Seth Powsner, MD
Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine
Titles
- Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine
- Director, Crisis Intervention Unit
Education & Training
- ResidentMichael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois (1982)
- MDYale University (1978)
- BSEEMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering (1974)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- President (2013-2016): American Association for Technology in Psychiatry (2013)
- President (2012-2014): American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (2012)
- Visiting Professor: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2000)
Board Certifications
- AB of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics (2015)
Publications
- Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2023, 1-7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_6-1.
- Powsner S, Goebert D, Richmond J, Takeshita J. Suicide Risk Assessment, Management, and Mitigation in the Emergency Setting. FOCUS The Journal Of Lifelong Learning In Psychiatry 2023, 21: 8-17. PMID: 37205029, PMCID: PMC10172543, DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20220072.
- Bregman B, Powsner S. Coordination of Care with Psychiatry. 2021, 397-407. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52520-0_39.
- Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2015, 2473-2478. DOI: 10.1002/9781118753378.ch122.
- Powsner S. Psychiatric Consultation in the Emergency Setting. 2014, 39-62. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11005-9_5.
- Bregman B, Powsner S. Coordination of emergency department psychiatric care with psychiatry. 2013, 291-390. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139088077.044.
- Larkin G, Beautrais A, Turelli R, Sanacora G, Powsner S, Lippmann M, Krystal J. P03-437 - A preliminary naturalistic study of low-dose ketamine for depression and suicide ideation in the emergency department. European Psychiatry 2011, 26: 1607. DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73311-9.
- Larkin G, Beautrais A, Powsner S, Sanacora G, Krystal J, Turelli R, Lippmann M. 157: A Prospective Open Label Trial of Low Dose Ketamine for Acute Suicidal States In the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2010, 56: s53. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.204.
- Powsner S, Kennedy R. Internet Filtering and Psychiatric Investigation. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2009, 50: 639. DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3182(09)70869-2.
- Powsner S. The Emergency Department Setting. 2007, 361-384. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-69255-5_26.
- Powsner S. "Manufacturing vs repair" in health care. JAMA 2005, 294: 2580. PMID: 16304071, DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.20.2580.
- Arnold J, Parwani V, Dainiak N, Fidler P, Albanese J, Russi M, Foggle J, Baum C, Dembry L, Powsner S, Paturas J. Modifying the Advanced Disaster Life Support Course's DISASTER Paradigm for In-hospital Emergency Response. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2005, 20: s156-s157. DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00015429.
- Powsner S, Powsner D. Cognition, copyright, and the classroom. The American Journal Of Psychiatry 2005, 162: 627-8. PMID: 15741491, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.3.627-a.
- Leigh H, Lipsitt D, Stewart D, Grady-Weliky T, Powsner S, Choi B. Teaching psychiatry to primary care physicians: what, when, and how? Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 2003, 55: 124. DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3999(03)00457-4.
- Powsner S, Spitzer R. Sex, lies, and medical compliance. The Lancet 2003, 361: 2003-2004. PMID: 12814708, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13675-6.
- Powsner S, Costa J, Homer R. Clinicians are from Mars and pathologists are from Venus. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2000, 124: 1040-6. PMID: 10888781, DOI: 10.5858/2000-124-1040-cafmap.
- Powsner S, Wyatt J, Wright P. Opportunities for and challenges of computerisation. The Lancet 1998, 352: 1617-1622. PMID: 9843122, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)08309-3.
- Powsner S, Tufte E. Summarizing clinical psychiatric data. Psychiatric Services 1997, 48: 1458-1461. PMID: 9355175, DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.11.1458.
