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)
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine (2005, recertified: 2014)
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Geriatric Psychiatry (1992, recertified: 2019)
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (1984, recertified: 2009)
Publications
- Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2024, 5013-5019. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51366-5_6.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cohn S, Chao C, Cross J, Bell M, Sawyer M, Burns G, Angood P, Powsner S. Letters to the Editor. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 1997, 43: 175-176.. PMID: 9253940, DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199707000-00051.
- 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. Developments In Cardiovascular Medicine 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)
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine (2005, recertified: 2014)
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Geriatric Psychiatry (1992, recertified: 2019)
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (1984, recertified: 2009)
Publications
- Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2024, 5013-5019. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51366-5_6.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cohn S, Chao C, Cross J, Bell M, Sawyer M, Burns G, Angood P, Powsner S. Letters to the Editor. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 1997, 43: 175-176.. PMID: 9253940, DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199707000-00051.
- 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. Developments In Cardiovascular Medicine 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