Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – Psychiatry
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue
New Haven, CT 06519
- Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – PsychiatryYale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519
Susan Rubman , PhD
Transplant Psychiatry, Psychology
Telehealth is available
Patient type treated
Child, Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
From physicians only
Board Certified in
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Education & Training
- PhDLouisiana State University, Clinical Psychology (1990)
- ResidentUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center and VA Consortium (1990)
- MALouisiana State University, Clinical Psychology (1986)
- BSUnion College, Psychology (1984)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- 2023-2024 Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Contributions as a Teacher: Psychology Section, Department of Psychiatry (2024)
- Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine: Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2018), (2023)
Board Certifications
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2003)
Professional Service
- American Society of Transplantation Living Donor Community of Practice Mental Health Working Group (2024 - Present): As Co-Chair of the Mental Health Working Group I am leading this multidisciplinary, national group's next project, investigating the care declined living organ donors, and working toward developing practical guidelines.
- JFS Hartford (2023 - Present): Expert member of panel to develop community based mental health educational programs for youth and families in the greater Hartford, CT area
- American Society of Transplantation Psychosocial and Ethics Community of Practice (2022 - Present): Member
- American Journal of Transplantation (2022 - Present): Reviewer
- Department of Psychiatry (2020): Stress and Resilience Town Halls-Multiple episodes as group facilitator
- Department of Psychiatry (2020): Stress and Resilience Town Hall--"Sleep and Dreams in the Time of COVID"
- Department of Psychiatry (2020): Stress and Resilience Town Hall--"Better Sleep Guidelines"
- Yale School of Medicine/YNHH Division of Digestive Health Committee for Behavioral Health Program (2020 - Present): Member of multidisciplinary leadership team developing a Behavioral Health Program for the Digestive Diseases Program in Division of Digestive Health
- American Society of Transplantation Living Donor Community of Practice Mental Health Working Group (2020 - Present): AST LDCOP is a special interest group of the American Transplantation Society.
- North American Living Liver Donor Innovation Group (NALLDIG) (2019 - Present): Multidisciplinary team which serves as a resource to Living Liver Donor programs for clinical support and research queries.
Publications
- Clifton E, Winder G, Lentine K, Zimbrean P, Yadav A, Rubman S, Kalil R, Kumar V, Prashar R, Gan G, Deng Y, Joyce M, Holmes R, Laflen J, Bakhai D, Liapakis A, Doshi M. Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Kidney Donors: A Survey of Current Practices in the United States. Transplantation 2024, 108: e382-e389. PMID: 38867351, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005095.
- Levan ML, LaPointe Rudow D. The Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Kidney Donation: Time for Standardization in Practice. Transplantation 2024 PMID: 38867350, DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005084.
- Kaplan A, Aby E, Scott S, Sonnenday C, Fox A, Mathur A, Olthoff K, Heimbach J, Ladin K, Emamaullee J, Consortium T, Testa G, Gupta A, Lee S, Fricker Z, Hashimoto K, Kwon D, Emond J, Fox A, Samstein B, Brown R, Rosenblatt R, Kubal A, Gilroy R, King E, Heimbach J, Taner T, Watt K, Chacko K, von Ahrens D, Fortune B, Florman S, Schiano T, Liapakis A, Griesemer A, Orandi B, Caicedo J, Dietch Z, Ganger D, Duarte A, Ravindra K, Kappus M, Melcher M, Bhan I, Tholey D, Kaplan A, Anderson B, Selzner N, Roberts J, Pillai A, DiSabato D, Pomfret E, Jackson W, Maluf D, Sonnenday C, Bloom P, Haakinson D, Chinnakotla S, Aby E, Olthoff K, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P, Humar A, Ganesh S, Bambha K, Biggins S, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Tomiyama K, Emamaullee J, Kaur N, Han H, Klair T, Yamaguchi S, Cullen J, Baker T, Kim R, Goldaracena N, Sturdevant M, Kwon Y, Garonzik-Wang J, Al-Adra D, Shingina A, Rizzari M, Mulligan D, Rubman S, Batra R, Batisti J. Financial toxicity in living donor liver transplantation: A call to action for financial neutrality. American Journal Of Transplantation 2024, 24: 1742-1754. PMID: 38763318, PMCID: PMC11439575, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.05.012.
