Anna R. Miari, MD

Degree

M.D.

Title

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical Center

Clinical Appointments/Hospital Affiliation

Associate Attending of Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Description of Practice/Services Offered

A full time faculty member at Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Miari maintains a private practice in reproductive psychiatry and general adult psychiatry, and she works as an Attending Psychiatrist for the Students’ Mental Health Service.

Dr. Miari’s private practice is open for consultation and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, personality disorders, adjustment disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, and neurotic disorders.

Dr. Miari is experienced in the use of pharmacotherapy as well as psychotherapy.

She practices in English and Italian.

Dr. Miari’s academic activities include teaching psychiatry to Weill Cornell medical students and supervising psychiatry residents and junior faculty.

Dr. Miari is a contributing member of the Women’s Mental Health Program at Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Areas of Research

Dr. Miari has studied and published on the receptor pharmacology of serotonin, benzodiazepine, and glutamate receptors, and on the role of glutamate in neurodegenerative diseases.

Professional Education

Dr. Miari earned her medical degree at the University of Parma, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, where she further specialized in neurology.

Dr. Miari completed a post-doctoral degree in pharmacology research at Mario Negri Institute, in Milan.

Dr. Miari trained in adult psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical Center, and completed psychoanalytic training at The New York Psychoanalytic Institute.

Credentials/Board Certification

Dr. Miari is board certified in Adult Psychiatry.

Honors/Awards

-1991: European Economic Community scholarship for a biomedical research project.
-1996: Veterans’ Affairs grant for the study of the neurobiological correlates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mood and Personality Disorder Program. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Director: Dr. Larry Siever, MD.

Publications

A. Mazzucchi, E. Sinforiani, P. Zinelli, C. Agostinis, F. Granella, A. Miari, G.C. Manzoni, and M. Parma Interhemispheric attentional functioning in classic migraine patients during paroxysmal and interparoxysmal phases. Headache. 1988; 28:488-493.
S.G. Cella, T. Mennini, A. Miari, S. Cavanus, V. Arce, E.E. Muller Down regulation of alpha 2-adrenoceptors involved in Growth Hormone control in the hypothalamus of infant rats receiving short term Clonidine administration. Developmental Brain Research . 1990; 53:151-156.
M. Gobbi, S. Cavanus, A. Miari, T. Mennini Effect of acute and chronic Buspirone administration on benzodiazepine and serotonin receptor subtypes in the rat brain: an autoradiographic study. Neuropharmacology. 1991; 30:313-321.
T. Mennini, A. Miari Modulation of 3H-Glutamate receptor binding by serotonin in the rat hippocampus: an autoradiographic study. Life Science . 1991; 49:283-292.
A. Miari, A. Reggiani, E. Ratti, T. Mennini Temporal profile of glutamate receptor subtypes and mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptors in a model of transient ischemia in the gerbil. Neuroscience Research Communications . 1992; 11:27-36.
R. Spreafico, T. Mennini, L. Danober, A. Cagnotto, M.C. Regondi, A. Miari, A. De Blasi, M. Vergnes, G. Avanzini. GABA-A receptor impairment in the genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS): an immunocytochemical and receptor binding autoradiographic study. Epilepsy Research . 1993; 15:229-238.
C. Bendotti, S. Baldessarini, M. Pende, G. Tarizzo, A. Miari, M.L. Presti, T. Mennini, and R. Samanin Does GFAP mRNA and Mitochondrial Benzodiazepine Receptor Binding detect Serotoninergic Neuronal Degeneration in Rat. Developmental Brain Research . 1994; 34:389-394.
T. Mennini, A. Miari, M.L. Presti, M. Rizzi, R. Samanin, A. Vezzani Adaptive changes in the NMDA receptor complex in rat hippocampus after chronic treatment with CGP 39551 European Journal of Pharmacology . 1994; 271:93-101.

Selected Invited Presentations

- 4/18/05: Case Presentation: Affiliated Staff Meeting
New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.
- 1/18/06: Case Presentation: Discussion Group on the Analyst’s Pregnancy.
American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Meeting, New York.

Contact

Phone: 212-288-0939
Fax: 212-288-0743
anm2004@med.cornell.edu

Appointment Scheduling: by phone

Office Hours: Monday through Friday

Insurances Accepted/Managed Care Accepted: None