Leah C. Susser, MD, is a reproductive psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her clinical work, academic work, and teaching focus on increasing access to mental health care for women across reproductive stages, including women with symptoms across the menstrual cycle, in the perinatal period, and during the perimenopausal transition. She has created a specialized reproductive mental health clinic within the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Westchester Behavioral Health Center (WBHC) Outpatient Department. Dr. Susser has published numerous articles in the field of reproductive psychiatry. In addition, she is dedicated to teaching trainees about reproductive mental health. She is director of the journal club for the Weill Cornell Women’s Program Rounds, where she teaches psychiatry residents about critically reading perinatal mental health literature and the limitations of studies of pregnant women. She is involved in teaching psychology postdoctoral fellows and mentoring trainees who want to specialize in perinatal mental health. She co-organizes the Weill Cornell physician assistant (PA) student psychiatry rotation. Dr. Susser gives numerous talks to expand recognition of reproductive psychiatry, including presentations to the community, at conferences, and within Weill Cornell Medical College.
