Dr. Maurice Preter, MD

Concierge Psychiatry, New York, NY

Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC

5.0 (10 reviews)

Dr. Maurice Preter practices Concierge Psychiatry at Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC in New York, NY.

1160 5th Avenue, Suite 112, New York, NY 10029

At a glance

Board certified

Psychiatry and Neurology

Licensed in

Languages

English, French, and German

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About Dr. Preter

Dr. Preter earned his medical degree from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, graduating in 1991. He also attended the Sorbonne in Paris. He completed a psychiatry residency at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, from 1994 to 1999.

Dr. Preter founded Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, offering concierge medical consulting services. He clinically focuses on conditions where neurology, mental health, and general medicine intersect, such as dementia and traumatic brain injury. He is fluent in English, French, and German.

Dr. Preter has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2014 and was named to New York Magazine's Top Doctors list from 2014 through 2026. He has also been named to the New York Super Doctors list since 2021. He co-authored a 2012 paper on the diagnosis and assessment of apathy in Chinese patients with Alzheimer's disease in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

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Services

Neuro-psychiatry Anxiety and mood disorders Dementia Alzheimer's disease Psychodynamic psychotherapy Psychiatry in physical illness Diagnostic second opinions Forensic psychiatry Memory disorders

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Education and credentials

Education

Medical degree, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Faculty of Medicine in Germany, 1991

Education

Attended the Sorbonne in Paris, France, as part of his European medical education, prior to postgraduate training in the U.S

Residency

Psychiatry, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, from 1994 to 1999

Training

Completed the Harvard Medical School Program in Psychiatry and the Law at Massachusetts Mental Health Center

Board certified

Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both Neurology and Psychiatry (dual-boarded neuropsychiatrist)

Membership

Professional memberships include the American Academy of Neurology, American Psychiatric Association, International Society for Neuro-Psychoanalysis, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and the American Neuropsychiatric Association

Membership

Additional memberships include the China American Psychoanalytic Alliance (CAPA), the Shanghai International Mental Health Association (SIMHA), the American Association of French-Speaking Health Professionals, and the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)

License

New York 228362 Verify with the NYS Education Department Office of the Professions

NPI

1700092764

Location

1160 5th Avenue, Suite 112, New York, NY 10029

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Recognition and research

Awards

Recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2014.

New York Magazine's Top Doctors list each year

2014 through 2026

Listed in Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors digital guide (2016-2021) and Top Doctors New York Metro Area digital guide (2016-2023), and in the America's Top Doctors book series (14th edition) and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area book series (18th edition).

Named to the New York Super Doctors list since 2021.

Publications

Has co-authored at least 6 research papers indexed in PubMed, the U.S. National Library of Medicine database.

Contributed as a co-author to the 2008 World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and post-traumatic stress disorders, published in the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry.

"Diagnosis and Assessment of Apathy in Chinese Patients with Alzheimer's Disease"

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2012

"Drug Therapy for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia"

Current Neuropharmacology, 2016

Was lead author of "Lifelong opioidergic vulnerability through early life separation: a recent extension of the false suffocation alarm theory of panic disorder", published in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews in 2014.

Was lead author of "Controlled cross-over study in normal subjects of naloxone-preceding-lactate infusions; respiratory and subjective responses: relationship to endogenous opioid system, suffocation false alarm theory and childhood parental loss", published in Psychological Medicine in 2011.

Was lead author of "Panic, suffocation false alarms, separation anxiety and endogenous opioids", published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry in 2008.

Was lead author of "Long-term prognosis in cerebral venous thrombosis. Follow-up of 77 patients", published in Stroke in 1996.

Was lead author of "Crisis and opportunity-The DSM-V and its neurology quandary", published in Asian Journal of Psychiatry in 2009.

Teaching and research roles

Serves on the psychiatry faculty of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, holding the academic title of Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (retired).

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Questions patients ask

Is Dr. Preter board certified?

Yes. Dr. Preter is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology in both Neurology and Psychiatry.

Where did Dr. Preter train?

Dr. Preter earned his medical degree from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Faculty of Medicine in Germany, graduating in 1991. Dr. Preter completed a residency in Psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, from 1994 to 1999.