Ross F. Grumet, MD

Credentials

• Diplomate in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (“Board Certified Psychiatrist”)
• Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
• Fellow American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
• Certified American Society of Addiction Medicine

Education

• Bronx High School of Science
• Columbia College A.B. (Columbia University)
• State University New York Downstate Medical Center, M.D.
• Internship in medicine Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
• Residency in Psychiatry:
• Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kansas
• The Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, New York (Chief Resident)
• Postgraduate training in Psychoanalysis at Columbia University

Faculty / Has Taught At:

• The Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
• Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
• Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Memberships:

• The American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association (GPPA)
• American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP)
• American Academy for Sleep Medicine (AASM)
• American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
• American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (AADEP)
• American Society for Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)

Other Activities Past or Present:

• Examiner for American Board of Psychiatry
• Medical Director/Department Chairman at several institutions
• Clinical investigator for drug studies (bipolar, depression, schizophrenia)
• Speaker/Consultant
• Toastmasters International

Personal:

• Dr. Grumet is married. His wife is a writer/business consultant and antique dealer. His son is an Atlanta attorney.
• His hobbies include bass and bone fishing, philosophy, and poetry.

Research:

• Ongoing clinical research involves how consciousness (conscious experience, phenomenology) is affected by medication, and how similar changes may be accomplished without medication.

Recent Presentations/Publications:

• Book Review: “Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling; A Practical Guide” by Pope and Vasquez. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. 51, 79-80 (2008)
• Conference Presentation: “There is no unconscious-going beyond panpsychism: Consciousness as a given of the way the world is”. Toward a Science of Consciousness. University of Arizona: Phoenix, Arizona (2008).
• Conference Presentation: “The effect of psychiatric medication on consciousness: a survey of 100 patients who have started, stopped, and restarted medication.” Toward a Science of Consciousness. University of Arizona: Phoenix, Arizona (2010).
• Conference Presentation: “Mindfulness versus medication in treating ADHD and a related hypothesis that the brain does not produce conscious mental experience.” Toward a Science of Consciousness. Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona: Stockholm, Sweden. (2011).
• Conference presentation: Attention deficit and consciousness: medication effects and endophenotypes. Toward a Science of Consciousness. Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona. (2012).