Our Practice
Vivek Agnihotri, M.D.
Dr. Agnihotri is board certified in both Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed his general psychiatry residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and served as the Chief Resident in his last year of residency. He continued his training by obtaining a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at Yale University. At Yale, he trained under pioneers in the field of addiction research and medicine. Dr. Agnihotri was involved in the breakthrough treatment for opiate dependence with Suboxone©/ buprenorphine treatment by the design and introduction of Suboxone clinics at Yale University affiliated hospitals. Dr. Agnihotri has extensive experience in private practice, community mental health clinics, and government and private hospitals. Dr. Agnihotri maintains academic interests and enjoys teaching medical students and residents in the field. He has held faculty appointments as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and currently holds a faculty appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at St. Louis University School of Medicine.
He specializes in the treatment of a wide spectrum of psychiatric illnesses including:
- Opiate Dependence, including heroin and opiate pain medications
- Alcohol Dependence
- Nicotine Dependence
- Other illicit drug abuse issues
- Anxiety Disorders – including Generalized Anxiety, Panic, Social Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder (manic-depression)
- Sleep Disorders
- Adult ADHD
- Psychotic Disorders
- Eating Disorders
Zinia Thomas, M.D.
Dr. Thomas is board certified in both Adult Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She completed her general psychiatry residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and served as the Administrative Chief Resident in her third year of residency. She continued her training by obtaining a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Yale University Child Study Center. She trained under innovators in the field and has a special interest in ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Adolescent Substance Abuse. Dr. Thomas has experience in private practice, community child guidance clinics, long-term State residential facilities, hospital-affiliated Intensive Outpatient Programs/ Partial Hospitalization Programs and Tele-psychiatry. She believes in a developmental approach to childhood illnesses and will spend time gathering history and formulating an individualized treatment plan. She also believes that in addition to medications, the treatment of the child benefits from psychotherapy and would be able to incorporate brief psychotherapy into the treatment plan.
She specializes in the treatment of a wide spectrum of psychiatric illnesses including:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disoder (ADHD/ADD) and other disruptive behavior disorders, including Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorders, including High Functioning Autism, Asperger’s Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
- Adolescent drug abuse issues
- Anxiety disorders, including Generalized Anxiety, Panic, Social Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Depressive Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder (manic-depression)
- Sleep Disorders
- Cognitive Limitations – from Learning Disorders to Mental Retardation
- Psychotic Disorders
- Eating Disorders
