Dr. Rami Kaminski, MD
Partner, Psychiatrist
Dr. Rami Kaminski, MD, is a world-renowned psychiatrist with over 35 years of experience working with world leaders, top professionals. and thousands of people from all walks of life.
Dr. Kaminski is a true pioneer in the psychiatric field with a deeply humanistic approach, a rare healing gift, and a unique perspective on the human condition. His work has been lauded by the numerous people whom he has helped and the many health professionals with whom he has collaborated.
Following years of serving in every facet of psychiatry – from academic and research work through clinical, government, and public service – Dr. Kaminski is the founder and director of THE INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE PSYCHIATRY in New York City. TIIPS is a ground-breaking not-for-profit institute dedicated to optimizing available treatments in medicine and psychiatry.
Over the past ten years, and in response to the emergence of a major international crisis of drugs and alcohol addiction, Dr. Kaminski has dedicated an increasingly substantial part of his clinical work to devising and implementing innovative methods to heal individuals with severe addictions.
Having worked successfully behind the scenes with many celebrities in the public eye, in 2018, Dr. Kaminski founded THE F.A.M.E. INSTITUTE in response to the need for early detection of and intervention in the unique mental health problems of people catapulted into fame. Working with an expert team of scientists and statisticians at the FAME Institute, Dr. Kaminski is developing a proprietary method called The FAME Scale, which allows for a scientifically controlled, measurable way of predicting an individual’s ability to handle success and fame.
In the 1990s, while working at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, Dr.Kaminski made several groundbreaking discoveries in brain research – most notably the role of histamine in degenerative brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, Multiple Sclerosis and Schizophrenia. Dr. Kaminski was awarded eleven international patents in recognition of his scientific work.
A sought-after public speaker, Dr. Kaminski gives lectures, talks, and seminars in public and academic forums worldwide. Topics of expertise range from Schizophrenia, Depression, and Brain Degenerative Disorders to stress management and the understanding of integrative approaches to psychiatric issues.
Throughout his career, Dr. Kaminski has been a leader in advocacy groups for people with mental illness. In 1996, he was offered the position of Medical Director for Operations and Commissioner Liaison to families at the New York State Office of Mental Health. As a special advisor to the Commissioner of Mental Health in New York State, Dr. Kaminski advised the commissioner and legislature on wide-ranging topics involving mental health issues.
Dr. Kaminski created and promoted award-winning community programs, including the famed “Second Chance” program. The recipient of many awards, Second Chance is now in effect not only in New York and other states in the US but internationally as well, including Argentina and Pakistan. Dr. Kaminski has been invited to speak and consult about his community programs worldwide and was awarded the Outstanding Treatment Initiative Award in 2002 in recognition of their success. During the 9/11 attacks on NYC, Dr. Kaminski, through his NYS government position, was one of the principal organizers of the mental health response to the disaster.
A recipient of many awards, Dr. Kaminski was awarded the “Exemplary Psychiatrist Award” from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the “Physician of the Year” award from the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and the “Charles E. Colt Excellence in Service” award. In addition, in recognition of his Excellence in Teaching as the Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Kaminski was inducted into the Medical Honor Society Alpha Omega Alpha.