The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the appointment of Corinne Catarozoli, Ph.D., as Section Chief of Pediatric Mental Health at Weill Cornell Medicine, effective July 1, 2025. In this new role, Dr. Catarozoli will work closely with Cori Green, MD Vice Chair of Behavioral Health Integration and Innovation and Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA, Division Chief, General Pediatrics as we continue to expand our integrated and collaborative mental health services within our department.
As Section Chief of Pediatric Mental Health in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Dr. Catarozoli will provide overall leadership and direction of the section’s clinical activities and will partner with Dr. Green to develop a program bolstered by academic scholarship and advances in clinical innovation and research. Dr. Catarozoli, who joined the Department in 2025 and WCM in 2016, has worked with our department since 2017 to build and oversee our mental health services. Dr. Catarozoli launched the Youth Cope program, which provides short-term co-located mental health treatment to children in both subspecialty and primary care pediatrics. She founded and directs the Pediatric Psychology and Integrated Care Fellowship and Externship programs. Dr. Catarozoli is also a recent graduate of the WCM Wolk Leadership Fellowship Program.
In collaboration with Drs. Green and Bostwick, Dr. Catarozoli’s priorities include aligning the Pediatric Mental Health practice’s metrics with PO and Departmental targets. She looks forward to fostering ongoing partnerships with pediatric medical divisions, identifying collaborations to extend reach, and enhancing the impact of our mental health initiatives through philanthropy and grants. Another priority will be building specialized programming to address areas of clinical need through cutting-edge behavioral health treatment.
Dr. Catarozoli earned her B.A. in Psychology from Wake Forest University, her M.A. in Psychology from New York University, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She completed her internship at Montefiore Medical Center/The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where she received specialized training in pediatric psychology and the application of behavioral health interventions for children and adolescents coping with acute or chronic medical illness. Dr. Catarozoli came to Weill Cornell in 2016 for her fellowship with the Youth Anxiety Center and joined the WCM faculty in 2018.