Clinical Practice:

Dr. Cortes-Ladino, MD, SM, CPH helps patients and their families to cope with cancer at all stages, providing Supportive, Cognitive Behavioral, and Meaning-Centered tools, and when needed, dealing with end-of-life issues.

He treats neuropsychiatric adverse reactions of chemotherapy agents, as well as interactions between psychiatric medications and chemotherapy agents.

He also manages cancer-related pain syndromes, including botox treatment of chronic migraine.

He has co-authored chapters in major textbooks of pain and gastroenterology, and has special interest in cancer as a public health problem.

Dr. Cortes-Ladino sees patients at Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami Beach and Mount Sinai Aventura.

Other training:

Harvard School of Public Health: Master in Health Care Management.

Harvard Business School: General Management Program.

Academics:

Dr. Cortes-Ladino is an active member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Academy of Pain Management.

*This physician is employed by Mount Sinai Medical Center

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications and Presentations:

• Cortes-Ladino A. The Psychiatrist Role in Geriatric Gastroenterlogy. Chapter in: Dharmarajan TS, Pitchumoni CS, eds. Geriatric Gastroenterology. New York, NY: Springer; 2012.
• Breitbart W, Cortes-Ladino A. Pain in HIV Disease. Chapter in: Bonica’s Management of Pain, 4 ed, Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins; 2010:827-845.
• Levin T, Cortes-Ladino A. Life-Threatening Serotonin Toxicity due to a Citalopram- Fluconazole drug interaction: Case Reports and discussion. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 Jul – Aug;30(4):372-7.
• 09/12/2019: Medical Cannabis in Colombia: From Licensing to Processing to Treatment of Medical Problems. Presentation at FEDECORE – Federation of Regional Councils of Colombia. President: Mr. John Jairo Ramirez Valencia.  Bogota, Colombia.
• 04/6/2019: Lecture at the Annual Oncology Symposium, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL
  How to Recognize and Treat Fear, Anxiety, and Depression in Cancer Patients.
• 04/14/2018: Lecture at the International Symposium and Update on Colorectal Cancer Miami Beach, FL
  Psycho-Oncology Role in Colorectal Cancer.
• 10/11/2017: Grand Rounds- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL
  Psycho-Oncology: A Powerful Tool for a Public Health Problem.
• 09/09/2011: Psychiatric Approach to the Patient with Cancer. Grand Rounds, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
• 09/30/2010: Psychiatric Emergencies – An Update. Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
• 06/18/2008: Cortes-Ladino A. Encephalopathy and Depression: Report of a case of ADEM (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis). Presented at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Fellows’ Symposium and Dukoff Visiting Professorship.
• 6/8-13/2008: Chairman and Moderator, Symposium: Rapid Screening for Unmet Psychosocial Needs Using the Latest Methods: Can We identify Who Needs Help? Part 2. Individual Podium Lectures: Screening Tools. Workshop: Family Therapy During Palliative Care. 10th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Madrid, Spain.
• 06/14/2007 Cortes-Ladino A, Kissane D. Mycosis Fungoides-Sezary Syndrome: A Case Report of Mood Disorder Secondary to General Medical Condition. Presented at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Fellows’ Symposium and Dukoff Visiting Professorship.
• 01/25/2007: Cortes-Ladino A, Levin T, Holland J, Jakubowski A. Psychosocial Screening for Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Presented at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Fellows’ Symposium and Dukoff Visiting Professorship.
• 06/06/2005: Cortes-Ladino A, Kring B, Finkel M. Los Secuestrados: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Kidnapped Individuals in Colombia. A Pilot Study. Presented at the Joel Gernsheimer Research Fair, Lincoln Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College.