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Ryan S. Sultan, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Request an interview or expert comment · Selected coverage
Recent: Featured in AAMCNews, "De-prescribing psychiatric medicines: A delicate balance" (September 15, 2026), on antipsychotic-before-stimulant sequencing in youth with ADHD. Expanded analysis.
Areas of expertise
- ADHD assessment, treatment, and prescribing patterns
- Cannabis use and adolescent mental health
- Psychiatric medication safety and interpretation of research
- Clinical informatics and digital mental health research
Short biography
Ryan S. Sultan, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and director of the Sultan Lab for Mental Health Informatics. His research examines psychiatric treatment, substance use, and youth mental health. He practices adult and child and adolescent psychiatry in New York City.
Extended biography
Ryan S. Sultan, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and director of the Sultan Lab for Mental Health Informatics. His research examines psychiatric treatment, substance use, and youth mental health. He practices adult and child and adolescent psychiatry in New York City. He combines clinical practice with research using national surveys, administrative claims, and electronic health records. His publications examine antipsychotic prescribing among young people with ADHD, psychiatric comorbidity, and adolescent cannabis use. He also collaborates on clinical informatics and digital intervention research. Sultan is board-certified in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He earned his medical degree at Drexel University, completed psychiatry residency at Emory University, and trained in child and adolescent psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian across Columbia and Weill Cornell. He is Medical Director of Integrative Psych in Manhattan, where he provides psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and psychotherapy. His research and clinical work inform his public writing and interviews about mental health.
Columbia faculty profile · Credentials and verification · Research support
Photographs
Photos may be used for press, media, and professional purposes. Credit: Ryan S. Sultan, MD.
Curriculum vitae
Selected academic CV (PDF) · Full public CV (PDF)
Both versions updated September 9, 2026. The full version includes additional teaching, service, and presentations. Read the selected CV online · Read the full public CV online.
Research for reporting
In our 2026 Pediatrics study, cannabis-use frequency was associated with academic and emotional functioning among adolescents. I am the first author. The cross-sectional design limits causal interpretation. Read the original study.
Our 2025 JAMA Psychiatry article is an invited editorial discussing other investigators' research on ADHD medication and functional outcomes. Read the editorial.
Publications with source links · Clinical informatics research and evidence
Page updated: September 9, 2026