomona College
- Post-baccalaureate in pre-medical studies at Bryn Mawr College
- DO and MS in academic medicine at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Vivian Chan, DO, MS, is a psychoanalytic Fellow and psychiatrist at the Austen Riggs Center. Given her interest in group dynamics and education, she frequently consults to small groups and mentors residents and students during their psychodynamic psychiatry electives.
Dr. Chan completed her psychiatry residency at the Mount Sinai Morningside West Hospital Centers, where she worked in various clinical settings, including an intensive outpatient psychodynamic program, ACT team, and a child and adult outpatient psychiatric clinic. She complimented her psychotherapy training with further instruction at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York.
Awards/Recognitions
- Chief Resident, Mount Sinai Morningside West
- Presented nationally at the American Psychiatric Association on promoting the practice and education of psychodynamic psychotherapy in psychiatric residencies
- Completed a yearlong AOA Training in Policy Studies (TIPS) program
Research Interests
- Presents at psychoanalytic and psychosocial conferences on psychoanalytic theory and media (films, TV, videogames)
- Completed research in residency on developing a predictive model for inpatient psychiatric readmissions utilizing big data
- Presented at Grand Rounds on using narrative medicine and existential psychotherapy as frameworks for understanding psychiatry training and treatment
- ResearchGate profile and publications