- Bloom M, Lanza V, Engel T, Iwase Y, Sakio H, Feldman J, Ebrahim M, Palmer T, Philip J, Mandel J, Waterman C, Whiting R, O’Connor F, Coleman W, Smith N, Starko K, Fernandes L, Brandt C, Powsner S, Ruskin K, Miller P, Liu J, Singh H, Song D, White P, Kenny G, Bennett H, Mastropietro C, Morita K, Hastie M, Scheib C, Gallfly L, Dishakjian R, Essin D, deCiutiis V, Steen S, Scumlimbrene A, Chan K, Doyle D. Abstracts of the 17th Annual Symposium on Computing in Anesthesia and Intensive Care. International Journal Of Clinical Monitoring And Computing 1997, 14: 113-142. DOI: 10.1007/bf03356586.
- Powsner S. Medical informatics and the quality of professional life. Psychiatric Services 1997, 48: 27-28. PMID: 9117494, DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.1.27.
- Miller P, Frawley S, Wright L, Roderer N, Powsner S. Lessons Learned from a Pilot Implementation of the UMLS Information Sources Map. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 1995, 2: 102-115. PMID: 7743314, PMCID: PMC116244, DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1995.95261904.
- Powsner S, Roderer N. Navigating the Internet. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1994, 82: 419-25. PMID: 7841913, PMCID: PMC225968.
- Powsner S, Tufte E. Graphical summary of patient status. The Lancet 1994, 344: 386-389. PMID: 7914312, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)91406-0.
- Powsner S. Computerization and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the 1990’s. 1994, 197-202. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2588-2_13.
- Clyman J, Powsner S, Paton J, Miller P. Using a network menu and the UMLS Information Sources Map to facilitate access to online reference materials. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1993, 81: 207-16. PMID: 8472006, PMCID: PMC225763.
- Jachna J, Powsner S, McIntyre P, Byck R. Teaching Consultation Psychiatry Through Computerized Case Simulation. Academic Psychiatry 1993, 17: 36-42. PMID: 24443195, DOI: 10.1007/bf03341504.
- Jachna J, Powsner S, Miller P. Augmenting GRATEFUL MED with the UMLS Metathesaurus: an initial evaluation. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1993, 81: 20-8. PMID: 8428185, PMCID: PMC225723.
- Shifman M, Clyman J, Paton J, Powsner S, Roderer N, Miller P. NetMenu: experience in the implementation of an institutional menu of information sources. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 1993, 554-8. PMID: 8130535, PMCID: PMC2850638.
- Miller P, Paton J, Clyman J, Powsner S. Prototyping an institutional IAIMS/UMLS information environment for an academic medical center. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1992, 80: 281-7. PMID: 1326371, PMCID: PMC225668.
- Powsner S, Miller P. Automated Online Transition from the Medical Record to the Psychiatric Literature. Methods Of Information In Medicine 1992, 31: 169-174. PMID: 1406330, DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634873.
- Powsner S, Byck R. Implementing a Computer System for Psychiatric Training. Academic Psychiatry 1991, 15: 100-105. PMID: 24430518, DOI: 10.1007/bf03341304.
- Powsner S, Miller P. From patient reports to bibliographic retrieval: a Meta-1 front-end. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 1991, 526-30. PMID: 1807656, PMCID: PMC2247587.
- Powsner S, Riely C, Barwick K, Morrow J, Miller P. Automated bibliographic retrieval based on current topics in hepatology: Hepatopix. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 1989, 22: 552-564. PMID: 2686929, DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(89)90075-x.
- Pataky A, Powsner S, Clyman J, Collins J. LARGE SCALE DATABASE MANAGEMENT OF ANECDOTAL PAIN THERAPY INFORMATION. Anesthesiology 1989, 71: a743. DOI: 10.1097/00000542-198909001-00743.
- Powsner S, Byck R. The “Electric Resident,” a computer system for training psychiatry residents. Academic Medicine 1989, 64: 485. PMID: 2751792, DOI: 10.1097/00001888-198908000-00016.
- Miller P, Smith P, Morrow J, Riely C, Powsner S. Capturing the semantic relationship between clinical terms with current MeSH bibliographic coding. Computer Methods And Programs In Biomedicine 1988, 27: 205-211. PMID: 3063430, DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(88)90084-3.
