Kathlyn Tagufa, RN

I earned my medical degree with honors from the University of Belgrade, followed by a dual residency in Neurology and Psychiatry. I pursued a specialized fellowship in the Psychiatry of Adolescents and Young Adults at the renowned Centre Alfred Binet in Paris. I then completed a four-year residency in Adult Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.

Throughout my career, I have held leadership roles at premier psychiatric centers in the tri-state area.

• At the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, I conducted psychopharmacology research on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.
• At Columbia University and Kings County Hospital Center, I developed a focus on women’s mental health, initiating New York City’s first Inpatient Perinatal Psychiatry Program—among the first of its kind in the United States.
• I served as Director of Inpatient Psychiatry at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, overseeing 160 acute beds and supervising a large multidisciplinary team.
• I have also worked at Yale University and served internationally with the United Nations, helping to develop consultation-liaison psychiatry services in Zimbabwe.