Muhamad Aly Rifai is a psychiatrist with a broad range of experience who practices in Easton, Pennsylvania. He is an expert in addiction as well as an internist. He retains competence in telepsychiatry, neuromodulation, psychedelics, and clinical research and is a lifelong learner.
present-day responsibilities:
Muhamad Aly, the creator of Blue Mountain psychiatry in the Allentown, Pennsylvania region, has worked as the hospital's head psychiatrist and internist for the past eleven years. The largest independent psychiatric group in the Lehigh Valley region during the past ten years is Blue Mountain Psychiatry.
More than 30 employees work for the organization, who are experts in offering cutting-edge therapies and a range of psychiatric services, including private psychiatry, Ketamine therapy, tele services, and medication for addiction treatment. For the eastern Pennsylvania region, a fifth treatment facility is currently being developed.
He has also served as a medical director for eastern Pennsylvania since February 2013 to the present. He is in charge of the sole inpatient detoxification program with access to drug and alcohol treatment in his capacity as head of the county center for rehabilitation. He may perform the duties of the mental medical director thanks to his position.
Serving as a clinical professor of psychiatry on a contract basis for Misericordia University is an extra responsibility.
Career Background:
Muhamad Aly Rifai spent six years as the Avicenna Endowed Chair of Psychiatric Medicine and three years as a physician director in psychiatry at Easton Hospital, a Steward Health Care hospital in Easton, Pennsylvania, before founding Blue Mountain Psychiatry. he was in charge of 16 beds as the adult unit's medical director and concentrated on enhancing patients' quality of life.
Before, I worked as a clinical professor of psychiatry on a contract basis at DeSales University. In this capacity, he oversaw students pursuing careers as psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
He also served as an adjunct professor of medicine and psychiatry at Drexel University from June 2007 until June 2020.
Other significant positions held during a seven-year period included a chief medical officer position at Allentown's New Vitae Wellness and Recovery as well as a clinical professorship for psychiatry and medicine.
Academic Background Rifai began his studies at American International College, where in September 1990 he earned a higher national diploma with honors. He afterwards enrolled at Aleppo University, where he earned his M.D.
Muhamad Aly Rifai finished the psychopharmacology program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center from 1996 to 1998. He participated in a Media Boot Camp with the Discovery Channel at Harvard University in 2012, and he pursued a Masters of Medical Management program at Carnegie Mellon University in 2017.
Rifai completed his residency in internal medicine and psychiatry at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia. From July 2001 to June 2003, he also served as the chief resident at the University of Virginia in Roanoke. The facility's chief resident was responsible for internal medicine, psychiatry, and medicine and psychiatry. While a student at the institution, he also received an outstanding researcher prize.
Professional Experience and Skills:
For more than 24 years, Rifai has served as an American Psychiatric Association life fellow. He has been the association's center for research and education's Janssen Scholar on severe mental illness since May 2000.
Additionally, he served as the Pennsylvania Psych Society's Lehigh Valley Psychiatric Society's counselor and immediate past president. He has conducted research on the relationship between Hepatitis C and mental illness, and from May 2006 to May 2009, he served as the program's course director.
Achievements and Completions:
Muhamad Aly Rifai has held a number of positions throughout the years with the Lehigh Valley Psychiatric Society, including treasurer, president-elect, and board member. He presently serves as the company's immediate past president.
He served as a member-in-training representative for the Middle Atlantic (Area 3) of the American Psychological Association from May 2004 to May 2006.
He served as a deputy delegate to the assembly region and a member in training for the Washington Psychiatric Society for two years, from 2003 to 2005.
Rifai devotes a significant amount of his volunteer time to organizations that address mental health and addiction since he is a healthcare expert who is intimately aware of the challenges addictions present in mental illness. He belongs to NAMI Lehigh Valley and serves on the Eastern Opioid Awareness Task Force's board of directors. He is the Northampton County COVID-19 vaccination coordinator and a vaccine supporter with the American College of Physicians.
Awards:
Rifai was given the leadership award by the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society in 2013.
Muhamad Aly Rifai received a National Research Service Award in Psychopharmacology while working as a medical lecturer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center from January 1997 to June 1998.
Individual Interests:
Rifai likes spending time on his own studies and reading new academic materials when he isn't working at one of his numerous professions or developing his own healthcare company.
