Dr. Ditzell Psychiatry

Dr. Jeffrey Ditzell enjoys practice as a General Adult Psychiatrist working in private practice in New York City. Dr. Ditzell’s depth and breadth of clinical experience is unique, having served as the Chief of an inpatient Dual Diagnosis Unit, the lead attending in two Psychiatric ER’s, the Lead Physician of an Assisted Community Treatment team, and the Medical Director of a large multidisciplinary nonprofit organization. Additionally Dr. Ditzell has been committed to the Service of Soldiers for over 20 years, having retired at the end of 2018 as Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army.

Dr. Ditzell was the Division Psychiatrist while deployed to Iraq in 2005. Having the additional honor of serving as Medical Officer for a Community-Based Warrior Transition Unit at Rock Island Arsenal, assisting soldier’s and their families making the often-times difficult transition from overseas deployment to home.

Dr. Ditzell has completed Fellowships in Addiction Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Public Psychiatry, and received his medical degree from The Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine.