Alexander Kolevzon, MD
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PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
PROFESSOR | Pediatrics
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Specialties
Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Research Topics
Autism, Behavioral Health, Personalized Medicine, Pharmacology, Psychiatry
Dr. Kolevzon's research interests include the biological causes and effective treatment of autism and related pervasive developmental disorders. He is also committed to medical student and residency training and education and interested in developing innovative educational programs.

MD, Sackler School of Medicine (Tel Aviv University)

MD, Tel Aviv University

Residency, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai

Fellowship, Psychiatry & Neurology, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai

2020

RARE Champion of Hope Award

Global Genes

2012

Teacher of the Year Award in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mount Sinai

2011

Outstanding Mentor Award

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2007

Excellence in Teaching Award

2006

Junior Faculty Development Award

Association of Academic Psychiatry

2005

AACAP Pilot Research Award

2003

Richard L. Scharf Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence

2003

Outstanding Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Award

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

2002

Outstanding Resident Award

National Institute of Mental Health

2001

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)

2001

Teacher of the Year Award in General Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai

Publications

Selected Publications

An open-label study evaluating the safety and efficacy of AMO-01 for the treatment of seizures in Phelan-McDermid syndrome. Tess Levy, J. Lloyd Holder, Joseph P. Horrigan, Michael F. Snape, Alison McMorn, Christina Layton, Hailey Silver, Kate Friedman, Hannah Grosman, Slayton Underwood, Danielle Halpern, Jessica Zweifach, Paige M. Siper, Alexander Kolevzon. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances

A Family Peer Advocate Model to Address Disparities in Access to Care for Minority Autistic Children with Co-Occurring Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Pilar Trelles, Behrang Mahjani, Emma Wilkinson, Nicholas Buonagura, Lauren Donnelly, Jennifer Foss Feig, Danielle Halpern, Mary McKay, Paige Siper, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Alexander Kolevzon. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Contribution of autosomal rare and de novo variants to sex differences in autism. Mahmoud Koko, F. Kyle Satterstrom, Branko Aleksic, Mykyta Artomov, Mafalda Barbosa, Elisa Benetti, Catalina Betancur, Monica Biscaldi-Schafer, Anders D. Børglum, Harrison Brand, Alfredo Brusco, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Gabriele Campos, Simona Cardaropoli, Diana Carli, Angel Carracedo, Marcus C.Y. Chan, Andreas G. Chiocchetti, Brian H.Y. Chung, Brett Collins, Ryan L. Collins, Edwin H. Cook, Hilary Coon, Claudia I.S. Costa, Michael L. Cuccaro, David J. Cutler, Mark J. Daly, Silvia De Rubeis, Bernie Devlin, Ryan N. Doan, Enrico Domenici, Shan Dong, Chiara Fallerini, Montserrat Fernández-Prieto, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Christine M. Freitag, Jack M. Fu, J. Jay Gargus, Sherif Gerges, Elisa Giorgio, Ana Cristina Girardi, Stephen Guter, Emily Hansen-Kiss, Gail E. Herman, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, David M. Hougaard, Alexander Kolevzon, Behrang Mahjani, Abraham Reichenberg, Sven Sandin. American Journal of Human Genetics

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Employee Spotlight - Alex Kolevzon, MD

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Kolevzon during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon
  • Skadden Arps
  • Aelis Farma

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.