Thriving with Addiction

Jonathan Avery, M.D.

Dr. Jonathan Avery is the Vice Chair for Addiction Psychiatry, a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, the Stephen P. Tobin and Dr. Arnold M. Cooper Professor in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and the Program Director for the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship. He also serves as the medical director for the NBA’s anti-drug program.

Dr. Avery is a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine. He completed his residency training at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Payne Whitney Clinic, where he was selected as a Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Fellow and received several awards for his clinical and academic work. He served as co-chief resident in his final year of training. Before joining the Cornell faculty, Dr. Avery completed an addiction psychiatry fellowship at the New York University School of Medicine.

Dr. Avery has published extensively on various topics in addiction psychiatry, including clinician attitudes towards patients and the use of buprenorphine. He founded the Weill Cornell/New York-Presbyterian Program for Substance Use and Stigma of Addiction, and his research on stigma is supported by several national grants and awards. He was on the editorial board for the DSM-5 Clinical Cases book and has authored or edited 10 books, including Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment and The Stigma of Addiction: An Essential Guide.

He has received numerous awards for his clinical and academic contributions, including the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Innovation in Education Award and the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the New York County Psychiatric Society. Dr. Avery has been featured in various national media outlets, including The New York Times, Next Question with Katie Couric, and Psychology Today.