Suza C. Scalora, Ph.D.

Dr. Avital Falk completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she received research and clinical training in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents and adults. She has received numerous awards for her research, including the Norma and Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award and, as the recipient of the UCLA Clinical Psychology Training Program’s Scientist Practitioner Award, Dr. Falk has contributed multiple publications and presentations on clinical research.Dr. Falk completed her clinical internship training at the NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital Center and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College through the Youth Anxiety Center to work with emerging adults in addition to children and adolescents. She founded the Intensive Treatment Program (ITP) for OCD and Anxiety and is currently the Director of the Weill Cornell Pediatric OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program (POCAT), the Director of Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Division Director of the Division of Digital and Treatment Innovations.

Katie Fogarty, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in evidence-based treatment for anxiety, mood, and externalizing disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Fogarty is a member of the Center for Youth Mental Health and holds appointments as an Assistant Attending Psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine.Dr. Fogarty earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Hofstra University, where she participated in the Child and Parent Psychotherapy lab. At Hofstra she studied the effectiveness of a DBT parent management training group. Dr. Fogarty also became passionate about helping parents grow their connection with their child while maintaining boundaries using Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Throughout her training, Dr. Fogarty sought to accrue specialized training in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders, ADHD, trauma, and mood disorders.Dr. Fogarty completed internship at JCCA’s residential treatment center where she engaged youth in individual therapy services for trauma, gender identity exploration, anxiety, and depression. At JCCA, Dr. Fogarty also completed psychiatric and neuropsychological evaluations. Following internship, Dr. Fogarty joined the Center for Youth Mental Health as a postdoctoral fellow. At Weill Cornell, she continued her work as an anxiety and parenting expert in the adolescent and adult partial hospitalization programs as well as through the Payne Whitney adult and child/adolescent outpatient departments.At present, Dr. Fogarty continues her work at Payne Whitney as well as the Psychiatry Specialty Center where she works with young adults on issues related to anxiety, OCD, depression, and ADHD. She runs groups related to independence building in emerging adulthood and collaborates with parents to help young adults meet their goals. Dr. Fogarty also works with children and adolescents using evidence treatments for anxiety, mood, ADHD, trauma, and tic disorders. She also works with parents to support their children through emotional challenges while maintaining their own self-care.

Dr. Christopher Ceccolini is an Instructor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Ceccolini completed his undergraduate education at Wesleyan University, earned a master’s degree at Columbia University, and received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston College. During his graduate studies, he pursued clinical training at Harvard Medical School, including Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, focusing on evaluation and treatment of young adults with complex diagnoses.Dr. Ceccolini completed his APA internship at NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center, where he trained in the Bellevue Emergency Department, psychiatric inpatient units, and the NYU Family Studies Program. As a postdoctoral fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine, he received advanced training in the assessment and treatment of young adults with serious mental health needs in both acute and residential settings.Dr. Ceccolini has clinical expertise in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), which he applies using a relational-cultural lens that considers context and development in applying treatment. Enhancing his clinical practice, Dr. Ceccolini’s research focuses on strengths-based care for LGBTQ populations and patients managing serious mental illness. He has led presentations on these topics at various national conferences, published multiple peer-reviewed articles, and was awarded a Dissertation Development Grant from Boston College in support of a national study of queer youth mental health. In addition to these activities, he has supervised advanced medical residents and doctoral students at Harvard Medical School, NYU School of Medicine, and Weill Cornell Medicine. He also serves as a faculty advisor and research supervisor for the Weill Cornell Wellness Qlinic, the first student-run clinic in New York City offering care for the LGBTQ+ community. He is especially passionate about supporting young clinicians to integrate social justice and strengths-based practices into evidence-based care and strives to incorporate these principles into his own treatment with patients.