- Coskun A, Aydin A, Tosun S, To U, Rubman S, Schilsky M, Zimbrean P. Wilson Disease and the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring patients’ mental health and vaccination attitudes in a longitudinal study. Frontiers In Psychology 2024, 15: 1326802. PMID: 38803830, PMCID: PMC11129684, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1326802.
- Zimbrean P, Rubman S, Andacoglu O, Bakhai D, Clifton E, Deng Y, Doshi M, Emamaullee J, Gan G, Holmes R, Jaber L, Jackson W, Joyce M, Kalil R, Kumar V, Laflen J, Lentine K, Prashar R, Winder G, Yadav A, Liapakis A. Psychosocial evaluation of living liver donors—State of current practices in the United States. Liver Transplantation 2023, 30: 505-518. PMID: 37861339, DOI: 10.1097/lvt.0000000000000288.
- Emamaullee J, Heimbach JK, Olthoff KM, Pomfret EA, Roberts JP, Selzner N, NALLDIG Consortium. Corrigendum to 'Assessment of long-term outcomes post living liver donation highlights the importance of scientific integrity when presenting transplant registry data' [American Journal of Transplantation. Volume 22, Issue 6, March 2023, Pages 1519-1522]. Am J Transplant 2023, 23: 695. PMID: 36977617, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.03.009.
- Pollok JM, Tinguely P, Berenguer M, Niemann CU, Raptis DA, Spiro M, ERAS4OLT.org collaborative. Enhanced recovery for liver transplantation: recommendations from the 2022 International Liver Transplantation Society consensus conference. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023, 8: 81-94. PMID: 36495912, DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00268-0.
- Camarata M, Ala A, Coskun A, Deng Y, Embel V, Gonzalez-Peralta R, Maciejewski K, Patel A, Rubman S, To U, Tomlin R, Schilsky M, Zimbrean P. Major Depressive Disorder in an International Multisite Wilson Disease Registry. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2022, 64: 106-117. PMID: 36521682, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.12.001.
- The use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidanceFox AN, Liapakis A, Batra R, Bittermann T, Emamaullee J, Emre S, Genyk Y, Han H, Jackson W, Pomfret E, Raza M, Rodriguez‐Davalos M, Gold S, Samstein B, Shenoy A, Taner T, Roberts JP, Group T. The use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidance. Hepatology 2022, 75: 1579-1589. PMID: 34859474, DOI: 10.1002/hep.32260.
- Emamaullee J, Heimbach JK, Olthoff KM, Pomfret EA, Roberts JP, Selzner N, NALLDIG Consortium*. Assessment of long-term outcomes post living liver donation highlights the importance of scientific integrity when presenting transplant registry data. Am J Transplant 2022, 22: 1519-1522. PMID: 35352461, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17045.
- Tebes JK, Awad MN, Connors EH, Fineberg SK, Gordon DM, Jordan A, Kravitz R, Li L, Ponce AN, Prabhu M, Rubman S, Silva MA, Steinfeld M, Tate DC, Xu K, Krystal JH. The Stress and Resilience Town Hall: A systems response to support the health workforce during COVID-19 and beyond. General Hospital Psychiatry 2022, 77: 80-87. PMID: 35569322, PMCID: PMC9033303, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.04.009.
- Adams MA, Andacoglu O, Crouch CE, de Santibañes M, Jackson WE, Jalal A, Montasser IF, Rubman S, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Miller C, Pomfret E. Does pre-operative counselling of the donor improve immediate and short-term outcomes after living liver donation? - A review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clinical Transplantation 2022, e14636. PMID: 35343601, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14636.
