David Nissan M.D

Education

Internship and Residency, General Psychiatry, 2012-2016
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York

Doctor of Medicine, 2008-2012
Cornell University, New York, New York

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Bachelor of Arts in History, 2004-2008
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Biography

A native of China Lake, California, David A. Nissan entered Naval Service through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Rochester. He attended Weill Cornell Medical College, completed Psychiatry Residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he served as the Chief Resident before entering active service at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) in 2016.

Dr. Nissan deployed with USNS Comfort to Puerto Rico in support of support humanitarian operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, and established an embedded mental health team in Yokosuka, Japan to serve the forward-deployed surface forces.

Ashore, Dr. Nissan has served at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Naval Medical Center San Diego, where he has worked as the Medical Student Psychiatry Clerkship Director, Associate Program Director, and Program Director from July to December 2018. Dr. Nissan is currently serving as the Psychiatry Residency Program Director at Naval Medical Center San Diego.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 2021 to Present

Established the Naval Special Warfare PGY3 Rotation, 2021

Medical Department Head, Naval Surface Group Western Pacific, Yokosuka, Japan, 2019-2021

Acting Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 2018

Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, 2017-2018

Deployed with the USNS COMFORT to support federal disaster response in Puerto Rico, 2017

Co-Chief Resident, NewYork/Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, 2015-2016

Navy Psychiatry Early Career Award, 2022

Excellence in Operational Medicine, Society of Uniformed Services Psychiatrists, 2021

Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer Qualification, USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, 2020

Representative Bibliography

Leshen G, Johnston S, Ries A, Ziajko L, Van Dell L, Nissan D. Establishing an Embedded Psychiatry Rotation with Naval Special Warfare: A Win for Both the Education of Military Psychiatry Residents and the Operational Forces. Acad Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 19. doi: 10.1007/s40596-023-01823-4.

Nissan, D. , Ziajko, L. , Ries, A. and Dell, L. (2023) All’s Not Quiet on the Western Front? The Stigma against Mental Health Treatment for World Leaders. Creative Education, 14, 1169-1175. doi: 10.4236/ce.2023.146074.

Van Dell LL, Nissan DA, Collier SC (2023) Why Psychiatrists Should Read (and Watch) the Lord of the Rings, Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Process. Published online 20 September, 2023, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.2023.2253665

Hoener S, Wolfgang A, Nissan D, et al. Ethical considerations for psychedelic-assisted therapy in military clinical settings. Journal of Medical Ethics. Published Online First: 30 May 2023. doi: 10.1136/jme-2023-108943

Nissan DA, White L. Why (Should Psychiatrists) Read Moby-Dick? Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Process, 2023

Knox D, Nissan D. Using empathy to prevent burnout treating patients with cluster B personality disorders in psychiatry residency: A case study in context. Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry, Volumes 37–38, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmip.2023.100102

Vipler BS, Nissan D, Darling N, Dean D, Pettebone AD, Hicks T, Sikorski C, Landaker E, Linz N, Kronmann K, Gutierrez R, Elliott K. Disaster Response to Puerto Rico: An Internal Medicine Humanitarian Response Aboard the USNS COMFORT. Military Medicine, 183(11-12), pp. 252-257, 31JUL2018 https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/183/11-12/252/5062294

Schalk SK, Hendrix SR, Nissan DA. The Mental Health Mission aboard the USNS Comfort during Humanitarian Operations in Puerto Rico. American Journal of Psychiatry, 175(3), pp. 207–208, 1MAR2018 https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17111223

Hader NL, Roh YA, Nissan DA. Oculogyric Crisis after Initiation of Aripiprazole: A Case Report of an Active Duty Service Member. Case Reports in Psychiatry, published online on 10JAN2023 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crips/2023/9440028/

Vipler BS, Nissan DA. Response to Letter to the Editor from Dr. J. Edwin Nieves of Coast Guard Auxillary Flotilla 63. Military Medicine, Volume 184, Issue 3-4, 1 March 2019, Page 95 https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/184/3-4/95/5347904