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Michael A. Scharf, M.D.

Michael A. Scharf, M.D.

Mental Health and Wellness

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Office (585) 602-2430
Fax (585) 473-6649

About Me

Dr. Scharf completed medical school at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Residency training in Psychiatry and Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, where he continued on as faculty since completing training in 2003. He is currently the Mark and ...
Dr. Scharf completed medical school at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Residency training in Psychiatry and Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, where he continued on as faculty since completing training in 2003. He is currently the Mark and Maureen Davitt Distinguished Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Psychiatrist-in-Chief at URMC/Golisano Children’s Hospital. He leads the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as Associate Chair of Psychiatry for Children and Youth, overseeing all child mental health clinical services and programs across the UR Medicine enterprise. He is the Executive Director of Project TEACH, a Child Psychiatry and Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program, providing education, resources, and clinical consultation to clinicians across New York State. He is also a founding member of the Rochester Youth Violence Partnership, a hospital-based violence intervention program. Dr. Scharf is dedicated to ensuring access to quality mental health care for all children and adolescents who need it.

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Child & Adoles Serv (SMD)

Mark and Maureen Davitt Distinguished Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry, Child & Adoles Serv (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Strong Memorial Hospital. 2001 - 2003

Residency, Psychiatry, Strong Memorial Hospital. 1999 - 2001

Internship, Psychiatry, Strong Memorial Hospital. 1998 - 1999

Awards

Edward Yancy Award for Humanitarianism. 2010

Mary Lou Meyers Award for Medical Student Teaching. 2010

Stephen W. Munson Award for Teaching in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2009

Excellence in Clinical Care Award. 2009

Edward Yancy Award for Humanitarianism. 2006

AOA, Honor Medical Society (for excellence in teaching medical students). 2003

Richard Carl Albert Jaenike Award for Outstanding Performance in Clinical Psychiatry. 2002

John Romano Award for Medical Student Teaching. 2000

Medical Society of the State of New York Award for Outstanding Community Service.. 1998

Publications

Journal Articles

"Media Addiction" in a 10-Year-Old Boy.

Brown S, Scharf MA, Bustos C, Chavira D, Stein MT

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP.. 2017 38 Suppl 1 :S69-S72. Epub 1900 01 01.

"Media addiction" in a 10-year-old boy.

Brown S, Scharf MA, Bustos C, Chavira D, Stein MT

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP.. 2013 June 34 (5):375-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Psychopharmacology in adolescent medicine.

Scharf MA, Williams TP

Adolescent medicine clinics.. 2006 February 17 (1):165-81. Epub 1900 01 01.

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