- Camarata MA, Ala A, Coskun AK, Deng Y, Gonzalez-Peralta R, Maciejewski KR, Patel A, Rubman S, To U, Tomlin R, Schilsky ML, Zimbrean PC. The Effect of Mental Health, Neurological Disease, and Liver Disease on Quality of Life in Patients With Wilson Disease. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2021, 62: 528-537. PMID: 34044196, PMCID: PMC11165927, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.04.004.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for InsomniaRubman, S., Schneeberg, L. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. In Won, C, Kryger, M. Principles and Practice of Sleep Telemedicine. Elsevier
- Psychological adaptation post transplantationRubman, S. Psychological adaptation post transplantation. In: Zimbrean, P, Sher, E, Crone C, DiMartini, A. Transplant Psychiatry: A Case-Based Approach to Clinical Challenges. Springer Publications
- Who are the members of my transplant team?Zimbrean, P, Hammers, L, Rubman, S. Who are the members of my transplant team? In: Sher, Y, Stern,T. Facing Transplantation: A guide for patients and their families. The Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy.
- Bipolar disorder in patients with Wilson diseaseZimbrean, P & Rubman, S. & Maciejewski, K. & Coskun, & Nalamada, K. & Camarata, M. & Tomlin, R. & Patel, A. & To, U. & Ala, A. & Gonzalez-Peralta, R. & Deng, Y. & Schilsky, M.. (2020). Bipolar disorder in patients with Wilson disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 133. 110055. 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.
- Batra RK, Rubman S. Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence. The American Journal Of Bioethics 2019, 19: 29-31. PMID: 31661403, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1665738.
- Interrelationships among daily and global self-report measures of headachePenzien, D. B., Johnson, C. A., Seville, J. L., Rubman, S., et al. (1994). Interrelationships among daily and global self-report measures of headache. Headache Quarterly, 5(1), 27–33.
- Waters WF, Rubman S, Hurry MJ. The prediction of somatic complaints using the Autonomic Nervous System Response Inventory (ANSRI) and the Daily Stress Inventory (DSI). Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 1993, 37: 117-26. PMID: 8463988, DOI: 10.1016/0022-3999(93)90078-t.
- Evaluation of sleep in patient with chronic fatigueCastriotta, R.J., Rubman, S. & Kass, J.E. (1992). Evaluation of sleep in patient with chronic fatigue. Sleep Research, 21, 286.
Locations
Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – Psychiatry
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue
New Haven, CT 06519
- Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – PsychiatryYale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Education & Training
- PhDLouisiana State University, Clinical Psychology (1990)
- ResidentUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center and VA Consortium (1990)
- MALouisiana State University, Clinical Psychology (1986)
- BSUnion College, Psychology (1984)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- 2023-2024 Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Contributions as a Teacher: Psychology Section, Department of Psychiatry (2024)
- Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine: Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2018), (2023)
Board Certifications
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Behavioral Sleep Medicine (2003)
Professional Service
- American Society of Transplantation Living Donor Community of Practice Mental Health Working Group (2024 - Present): As Co-Chair of the Mental Health Working Group I am leading this multidisciplinary, national group's next project, investigating the care declined living organ donors, and working toward developing practical guidelines.
- JFS Hartford (2023 - Present): Expert member of panel to develop community based mental health educational programs for youth and families in the greater Hartford, CT area
- American Society of Transplantation Psychosocial and Ethics Community of Practice (2022 - Present): Member
- American Journal of Transplantation (2022 - Present): Reviewer
- Department of Psychiatry (2020): Stress and Resilience Town Halls-Multiple episodes as group facilitator
- Department of Psychiatry (2020): Stress and Resilience Town Hall--"Sleep and Dreams in the Time of COVID"
- Department of Psychiatry (2020): Stress and Resilience Town Hall--"Better Sleep Guidelines"
- Yale School of Medicine/YNHH Division of Digestive Health Committee for Behavioral Health Program (2020 - Present): Member of multidisciplinary leadership team developing a Behavioral Health Program for the Digestive Diseases Program in Division of Digestive Health
- American Society of Transplantation Living Donor Community of Practice Mental Health Working Group (2020 - Present): AST LDCOP is a special interest group of the American Transplantation Society.
- North American Living Liver Donor Innovation Group (NALLDIG) (2019 - Present): Multidisciplinary team which serves as a resource to Living Liver Donor programs for clinical support and research queries.
Publications
- Clifton E, Winder G, Lentine K, Zimbrean P, Yadav A, Rubman S, Kalil R, Kumar V, Prashar R, Gan G, Deng Y, Joyce M, Holmes R, Laflen J, Bakhai D, Liapakis A, Doshi M. Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Kidney Donors: A Survey of Current Practices in the United States. Transplantation 2024, 108: e382-e389. PMID: 38867351, DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005095.
