What is a DO? Psychiatrist
Dr. Budoff comes to Aroga after nearly 14 years at Hunterdon Behavioral Health/Hunterdon Medical Center. While at Hunterdon Medical Center, Dr. Budoff was involved with all facets of Psychiatry, treating patients ranging in age from adolescence to older adulthood, and he had served as the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry for a number of years. He continues to be a consultant to a number of nursing homes and assistant living facilities in Hunterdon and Somerset Counties.
Dr. Budoff served for a number of years as a Major in the Medical Corp of the U.S. Army reserves, having been stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., and was involved in assignments within Womack Army Medical Center. He had responsibilities treating soldiers in the esteemed 82nd airborne brigade. He was also called into active duty through Operation Noble Eagle, having served at Fort Knox, KY, at Ireland Army Community Hospital.
Dr. Budoff holds an MBA degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY at Buffalo. He was also a visiting student at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University. He attended medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY; completed a 1-year rotating internship at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, NY; and psychiatric residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center-Hillside Hospital. He then completed a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, through Montefiore Medical Center and Bronx Psychiatric Center.
Dr. Budoff maintains a teaching appointment as Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. At Aroga he will provide outpatient general psychiatry services at each of our office locations, specializing in adult and geriatric psychiatry, with a particular emphasis on psychopharmacotherapy. His work will include the treatment of anxiety conditions, mood disorders, ADHD, and psychotic disorders.