Dr. Goksin Ozkarahan, MD

01/03/2024

Dear followers — I will not be posting on this page anymore and have switched my professional page to Instagram

If interested in viewing future content, please join me there with link below:

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See you on the other side! 🙂

11/24/2023

In my psychiatric practice, one of my areas of focus is on “Lifestyle Psychiatry” where I educate and motivate my patients to make healthy lifestyle modifications for optimal brain /body health. 🧠💪

In addition to my credentials as a Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Coach by NASM (The National Academy of Sports Medicine), I am now a NASM-Certified WEIGHT LOSS Specialist!

Super excited about this new addition to my practice and to arm my patients with more knowledge on how to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle balance. 💛

06/14/2023

As an Admissions Committee Psychiatrist at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, I have been interviewing the students applying to the medical school annually for the past decade. It was so nice to get together with other physician interviewers at the Water Club for NYU’s annual Thank You dinner — in person for the first time in 3 years!

05/28/2023

The 2023 American Psychiatric Association annual meeting in San Francisco was a wonderful time catching up with colleagues and also reinforcing knowledge in nutritional psychiatry, lifestyle psychiatry (including exercise interventions), psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology. Looking forward to next year’s event in NYC! 🏙️

02/10/2023

The destruction caused by the double 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes in my home country of Turkey has been absolutely devastating. While I have experienced many smaller earthquakes during my times there, I have never seen anything of this magnitude. As my paternal grandfather is from Gaziantep, I found out that I lost a total of 6 distant relatives from this quake. With the death toll at 22,000 and soaring —Turkey desperately needs help, and no amount is too small. We’re deeply grateful for any contribution.

If you feel called to assist, I recommend donating to Turkish Philanthropy Funds. They’re the most reputable and transparent charity in the Turkish American community. You will receive periodic updates on how your funds were used and the impact they have made, and your donations are tax-deductible. Link in comments.

For those who prefer to help in other ways, the Turkish Consulate in NYC is accepting items for drop-off. Please see attached. If you live elsewhere, please check with your local Turkish consulate. Thank you!

04/09/2022

Come check out my new private practice website at www.OzkarahanMD.com with information about virtual therapy, lifestyle psychiatry, and more! 🌺.

12/04/2020

I’m very honored and grateful to be a repeat recipient of New York’s small business awards in the Psychiatrists category—even during this challenging year. Here’s a press release of my 2020 award: 🙏✨

“Goksin Ozkarahan, MD selected for 2020 New York Small Business Excellence Award-

New York,NY - 11/13/2020 — Goksin Ozkarahan, MD has been selected for the 2020 New York Small Business Excellence Award in the Psychiatrists classification by the New York Small Business Excellence Award Program.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category.

The 2020 New York Small Business Excellence Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the New York Small Business Excellence Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About the New York Small Business Excellence Awards Program:

The New York Small Business Excellence Awards recognizes outstanding small businesses that serve the New York area. Each year, our selection committee identifies businesses that we believe have achieved outstanding marketing success in their local community and business classification.

Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value. These are small businesses that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the New York area a vibrant and vital place to live.

The New York Small Business Excellence Awards was established to reward the best of small businesses in New York. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to award the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE:
New York Small Business Excellence Award Program”

02/12/2020

As a lifestyle and fitness-oriented psychiatrist, I often inquire about how much movement my patients are getting or what they're eating. But, due to our limited training in exercise and nutrition, most of us physicians are ill equipped to get into the specifics of those plans. Although it’s not necessary for MDs to do this, my active lifestyle has motivated me to earn multiple fitness credentials by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), which better inform my coaching work in these areas. These certifications are not one and done -- I have to continually self-educate and re-certify every 2 years. My own athlete mindset has gotten me very fit and strong but, with aging, has also led to exhaustive experience with injuries and rehabilitation. I've seen the rewards of high fitness, I've seen the detriments, and I’ve seen the complexities involved with recovery. All of these layers combined have led me to my next project.

That's why I'm excited to have recently upgraded my Fitness Nutrition certification to become a NASM-CERTIFIED NUTRITION COACH -- the most comprehensive nutrition coaching credential out there. By using sound scientific principles and a reasonable /moderate approach, this coaching program has helped me to navigate nutritional fads, myths, and diets and will better enable me to educate my psychiatric patients in this area of their wellness.

With this new certification has come some website edits to allow my entire message to flow more smoothly. This graphic from my website helps encapsulate a few areas of my work in one photo-- namely, exercise, nutrition, and medication management.

www.OzkarahanMD.com

Headshot by: David Noles Photography

11/20/2019

It's always fun to receive awards when you're just working hard at your job! Press release:

Goksin Ozkarahan, M.D. Receives 2019 Best of Manhattan Award

MANHATTAN November 13, 2019 -- Goksin Ozkarahan, M.D. has been selected for the 2019 Best of Manhattan Award in the Doctors & Clinics category by the Manhattan Award Program.

Each year, the Manhattan Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Manhattan area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2019 Manhattan Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Manhattan Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Manhattan Award Program

The Manhattan Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Manhattan area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Manhattan Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE: Manhattan Award Program

11/10/2019

Pushing too hard all of the time is a recipe for entering the zone of injury. Great article talking about pacing oneself using the 80/20 rule to avoid issues with your tissues: working out at a low intensity 80% of the time, and a moderate to high intensity for 20% of the time.
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09/16/2019

08/16/2019

There is a growing body of scientific evidence regarding the link between the state of flow, or “being in the zone”, and happiness. The flow state indicates being completely absorbed in an activity that one finds voluntary, enjoyable, and intrinsically motivating to the point where the focus is on the process and not the outcome. The hardest part is sometimes finding what that thing is. For me, that activity that “flows” me has been open water scuba diving. Once you have found yours—make time for it, treasure it, and own it. 💫✨

05/22/2019

Just attended another great American Psychiatric Association conference —> this time celebrating 175 years of the APA, America’s oldest medical society. I spent most my time in lecture topics of positive psychiatry, cognitive behavioral therapy, sports psychiatry, and building wellness & resilience. Thanks to the wonderful city of San Francisco for hosting us!

04/26/2019

Interesting...Furthermore’s take: Almond milk is lower in calories but also in nutrients.

How it impacts your workouts, the environment, and more

03/26/2019

An important thing to hold in mind for those with risk factors or regular cannabis use. Why do we immediately expose the brain to “chocolate cake” to satisfy a sweet craving when a corn muffin may do the trick? Point of story — Consider starting with less potent options first and work our way up as needed.

The risk of psychosis associated with use of amphetamine in youth for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is twice as high as...

03/19/2019

An informative article about sports nutrition concepts -- including nutrient timing, different types of nutrients, hydration, and supplements -- to promote optimal recovery.

Whether you’ve just finished a HIIT workout, completed a CrossFit WOD, hit your PR or finished a triathlon, your focus should move from performance to recovery. This involves: Refueling Repairing Rehydrating Revitalizing Evidence-based strategies to enhance the recovery process should focus on: En...

01/30/2019

People who exercise have different proteins moving through their bloodstreams than those who are generally sedentary.

01/05/2019

On a recent trip to Istanbul, I stood on the European side gazing over the Bosphorus Strait onto the Asian side of the city. As we enter a new year and reflect on what we’d like to shed and where we’d like to arrive, it’s as though we ask ourselves how to cross over this Strait onto the other continent. It’s all so close, yet so far away...But we can make it attainable if we do the work.