- Levan ML, LaPointe Rudow D. The Psychosocial Evaluation of Living Kidney Donation: Time for Standardization in Practice. Transplantation 2024 PMID: 38867350, DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005084.
- Kaplan A, Aby E, Scott S, Sonnenday C, Fox A, Mathur A, Olthoff K, Heimbach J, Ladin K, Emamaullee J, Consortium T, Testa G, Gupta A, Lee S, Fricker Z, Hashimoto K, Kwon D, Emond J, Fox A, Samstein B, Brown R, Rosenblatt R, Kubal A, Gilroy R, King E, Heimbach J, Taner T, Watt K, Chacko K, von Ahrens D, Fortune B, Florman S, Schiano T, Liapakis A, Griesemer A, Orandi B, Caicedo J, Dietch Z, Ganger D, Duarte A, Ravindra K, Kappus M, Melcher M, Bhan I, Tholey D, Kaplan A, Anderson B, Selzner N, Roberts J, Pillai A, DiSabato D, Pomfret E, Jackson W, Maluf D, Sonnenday C, Bloom P, Haakinson D, Chinnakotla S, Aby E, Olthoff K, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P, Humar A, Ganesh S, Bambha K, Biggins S, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Tomiyama K, Emamaullee J, Kaur N, Han H, Klair T, Yamaguchi S, Cullen J, Baker T, Kim R, Goldaracena N, Sturdevant M, Kwon Y, Garonzik-Wang J, Al-Adra D, Shingina A, Rizzari M, Mulligan D, Rubman S, Batra R, Batisti J. Financial toxicity in living donor liver transplantation: A call to action for financial neutrality. American Journal Of Transplantation 2024, 24: 1742-1754. PMID: 38763318, PMCID: PMC11439575, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.05.012.
- Coskun A, Aydin A, Tosun S, To U, Rubman S, Schilsky M, Zimbrean P. Wilson Disease and the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring patients’ mental health and vaccination attitudes in a longitudinal study. Frontiers In Psychology 2024, 15: 1326802. PMID: 38803830, PMCID: PMC11129684, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1326802.
- Zimbrean P, Rubman S, Andacoglu O, Bakhai D, Clifton E, Deng Y, Doshi M, Emamaullee J, Gan G, Holmes R, Jaber L, Jackson W, Joyce M, Kalil R, Kumar V, Laflen J, Lentine K, Prashar R, Winder G, Yadav A, Liapakis A. Psychosocial evaluation of living liver donors—State of current practices in the United States. Liver Transplantation 2023, 30: 505-518. PMID: 37861339, DOI: 10.1097/lvt.0000000000000288.
- Emamaullee J, Heimbach JK, Olthoff KM, Pomfret EA, Roberts JP, Selzner N, NALLDIG Consortium. Corrigendum to 'Assessment of long-term outcomes post living liver donation highlights the importance of scientific integrity when presenting transplant registry data' [American Journal of Transplantation. Volume 22, Issue 6, March 2023, Pages 1519-1522]. Am J Transplant 2023, 23: 695. PMID: 36977617, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.03.009.
- Pollok JM, Tinguely P, Berenguer M, Niemann CU, Raptis DA, Spiro M, ERAS4OLT.org collaborative. Enhanced recovery for liver transplantation: recommendations from the 2022 International Liver Transplantation Society consensus conference. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023, 8: 81-94. PMID: 36495912, DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00268-0.
- Camarata M, Ala A, Coskun A, Deng Y, Embel V, Gonzalez-Peralta R, Maciejewski K, Patel A, Rubman S, To U, Tomlin R, Schilsky M, Zimbrean P. Major Depressive Disorder in an International Multisite Wilson Disease Registry. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2022, 64: 106-117. PMID: 36521682, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.12.001.
