Psychosomatic medicine (Psychiatric problems in medically ill)
Hospital Affiliation
University Hospital, Newark
INSURANCE PARTICIPATION
Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable) The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after
it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should
be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and
insurance companies.
Rashi Aggarwal, MD, is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Residency Training, and a Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey.
Dr. Aggarwal completed her residency training at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York and her fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Dr. Aggarwal served as a member of the Governing Council for the IMG Section of the American Medical Association from 2013 - 2016. She is currently serving on the American Psychiatric Associations Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning, and on the American Psychiatric Associations Workgroup on Psychiatrist Wellbeing. She is also an Assistant Editor for Academic Psychiatry.
Dr. Aggarwal is an active researcher in the fields of stigma, resident empathy and wellness, IMG education, training and acculturation and addiction disorders in consult-liaison setting and has published extensively in these fields. She is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching excellence. She has co-edited the book, "Pocket Guide to Addiction Assessment and Treatment" (2016).
Education:
Medical School - Government Medical College Jammu, India
Psychiatry Residency at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Education
MD, 2007, Government Medical College
Licensure & Certification
Medical Licensure New Jersey
Languages
Hindi
Relevant Publications
Aggarwal R and Guanci N: Teaching Empathy During Clerkship and Residency. Academic
Psychiatry 2014; 38(4): 506-508. Available from
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40596-014-0113-z/fulltext.html
Levounis P, Zerbo E and Aggarwal R, Eds. Pocket Guide to Addiction Assessment and
Treatment. Arlington, VA; American Psychiatric Publishing, 2016.
Aggarwal R, Deutsch JK, Medina J, Kothari N. Resident wellness: an intervention to
decrease burnout and increase resiliency and happiness. MedEdPORTAL. 2017;13:10651.
https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10651
Levounis P, Zerbo E, Aggarwal R. A middle way: Introducing a flexible year-long program
to prepare for certification in addiction medicine. Acad Psychiatry. 2015 Jun 27. Epub
ahead of print. Available from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40596-015-
0378-x
Been Carrasco D and Aggarwal R. Acupuncture and addiction: What a resident should know.
Current Psychiatry. 2017; 16(7), 25.
Hirapara K and Aggarwal R. Synthetic Cannabis and Myocardial Infarction: A complication
less known! Psychosomatics, 2015; 56 (6),712-713.
Classen C, Palesh O, and Aggarwal R: Sexual Revictimization - A Review of Empirical
Literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2005; 6 (2): 103-129.
Guanci N and Aggarwal R: Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Associated with
Iloperidone Administration. Psychosomatics, 2012; 53 (6): 603-605.
Domogauer J and Aggarwal R: Sexual and Mental Health in Oncology Patients. Current
Psychiatry, 2013; 12 (8): E1-E2
Aggarwal R, Guanci N, Marambage K and Caplan J: A Patient with Multiple Episodes of
Rhabdomyolysis Induced by Different Neuroleptics, Psychosomatics, 2014;55 (4):404-408
