Meet Sydney Shope
Sydney is a Columbia University trained, board certified Doctor of Nursing Practice and Assistant Professor at Columbia University.
She has particular expertise treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and anxiety in children, adolescents, and adults. She uses psychotherapy, medication, or a combination of both in treating her patients.
Sydney received her Bachelors of Science in nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree, and Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree from Columbia University School of Nursing. She is board certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and is a licensed psychopharmacologist.
Sydney researched eating disorders, body image dysmorphia, and steroid usage at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and worked as an inpatient psychiatric registered nurse at Mount Sinai West. She currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at New York University and as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University, where she teaches Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner students and is a portfolio advisor for Doctorate of Nursing Practice students.
Sydney is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Meet Samantha Levy
Sam provides trauma-informed and person-centered psychiatric treatment to clients across the lifespan. She is grateful to help her patients improve their behavioral and emotional health and well-being through medication management, individual psychotherapy, or a combination of both.
Sam specializes in prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal women's mental health while also working with children, adolescents, and adults. She enjoys helping patients struggling with OCD, anxiety, depression, and ADHD, as well as helping people come off of medications as appropriate.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Hamilton College, her Master of Public Health degree from Yale University, and her Master of Science in nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from Columbia University School of Nursing. Sam participated in a fellowship at Thundermist Medical Center in Rhode Island, with specialty training at the Women & Infants Hospital’s perinatal partial hospitalization program. She is board certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
She is a current member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She was awarded the Columbia University School of Nursing Mary Bleecker Simmons ’60 Award, which is presented to the graduate who demonstrates compassion and devotion to the mental health needs of patients. She is additionally affiliated with New York Presbyterian-Columbia spearheading a new women's mental health program specifically working to improve maternal mental health.
Meet Kate Scandale
Kate offers compassionate, trauma-informed psychiatric care tailored to each adolescent or adult she works with. She finds real meaning in partnering with her patients to strengthen their emotional well-being and day-to-day functioning through thorough psychiatric evaluation and thoughtful medication management.
With a foundation in both neuroscience and hospital medicine, Kate is especially attuned to the connection between physical and mental health. She works with adolescents and adults facing OCD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. She also has experience supporting people who are dealing with co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions and substance use.
Kate holds a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from Union College. She also earned both her Bachelor and Master of Science in nursing from New York University, where she trained as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She completed her psychiatric clinical training with NYU Langone’s Community Medicine Program and the Bowery Residents’ Committee. There she conducted in-depth psychiatric assessments and managed medications for adults living with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and significant psychosocial challenges. Kate is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, credentialed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Kate’s clinical roots are at NYU Langone Medical Center. As a registered nurse there, she cared for medically complex patients with co-occurring mental health needs and partnered with psychiatric and crisis teams during behavioral emergencies. She later took on leadership roles in Interventional Radiology as Charge Nurse and New Nurse Preceptor. She helped patients feel at ease during high-stress procedures, led de-escalation during medical and psychiatric emergencies, and mentored newly hired nurses.
Kate belongs to the American Nurses Association.