- The use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidanceFox AN, Liapakis A, Batra R, Bittermann T, Emamaullee J, Emre S, Genyk Y, Han H, Jackson W, Pomfret E, Raza M, Rodriguez‐Davalos M, Gold S, Samstein B, Shenoy A, Taner T, Roberts JP, Group T. The use of nondirected donor organs in living donor liver transplantation: Perspectives and guidance. Hepatology 2022, 75: 1579-1589. PMID: 34859474, DOI: 10.1002/hep.32260.
- Emamaullee J, Heimbach JK, Olthoff KM, Pomfret EA, Roberts JP, Selzner N, NALLDIG Consortium*. Assessment of long-term outcomes post living liver donation highlights the importance of scientific integrity when presenting transplant registry data. Am J Transplant 2022, 22: 1519-1522. PMID: 35352461, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17045.
- Tebes JK, Awad MN, Connors EH, Fineberg SK, Gordon DM, Jordan A, Kravitz R, Li L, Ponce AN, Prabhu M, Rubman S, Silva MA, Steinfeld M, Tate DC, Xu K, Krystal JH. The Stress and Resilience Town Hall: A systems response to support the health workforce during COVID-19 and beyond. General Hospital Psychiatry 2022, 77: 80-87. PMID: 35569322, PMCID: PMC9033303, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.04.009.
- Adams MA, Andacoglu O, Crouch CE, de Santibañes M, Jackson WE, Jalal A, Montasser IF, Rubman S, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Miller C, Pomfret E. Does pre-operative counselling of the donor improve immediate and short-term outcomes after living liver donation? - A review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clinical Transplantation 2022, e14636. PMID: 35343601, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14636.
- Camarata MA, Ala A, Coskun AK, Deng Y, Gonzalez-Peralta R, Maciejewski KR, Patel A, Rubman S, To U, Tomlin R, Schilsky ML, Zimbrean PC. The Effect of Mental Health, Neurological Disease, and Liver Disease on Quality of Life in Patients With Wilson Disease. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2021, 62: 528-537. PMID: 34044196, PMCID: PMC11165927, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.04.004.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for InsomniaRubman, S., Schneeberg, L. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. In Won, C, Kryger, M. Principles and Practice of Sleep Telemedicine. Elsevier
- Psychological adaptation post transplantationRubman, S. Psychological adaptation post transplantation. In: Zimbrean, P, Sher, E, Crone C, DiMartini, A. Transplant Psychiatry: A Case-Based Approach to Clinical Challenges. Springer Publications
- Who are the members of my transplant team?Zimbrean, P, Hammers, L, Rubman, S. Who are the members of my transplant team? In: Sher, Y, Stern,T. Facing Transplantation: A guide for patients and their families. The Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy.
- Bipolar disorder in patients with Wilson diseaseZimbrean, P & Rubman, S. & Maciejewski, K. & Coskun, & Nalamada, K. & Camarata, M. & Tomlin, R. & Patel, A. & To, U. & Ala, A. & Gonzalez-Peralta, R. & Deng, Y. & Schilsky, M.. (2020). Bipolar disorder in patients with Wilson disease. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 133. 110055. 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.
- Batra RK, Rubman S. Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence. The American Journal Of Bioethics 2019, 19: 29-31. PMID: 31661403, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1665738.
- Interrelationships among daily and global self-report measures of headachePenzien, D. B., Johnson, C. A., Seville, J. L., Rubman, S., et al. (1994). Interrelationships among daily and global self-report measures of headache. Headache Quarterly, 5(1), 27–33.
- Waters WF, Rubman S, Hurry MJ. The prediction of somatic complaints using the Autonomic Nervous System Response Inventory (ANSRI) and the Daily Stress Inventory (DSI). Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 1993, 37: 117-26. PMID: 8463988, DOI: 10.1016/0022-3999(93)90078-t.
- Evaluation of sleep in patient with chronic fatigueCastriotta, R.J., Rubman, S. & Kass, J.E. (1992). Evaluation of sleep in patient with chronic fatigue. Sleep Research, 21, 286.
Locations
Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – Psychiatry
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue
New Haven, CT 06519
- Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – PsychiatryYale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519
Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – Psychiatry
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue
New Haven, CT 06519
- Yale New Haven Transplantation Center – PsychiatryYale Physicians Building800 Howard AvenueNew Haven, CT 06519