Dr. Ricardo Espaillat MD

Professional Statement

Ricardo K. Espaillat, M.D. is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the area of …

Ricardo K. Espaillat, M.D. is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the area of General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Psychosomatic Medicine (Consultation & Liaison). He is board certified in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, and board certified in advanced Clinical Psychopharmacology by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

He attended the medical school at the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) where he graduated with the highest honor (Summa Cum Laude), and completed his psychiatry residency training at New York Medical College, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. Dr. Espaillat also completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine as well as a fellowship in Neuropsychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

Dr. Espaillat's areas of expertise include ADHD, Tics and Tourettes, PANDAS, Eating Disorders, and PDD (including Autism and Asperger). He is currently involved in a research paper about the role of some neurohormones in the development of ADHD symptoms. Dr. Espaillat has vast clinical experience in psychiatry and neuropsychiatry, participating as a staff member at very prestigious hospitals and mental health centers in NY, NJ, Chicago, and Florida. He established his own institute of neuroscience in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he also worked as the EAP Director of the Drug Program for Major League Baseball.

Dr. Espaillat was listed in the 2007 and 2008 Editions of the Guide to America's Top Psychiatrist from the Consumers Research Council of America.