Relief Resources
Our Team
Yitzchok Abramczyk
Director
Relief Montreal
Gila Bar-Tal
Clinician Researcher
Relief Israel
Arielle Benisti
Pediatric Referrals
Tristate Region
Daniel Berman
Director
Relief Los Angeles
Shaindy Bodenheimer
Pediatric Referrals
Tristate Region
Rivka Burstein
Administrative Assistant
Tristate Region
Blimi Compton
Office Manager
Tristate Region
Rachel Etziony
Controller
Yitzy Faivushevitz
Clinical Liaison for Higher Levels of Care
Kayla Feder
Assistant Liaison for Higher Level of Care
kfeder@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:407
Mordechai Leib Gestetner
Relief Specialist
Relief Monroe
Binyomin Gewirtz
Director
Relief Florida
Shiffy Griver
Clinician Liaision
sgriver@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:414
Simi Halpern
Development Assistant
Tristate Region
Shaya Hamer
Referral Specialist
Relief UK
shamer@reliefhelp.org
(033) 3-344-5595 ext:1003
Suri Hauer
Administrative Assistant
Tristate Region
shauer@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:406
Chani Kaiser
Adult Referral Specialist
Tristate Region
ckaiser@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:422
Shlomo Katz
Director
Relief Israel
Duvie Kessner
Director of Operations
Eli Kofman
Director
Relief Midwest
Gita Leigh
Office Manager
Relief UK
gleigh@reliefhelp.org
(033) 3-344-5595 ext:1001
Devorah Levinson
Director Eating Disorder Division
dlevinson@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:103
Adult Referral Specialist
Menachem Lowy
Director
Relief Monroe
Shuly Marmorstein
Director
Relief Toronto
Esti Mernick
Intake Coordinator
Shifra Pfeffer
Project Coordinator Eating Disorder Division
Motti Rapoport
COO
Chaya Rosenblum
Salesforce Developer
Jonny Ross
Director
Relief UK
jross@reliefhelp.org
(033) 3-344-5595 ext:1000
Riki Schwartz
Director Pediatric Referrals
Tristate Region
Chely Seruya
Pediatric Referrals
Tristate Region
cseruya@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:427
Shiffy Shachor
Office Manager
Referral Specialist
Relief Israel
Zev Slanger
Adult Referral Specialist
Tristate Region
Yisrael Slansky
Director
Relief Maryland
Eli Stewart
Adult Referral Specialist
Tristate Region
Avi Tatel
Adult Referral Specialist Tristate Region
atatel@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:415
Toby Wasser
Director of IT
twasser@reliefhelp.org
(718) 431-9501 ext:426
Shoshana Smulowitz
Clinician Researcher
Relief Resources
Medical Advisory Board

John T. Walkup M.D.
Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Margaret C. Osterman Board Designated Professor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Elliot S. Gershon, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Professor of Human Genetics
- University of Chicago

Michael Jenike, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
- Harvard Medical School
Director Psychiatric Neuroscience Program
- Massachusetts General Hospital

Michael Liebowitz, M.D.
Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Glenn Hirsch, M.D.
Medical Director
- New York University Child Study Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Philip J. Wilner, M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director of Behavioral Health
- New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center
Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Catherine Birndorf, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
CEO/ Medical Director
- The Motherhood Center

David Pelcovitz, PH.D.
Director of Psychology
- North Shore University Hospital
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Katharine L. Loeb, PH.D.
Director of Research and Training
- Chicago Center for Evidence Based Treatment (CCEBT)

Michelle Friedman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Edna B. Foa, PH.D.
Director, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- University of Pennsylvania

Charles A. Kaufmann, M.D., D.F.A.P.A.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Columbia University

John T. Walkup M.D.
Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Margaret C. Osterman Board Designated Professor in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Elliot S. Gershon, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Professor of Human Genetics
- University of Chicago

Michael Liebowitz, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
- Harvard Medical School
Director Psychiatric Neuroscience Program
- Massachusetts General Hospital

Daniel Berman
Director, Anxiety Disorders Clinic
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Glenn Hirsch, M.D.
Medical Director
- New York University Child Study Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Philip J. Wilner, M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director of Behavioral Health
- New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center
Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Catherine Birndorf, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
CEO/ Medical Director
- The Motherhood Center

David Pelcovitz, PH.D.
Director of Psychology
- North Shore University Hospital
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- New York University School of Medicine

Katharine L. Loeb, PH.D.
Director of Research and Training
- Chicago Center for Evidence Based Treatment (CCEBT)

Michelle Friedman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Edna B. Foa, PH.D.
Director, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- University of Pennsylvania

Charles A. Kaufmann, M.D., D.F.A.P.A.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Columbia University