Eva Ritvo
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Eva Ritvo MD is an American
television and radio personality, author, and psychiatrist
most noted for her work on women's empowerment
issues and self-help book
s.
She is an internationally known expert practicing at Mount Sinai Medical Center
in Miami Beach, Florida
. In private medical practice, she has more than a twenty year career in treating individuals, couples, and families. As a public expert, she has made frequent public speaking and television appearances including NBC's
TODAY Show and a special segment on EXTRA called “Beauty and the Brain” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLBNQfYbqT8 NBC Extra:Beauty Prescription, with Dr. Debra Luftman and Dr. Eva Ritvo. She had a long running TV segment called “Real Relationship”. She has been featured in the Miami Herald, the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The Daily News Celebrity Watch, USA Today
, the Wall Street Journal, WebMD
,, SELF magazine, Good Housekeeping
, O Magazine, Allure and others. She is a regular guest on radio show called Brain Food for the Heartland and is on numerous radio shows around the county.
/ Cornell University
and received undergraduate and medical degrees from University of California
, Los Angeles. She is the former vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine where she remains as an Associate Professor on the voluntary faculty. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
, a member of the American College of Psychiatry, and the International Society of Sports Psychiatry.
United States
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television and radio personality, author, and psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
most noted for her work on women's empowerment
Empowerment
Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, racial, educational, gender or economic strength of individuals and communities...
issues and self-help book
Self-help book
Self-help books are books written with the stated intention to instruct any readers on a number of personal problems. They take their name from Self-Help, the Victorian best-seller, but are also known and classified under "self-improvement", a term that is a modernized version of self-help...
s.
She is an internationally known expert practicing at Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute
Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute is a hospital located at 4300 Alton Road in Miami Beach, Florida, and is the largest independent non-profit teaching hospital in the state. The institution was incorporated on March 11, 1946, and opened on its current location on Sunday, December...
in Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach, Florida
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. In private medical practice, she has more than a twenty year career in treating individuals, couples, and families. As a public expert, she has made frequent public speaking and television appearances including NBC's
NBC
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TODAY Show and a special segment on EXTRA called “Beauty and the Brain” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLBNQfYbqT8 NBC Extra:Beauty Prescription, with Dr. Debra Luftman and Dr. Eva Ritvo. She had a long running TV segment called “Real Relationship”. She has been featured in the Miami Herald, the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The Daily News Celebrity Watch, USA Today
USA Today
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, the Wall Street Journal, WebMD
WebMD
WebMD is an American corporation which provides health information services. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Clark and Pavan Nigam as Healthscape, later Healtheon, and then acquired WebMD in 1999 to form Healtheon/WebMD...
,, SELF magazine, Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal," popularly known as the...
, O Magazine, Allure and others. She is a regular guest on radio show called Brain Food for the Heartland and is on numerous radio shows around the county.
Education and medical career
Ritvo completed her residency training at New York Hospital Payne Whitney ClinicPayne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
At his death in 1927, Payne Whitney bestowed the funds to build and endow the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic on the Upper East Side of Manhattan...
/ Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
and received undergraduate and medical degrees from University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Los Angeles. She is the former vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
Miller School of Medicine where she remains as an Associate Professor on the voluntary faculty. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential worldwide. Its some 38,000 members are mainly American but some are international...
, a member of the American College of Psychiatry, and the International Society of Sports Psychiatry.
Author
Ritvo has written and lectured extensively in the US, and internationally on the science and meaning of "beauty” and on women’s empowerment issues. Dr. Ritvo has written book chapters and articles on topics that include body dysmorphic disorder, managing patient expectations and handling difficult patients. She is co-author of the best-selling self-help book "The Beauty Prescription" (McGraw-Hill, 2008). She is the lead author of "The Concise Guide to Marriage and Family Therapy" and has written the chapters on family and couples therapy for leading psychiatric textbooks.Causes
At the Miller School of Medicine, Ritvo initiated the Margaret Ann Aitcheson Humanitarian Award named in honor of Tipper Gore’s mother and first recipient. The award honors those who have made an outstanding contribution in the field of mental health. Dr. Ritvo is an active member of the Board of the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation and holds hosts the Annual Marissa Nestor Tennis Invitational to raise funds for the organization as well as assisting in numerous other events throughout the year.External links
- The Beauty Prescription, McGraw-Hill
- Official Site: Dr. Eva Ritvo
- NBC Extra:Beauty Prescription, with Dr. Debra Luftman and Dr. Eva Ritvo
- "Going to Extremes: Beauty Prescription" Psychology Today
- Why Others See You as 20% More Attractive, The Daily Mail UK, July 21, 2008
- 10 Ways to Think Yourself Beautiful, MSN Glo