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Cassandra Nicotra, DO

Cassandra Nicotra, DO

Cassandra Nicotra, DO

Cassandra Nicotra, DO, is an attending psychiatrist with the Behavioral Health Integrated Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Appointments and Referrals
1-800-TRY-CHOP

About Cassandra Nicotra, DO

Titles

Attending Psychiatrist

Certifications

Psychiatry – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Awards and Honors

2024, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Brian McConville, MD Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Award
2023, University of Cincinnati Martha Aden, MD Child Psychiatry Champion Award
2021, Mather Hospital Graduate Medical Education Scholarly Activity Day- Third Place
2018, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Excellence in Research Award
2016, College of Medicine Faculty Council Research Day- First place
2016, Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Future of Osteopathic Medicine Award
2015, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Merit Scholarship
2015, Sigma Sigma Phi Osteopathic Honor Society

Leadership and Memberships

2023-present, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
2020-present, American Psychiatric Association
2020-present, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2014-present, American Osteopathic Association

Education & training

Graduate Degree

MS - University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Medical Degree

DO - Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine- Bradenton, Manatee County, FL

Internship

Rotating Internship - Rowan University/Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, NJ

Residency

Psychiatry - Northwell Health/Mather Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY

Fellowship

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Team affiliations

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Publications

Publications

2021

Nicotra, C., Barnes, M., Macchio, P., Haggerty, G., De Elia, C., & Kaell, A.    (2021). Educating internal medicine residents on palliative medicine and   hospice care at a community teaching hospital. American Journal of Hospice  and Palliative Medicine, 38(7): 741-744.

2019

Lorenzo, S., Nicotra, C.M., Mentreddy A.R., Padia, H.J., Stewart, D.O., Hussein,   M.O., & Quinn, T.A., (2019). The assessment of pulmonary function with    osteopathic manipulative treatments versus standard respiratory therapy in a   healthy population. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 119(3):  155-163.

2016

Brabson, L.A., Brown, J.L, Capriotti M.R., Ramanujam, K., Himle, M.B.,  Nicotra, C.M., Ostrander, R., Kelly, L.M., Grados, M.A., Walkup, J.T., Perry-  Parrish, C., Reynolds, E.K., Hankinson, J.C., & Specht, M.W. (2016).  Patterned changes in urge ratings with tic suppression in youth with chronic tic   disorders. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50(1),   162-170.

2014

Specht, M. W., Nicotra, C.M., Kelly, L.M., Woods, D.G., Ricketts, E.J., Perry- Parrish, C., Reynolds, E., Hankinson, J., Grados, M.A., Ostrander, R.S., &  Walkup, J.T. (2014). A comparison of urge intensity and the probability of tic  completion during tic freely and tic suppression conditions. Behavior  Modification, 38(2), 297-318.

2013

Specht, M. W., Woods, D.G., Nicotra, C.M., Kelly, L.M., Ricketts, E.J., Conelea,  C.A., Grados, M.A., Ostrander, R.S., & Walkup, J.T. (2013). Effects of tic  suppression: Ability to suppress, rebound, negative reinforcement, and  habituation to the Premonitory urge. Behaviour Research and Therapy Journal,  51(1), 24-30.

Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)

2023

Nicotra, C. & Vaughn, S. Catatonia: Characteristics and challenges in youth with  significant medical comorbidities (Presented at the American Academy of  Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, New York, 2023)

Nicotra, C., Seymour, J., Kurtz, B., & Vaughn, S. A report of psychiatric bias      potentially limiting an appropriately broad differential diagnosis in a case of       pediatric delirium (Presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual      Meeting, San Francisco, 2023)

2022

Nicotra, C., Acito, M., Allen, S., Haggerty, G. The relationship between clinician- rated psychopathology prototype ratings and the parent-reported Youth  Outcome Questionnaire with adolescents (Presented at the American  Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2022)

2021

Nicotra, C., Santoro, G., & Khan, S. Oxycodone abuse: An atypical cause of  limbic encephalopathy (Presented at the Academy of Consultation-Liaison  Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Miami, 2021)

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters

2023

Nicotra, C.M. & Strawn, J.R. (2023). Advances in pharmacotherapy for pediatric anxiety disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 32(3): 573-587.

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