Licensure New York (exp. 2027) & Florida (exp. 2028)
Board Certification American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, subspecialty Psychosomatic Medicine
Fellowships Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (DFAPA) · Fellow, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (FACLP)
Hospital Affiliation NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University (current)
Prior Staff Appointments Long Island Jewish Medical Center / North Shore University Hospital · Lenox Hill Hospital · White Plains Hospital
David Straker, DO
Dr. Straker has practiced psychiatry on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for over two decades, serving as an attending psychiatrist at Columbia University Medical Center–NewYork-Presbyterian, with prior staff appointments at Lenox Hill Hospital, White Plains Hospital, and Long Island Jewish Medical Center / North Shore University Hospital.
He is Columbia-trained, with a subspecialty board certification in Psychosomatic Medicine, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (FACLP) and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (DFAPA). He has spoken at numerous Annual Meetings of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), lectured to nursing and medical staff, and published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks — and has been recognized as a New York Super Doctor every year from 2018 through 2026.
His practice is built on the conviction that psychopharmacology and psychotherapy are most effective when delivered together — which is why he performs both in-house, alongside in-office genetic saliva testing to help guide medication choices from the start.
Patients consistently describe him as thorough, direct, and attentive to the full picture: medication, therapy, and the daily habits — food, movement, sleep — that shape how someone feels day to day.
- Education
- Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., Economics; New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, D.O., 2000
- Internship
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 2000–2001
- Residency
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Zucker Hillside Hospital, 2001–2002
- Chief Residency
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Zucker Hillside Hospital — two-time Chief Resident, 2002–2004
- Fellowship
- Psychosomatic Medicine / Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Columbia University School of Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, 2004–2005
- Fellowship Director
- Directed the Psychosomatic Medicine / CL Psychiatry Fellowship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center & North Shore University Hospital, 2008–2014
- Postgraduate
- Psychoanalytic Candidate, Advanced Psychodynamic & Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training, NYU Psychoanalytic Institute, 2004–2007
Named a New York Super Doctor nine years running, 2018–2026 — as featured in The New York Times Magazine — recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, an honor limited to the top 7% of U.S. physicians, and named a Top Doc by Boca Raton Observer.