- Miller P, Morrow J, Powsner S, Riely C. Semantically assisted medical bibliographic retrieval: an experimental computer system. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1988, 76: 131-6. PMID: 3285933, PMCID: PMC227164.
- Miller P, Barwick K, Morrow J, Powsner S, Riely C. Semantic relationships and medical bibliographic retrieval: A preliminary assessment. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 1988, 21: 64-77. PMID: 3278844, DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(88)90043-2.
- Powsner S, Wood J, Prieto P, Charleston D, Feinstein S. High Speed Interface For Myocardial Sonicated Echocontrast Studies. Proceedings Of SPIE--the International Society For Optical Engineering 1987, 0845: 384-395. DOI: 10.1117/12.976529.
- Lang R, Feinstein S, Powsner S, McCoy C, Frederickson E, Neumann A, Goldberg L, Borow K. Contrast ultrasonography of the kidney: a new method for evaluation of renal perfusion in vivo. Circulation 1987, 75: 229-234. PMID: 3539395, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.75.1.229.
- Powsner S, Feinstein S. Quantitative Radiofrequency Analysis of Sonicated Echo Contrast Agents. 1987, 64: 13-27. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3307-1_2.
- Hartman D, Powsner S. Identification With a Brain-Damaged Parent: Theoretical Considerations on a Case of Self-Mutilation. Psychoanalytic Psychology 1987, 4: 171-178. DOI: 10.1037/h0079132.
- Keller M, Feinstein S, Briller R, Powsner S. Automated production and analysis of echo contrast agents. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 1986, 5: 493-498. PMID: 3761412, DOI: 10.7863/jum.1986.5.9.493.
- Powsner S, Keller M, Saniie J, Feinstein S. Quantitation of echo-contrast effects. American Journal Of Physiologic Imaging 1986, 1: 124-8. PMID: 3451757.
Departments and Programs
Titles
- Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine
- Director, Crisis Intervention Unit
Education & Training
- ResidentMichael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois (1982)
- MDYale University (1978)
- BSEEMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering (1974)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- President (2013-2016): American Association for Technology in Psychiatry (2013)
- President (2012-2014): American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (2012)
- Visiting Professor: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2000)
Board Certifications
- AB of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics (2015)
Publications
- Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2023, 1-7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_6-1.
- Powsner S, Goebert D, Richmond J, Takeshita J. Suicide Risk Assessment, Management, and Mitigation in the Emergency Setting. FOCUS The Journal Of Lifelong Learning In Psychiatry 2023, 21: 8-17. PMID: 37205029, PMCID: PMC10172543, DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20220072.
- Bregman B, Powsner S. Coordination of Care with Psychiatry. 2021, 397-407. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52520-0_39.
- Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2015, 2473-2478. DOI: 10.1002/9781118753378.ch122.
- Powsner S. Psychiatric Consultation in the Emergency Setting. 2014, 39-62. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11005-9_5.
- Bregman B, Powsner S. Coordination of emergency department psychiatric care with psychiatry. 2013, 291-390. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139088077.044.
- Larkin G, Beautrais A, Turelli R, Sanacora G, Powsner S, Lippmann M, Krystal J. P03-437 - A preliminary naturalistic study of low-dose ketamine for depression and suicide ideation in the emergency department. European Psychiatry 2011, 26: 1607. DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73311-9.
- Larkin G, Beautrais A, Powsner S, Sanacora G, Krystal J, Turelli R, Lippmann M. 157: A Prospective Open Label Trial of Low Dose Ketamine for Acute Suicidal States In the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2010, 56: s53. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.204.
- Powsner S, Kennedy R. Internet Filtering and Psychiatric Investigation. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2009, 50: 639. DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3182(09)70869-2.
- Powsner S. The Emergency Department Setting. 2007, 361-384. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-69255-5_26.
