Simon A. Rego
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Simon A. Rego

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Simon A. Rego, PsyD, ABPP, A-CBT is Chief of Psychology at Montefiore Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Rego is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 25 years of experience in using Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based psychological treatments. He is Board Certified in Cognitive Behavioral Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, Certified in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy by the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies, and Certified as a Cognitive Therapy Trainer/Consultant by the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 12) and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, a Founding Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and a Diplomate and Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Dr. Rego has more than 50 publications and more than 200 professional presentations, including 2 books for professionals (Treatment Plans and Interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia). He also co-authored 2 self-help books (The 10-Step Depression Relief Workbook and The CBT Workbook for Mental Health) that have now been translated into German, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Dutch. Dr. Rego has been working with the media since 2004 and has been featured in various media outlets more than 450 times. His specialized interests include in the use of social media to educate the public about mental health, and the identification, implementation, and evaluation of emerging technologies to improve treatment outcomes. Dr. Rego is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies and is a former member of the Board of Directors of both the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. He was a founding member of the New York City Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Association and was Founding President of the Cognitive Therapy Special Interest Group of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Medicine Academia and was the recipient of the 2008 Award for Distinguished Early Career Psychologists by the New York State Psychological Association, the 2015 Peterson Prize from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University, and the 2018 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. In 2021, he was selected to join the Montefiore Physician Leadership Academy's Physician Leadership Program and in 2023 was selected to join the Montefiore Einstein Innovation Biodesign Training Program. In 2025, he received the Lifetime Education Leadership Award from the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.
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