Meet Dr. Sonali Sharma
Dr. Sonali Sharma, known to her friends and colleagues as Allie, is a Cornell-trained board-certified Adult Psychiatrist and has had a private practice in Manhattan since 2008 and currently operates out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Dr. Sharma’s Approach
Dr. Sharma’s approach is broad, open-minded and is drawn from her professional experiences working in various settings and across cultures throughout New York City, and around the globe. Her goal is to ensure that her patients’ experience is valuable, therapeutic and grounded in best practice standards and clinical excellence.
Academic & Medical Training
Residency, General Adult Psychiatry, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell University, New York, NY.
Internship, Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
M.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY.
M.Sc., with Merit, London School of Economics, Social Policy and Planning, London, UK.
B.A., with Highest Distinction, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Double Major in Economics and Chemistry, Chapel Hill, NC.
Clinical Experience
Dr. Sharma has held various clinical positions, including Emergency Psychiatry at Columbia University, Student Mental Health at Columbia University’s health science campus, and supporting mental health of the homeless population across shelters in New York City.
Honors
Member, Young Psychiatrist Council, World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (APA) - Bristol Myers Squibb Public Psychiatry Fellowship, 2006-2008
Faculty Council Resident Teaching Award, Payne Whitney Clinic
Samuel W. Perry III, M.D. Award, Research Honorarium, Payne Whitney Clinic
Rosenbluth International Fellow, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Global Mental Health & Leadership Experience
Dr. Sharma has had significant experience in Global Mental Health and in leadership positions within Public Psychiatry including at an NGO in Europe advising at the country level for two post-conflict countries on how to integrate mental health into primary care, as a World Health Organization (WHO) consultant on projects in Libya, Ethiopia, for WHO’s mhGAP Intervention Guide version 2.0, in a Bronx primary care system starting a collaborative (integrated care) care program, and as a Director of a Thrive NYC initiative designed to expand the mental health workforce in NYC’s highest need communities.
Currently, she is the Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Being Health, a modern mental health clinic in New York City.
Publications
Familiar I, Sharma S, Ndayisaba H, Muntentwari N, Sibomana S & Bass JK. (2013) Community perceptions of mental distress in a post-conflict setting: A qualitative study in Burundi, Global Public Health, 8:8, 943-957.
Sharma, S. ‘Epidemiology and Public Policy’. Chapter in Psychiatry In-Review: 2006 Study Guide. Companion to the Online Practice Exam. Ed. Ferrando, SJ. ETAS 2006.
Piachaud J. Sharma S. The Crucible of Iraq – Causes and Consequences. Med Confl Surviv, 2008 Apr-Jun; 24(2): 115-29.
Agrawal, Shantanu, Everett, Worth W. & Sharma, Sonali. Medical student views of substance abuse treatment, policy and training. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 17(5): 587-602.
Sharma S., Piachaud J. Iraq and Mental Health Policy: a post invasion analysis. Intervention 2011, 9 (3): 332-344.