- Powsner S. "Manufacturing vs repair" in health care. JAMA 2005, 294: 2580. PMID: 16304071, DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.20.2580.
- Arnold J, Parwani V, Dainiak N, Fidler P, Albanese J, Russi M, Foggle J, Baum C, Dembry L, Powsner S, Paturas J. Modifying the Advanced Disaster Life Support Course's DISASTER Paradigm for In-hospital Emergency Response. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2005, 20: s156-s157. DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00015429.
- Powsner S, Powsner D. Cognition, copyright, and the classroom. The American Journal Of Psychiatry 2005, 162: 627-8. PMID: 15741491, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.3.627-a.
- Leigh H, Lipsitt D, Stewart D, Grady-Weliky T, Powsner S, Choi B. Teaching psychiatry to primary care physicians: what, when, and how? Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 2003, 55: 124. DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3999(03)00457-4.
- Powsner S, Spitzer R. Sex, lies, and medical compliance. The Lancet 2003, 361: 2003-2004. PMID: 12814708, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13675-6.
- Powsner S, Costa J, Homer R. Clinicians are from Mars and pathologists are from Venus. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2000, 124: 1040-6. PMID: 10888781, DOI: 10.5858/2000-124-1040-cafmap.
- Powsner S, Wyatt J, Wright P. Opportunities for and challenges of computerisation. The Lancet 1998, 352: 1617-1622. PMID: 9843122, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)08309-3.
- Powsner S, Tufte E. Summarizing clinical psychiatric data. Psychiatric Services 1997, 48: 1458-1461. PMID: 9355175, DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.11.1458.
- Bloom M, Lanza V, Engel T, Iwase Y, Sakio H, Feldman J, Ebrahim M, Palmer T, Philip J, Mandel J, Waterman C, Whiting R, O’Connor F, Coleman W, Smith N, Starko K, Fernandes L, Brandt C, Powsner S, Ruskin K, Miller P, Liu J, Singh H, Song D, White P, Kenny G, Bennett H, Mastropietro C, Morita K, Hastie M, Scheib C, Gallfly L, Dishakjian R, Essin D, deCiutiis V, Steen S, Scumlimbrene A, Chan K, Doyle D. Abstracts of the 17th Annual Symposium on Computing in Anesthesia and Intensive Care. International Journal Of Clinical Monitoring And Computing 1997, 14: 113-142. DOI: 10.1007/bf03356586.
- Powsner S. Medical informatics and the quality of professional life. Psychiatric Services 1997, 48: 27-28. PMID: 9117494, DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.1.27.
- Miller P, Frawley S, Wright L, Roderer N, Powsner S. Lessons Learned from a Pilot Implementation of the UMLS Information Sources Map. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 1995, 2: 102-115. PMID: 7743314, PMCID: PMC116244, DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1995.95261904.
- Powsner S, Roderer N. Navigating the Internet. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1994, 82: 419-25. PMID: 7841913, PMCID: PMC225968.
- Powsner S, Tufte E. Graphical summary of patient status. The Lancet 1994, 344: 386-389. PMID: 7914312, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)91406-0.
- Powsner S. Computerization and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the 1990’s. 1994, 197-202. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2588-2_13.
- Clyman J, Powsner S, Paton J, Miller P. Using a network menu and the UMLS Information Sources Map to facilitate access to online reference materials. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1993, 81: 207-16. PMID: 8472006, PMCID: PMC225763.
- Jachna J, Powsner S, McIntyre P, Byck R. Teaching Consultation Psychiatry Through Computerized Case Simulation. Academic Psychiatry 1993, 17: 36-42. PMID: 24443195, DOI: 10.1007/bf03341504.
- Jachna J, Powsner S, Miller P. Augmenting GRATEFUL MED with the UMLS Metathesaurus: an initial evaluation. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1993, 81: 20-8. PMID: 8428185, PMCID: PMC225723.
