“We rise by lifting others.”

- Robert G. Ingersoll

Biography of Lynda Mandell, M.D., Ph.D., FACR, DFAPA

Dr. Mandell has been an actively practicing physician for over 30 years. She has been published extensively and received multiple honors for her contributions to the medical community. Dr. Mandell currently maintains medical licenses in the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, California and Florida.

Medical Career

Dr. Mandell began her medical career as an oncologist in the subspecialty of Radiation Oncology as a resident at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She next served at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as chief resident and then as an attending physician. In 1990, she joined the medical staff of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC, where she was an attending physician, Vice Chairman of the Dept. of Radiation Oncology, and a full professor of Radiation Oncology and Pediatrics.
She went on to complete residency training in Psychiatry to be better prepared to treat the psychological needs of her cancer patients. After years of experience as an attending psychiatrist at a major psychiatric facility in New Jersey, she opened a private psychiatry practice in New York City. She continued to practice Radiation Oncology, joining a nationally acclaimed multidisciplinary cancer group (NNJCA) of the Hackensack University Medical Center. In 2009, she decided to discontinue her oncology work to dedicate herself to her psychiatric practice on a full-time basis.
More recently, with an ever-increasing recognition of the significant impact of unaddressed weight problems on the emotional well-being of her patients, Dr. Mandell decided to pursue specialized training and ongoing education in the field of medicine dedicated to weight management and obesity care. She has recently become board certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine. With this additional expertise and credentialing, Dr. Mandell has expanded her medical practice to include bariatric/weight management services.

Education:

  • Brown University, M.A.
  • George Washington University, Ph.D.
  • Medical School: Medical College of Virginia, M.D.
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital, Internship
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Residency in Radiation Oncology
  • Bergen Regional Medical Center, Paramus, N.J. Residency in Psychiatry

Board Certifications:

  • American Board of Radiology (ABR)
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
  • American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM)

Professional Organizations (Partial list):

  • American Psychiatric Association (APA), Distinguished Fellow (DFAPA)
  • The Obesity Society (TOS)
  • American College of Radiology (ACR), Fellow (FACR)
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
  • American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS)
  • Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
  • New York Academy of Medicine
  • Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)
  • American Medical Association (AMA)

Medical Licenses:

  • New York
  • Connecticut
  • Rhode Island
  • Massachusetts
  • New Jersey
  • California
  • Florida