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William Sonis, M.D.

Professor

  • Practice: Drexel Psychiatry
  • Specialty:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Education: M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; B.A., Sociology, Cum laude, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Patient Care

Dr. Sonis is board certified in pediatrics, psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He treats children, adolescents, young adults and caregivers and has extensive experience in combining biological and psychosocial treatments.

Contact Information: 215-831-5389
 

Teaching

Dr. Sonis is director of the child and adolescent psychiatry residency training program, and a professor of psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine. 

Selected Publications

"ADHD in Adults: Clinical Information for Primary Care Physicians"
D.L. Braun, R.A. Dulit, D.A. Adler, J. Berlant, V. Fornari, B. Goldman, L. Dixon, R. Hermann, S. Siris and W.A. Sonis
Primary Psychiatry (September 2004)

"Patient Care and the Information Explosion"
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Psychopathology Committee
Psychiatric Services, 53 (6), 657 (June 2002)

"Reexamination of Therapist Self-Disclosure"
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Psychopathology Committee
Psychiatric Services, 52 (11), 1489-1493 (November 2001)

Specialties
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Services and Clinical Interests
  • ADHD
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Psychiatric evaluation
  • Psychiatric treatments
Internship
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY
  • Pediatric - Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY
Residency
  • Pediatric - The Boston Floating Hospital, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • Psychiatry - Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Chief Resident and Teaching Fellow, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of
Fellowship
  • Child & Family Research Branch, National Institute Child Health & Human Development, Bethesda, MD
  • Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, Child & Family Research Section, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, Bethesda, MD

Primary Practice

Drexel Psychiatry
4641 Roosevelt Boulevard
Friends Hospital, Scattergood Building
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Phone: 215-831-7800
Fax: 215-831-6382

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