- Shifman M, Clyman J, Paton J, Powsner S, Roderer N, Miller P. NetMenu: experience in the implementation of an institutional menu of information sources. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 1993, 554-8. PMID: 8130535, PMCID: PMC2850638.
- Miller P, Paton J, Clyman J, Powsner S. Prototyping an institutional IAIMS/UMLS information environment for an academic medical center. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1992, 80: 281-7. PMID: 1326371, PMCID: PMC225668.
- Powsner S, Miller P. Automated Online Transition from the Medical Record to the Psychiatric Literature. Methods Of Information In Medicine 1992, 31: 169-174. PMID: 1406330, DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634873.
- Powsner S, Byck R. Implementing a Computer System for Psychiatric Training. Academic Psychiatry 1991, 15: 100-105. PMID: 24430518, DOI: 10.1007/bf03341304.
- Powsner S, Miller P. From patient reports to bibliographic retrieval: a Meta-1 front-end. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 1991, 526-30. PMID: 1807656, PMCID: PMC2247587.
- Powsner S, Riely C, Barwick K, Morrow J, Miller P. Automated bibliographic retrieval based on current topics in hepatology: Hepatopix. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 1989, 22: 552-564. PMID: 2686929, DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(89)90075-x.
- Pataky A, Powsner S, Clyman J, Collins J. LARGE SCALE DATABASE MANAGEMENT OF ANECDOTAL PAIN THERAPY INFORMATION. Anesthesiology 1989, 71: a743. DOI: 10.1097/00000542-198909001-00743.
- Powsner S, Byck R. The “Electric Resident,” a computer system for training psychiatry residents. Academic Medicine 1989, 64: 485. PMID: 2751792, DOI: 10.1097/00001888-198908000-00016.
- Miller P, Smith P, Morrow J, Riely C, Powsner S. Capturing the semantic relationship between clinical terms with current MeSH bibliographic coding. Computer Methods And Programs In Biomedicine 1988, 27: 205-211. PMID: 3063430, DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(88)90084-3.
- Miller P, Morrow J, Powsner S, Riely C. Semantically assisted medical bibliographic retrieval: an experimental computer system. Journal Of The Medical Library Association 1988, 76: 131-6. PMID: 3285933, PMCID: PMC227164.
- Miller P, Barwick K, Morrow J, Powsner S, Riely C. Semantic relationships and medical bibliographic retrieval: A preliminary assessment. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 1988, 21: 64-77. PMID: 3278844, DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(88)90043-2.
- Powsner S, Wood J, Prieto P, Charleston D, Feinstein S. High Speed Interface For Myocardial Sonicated Echocontrast Studies. Proceedings Of SPIE--the International Society For Optical Engineering 1987, 0845: 384-395. DOI: 10.1117/12.976529.
- Lang R, Feinstein S, Powsner S, McCoy C, Frederickson E, Neumann A, Goldberg L, Borow K. Contrast ultrasonography of the kidney: a new method for evaluation of renal perfusion in vivo. Circulation 1987, 75: 229-234. PMID: 3539395, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.75.1.229.
- Powsner S, Feinstein S. Quantitative Radiofrequency Analysis of Sonicated Echo Contrast Agents. 1987, 64: 13-27. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-3307-1_2.
- Hartman D, Powsner S. Identification With a Brain-Damaged Parent: Theoretical Considerations on a Case of Self-Mutilation. Psychoanalytic Psychology 1987, 4: 171-178. DOI: 10.1037/h0079132.
- Keller M, Feinstein S, Briller R, Powsner S. Automated production and analysis of echo contrast agents. Journal Of Ultrasound In Medicine 1986, 5: 493-498. PMID: 3761412, DOI: 10.7863/jum.1986.5.9.493.
- Powsner S, Keller M, Saniie J, Feinstein S. Quantitation of echo-contrast effects. American Journal Of Physiologic Imaging 1986, 1: 124-8. PMID: 3451757.
Departments and Programs