Muhamad Aly Rifai

In Easton, Pennsylvania, Muhamad Aly Rifai, a psychotherapist with extensive training, has a private practice. He is a physician and an authority on addiction. He is a lifelong learner and maintains proficiency in telepsychiatry, neuromodulation, psychedelics, and clinical research.

duties of today:

For the last eleven years, Muhamad Aly, who founded Blue Mountain Psychiatry in the Allentown, Pennsylvania area, has served as the hospital's chief psychiatrist and internist. Blue Mountain Psychiatry has grown to be the biggest independent mental health organization in the Lehigh Valley during the last 10 years.

The company has over 30 staff who are specialists in providing cutting-edge therapies and a variety of psychiatric services, such as private psychiatry, Ketamine therapy, tele services, and medicines for addiction treatment. A fifth treatment center is being built for the area of eastern Pennsylvania.

Since February 2013 to the present, he has also worked as the medical director for eastern Pennsylvania. As the director of the county center for recovery, he is in charge of the only inpatient detoxification program with access to drug and alcohol therapy. Due to his position, he is able to carry out the responsibilities of the mental medical director.

An additional duty is working as a contract clinical professor of psychiatry for Misericordia University.

Career History:

Before starting Blue Mountain Psychiatry, Muhamad Aly Rifai served for six years as the Avicenna Endowed Chair of Psychiatric Medicine and for three years as a medical director in psychiatry at Easton Hospital, a Steward Health Care facility in Easton, Pennsylvania. As the medical director of the adult unit, he was in charge of 16 beds and focused on improving patients' quality of life.

Previously, I held a contract position at DeSales University as a clinical professor of psychiatry. He monitored students who wanted to become physician assistants and psychiatric nurse practitioners in this role.

From June 2007 until June 2020, he also worked as an adjunct professor of medicine and psychiatry at Drexel University.

A chief medical officer post at Allentown's New Vitae Wellness and Recovery as well as a clinical professorship for psychiatry and medicine were among the notable roles held throughout a seven-year span.

Academic History Rifai started attending American International College, where in September 1990 he graduated with honors and a higher national diploma. Later, he studied in Aleppo University, where he graduated with a medical degree.

Between 1996 to 1998, Muhamad Aly Rifai completed the psychopharmacology program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In 2012, he attended a Discovery Channel Media Boot Camp at Harvard University, and in 2017, he enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University's Masters of Medical Management program.

Rifai finished his residency at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, where he also studied psychiatry and internal medicine. He also held the position of head resident at the University of Virginia in Roanoke from July 2001 to June 2003. The chief resident of the facility was in charge of internal medicine, psychiatry, and medicine and psychiatry. He also won an award for distinguished research as a student at the college.

Professional Background and Competencies:

Rifai has been an American Psychiatric Association life fellow for more than 24 years. Since May 2000, he has served as the association's Janssen Scholar for severe mental disease research and education.

He also held the positions of immediate past president and counselor for the Lehigh Valley Psychiatric Society of the Pennsylvania Psychological Society. He has studied the connection between Hepatitis C and mental illness, and he oversaw the program's course offerings from May 2006 to May 2009.

Successes and accomplishments:

With the Lehigh Valley Psychiatric Society, Muhamad Aly Rifai has served in a variety of capacities throughout the years, including treasurer, president-elect, and board member. He is now the organization's recently departed president.

From May 2004 to May 2006, he represented the Middle Atlantic (Area 3) of the American Psychological Association as a member-in-training.

From 2003 to 2005, he worked as a deputy representative to the assembly region and a member-in-training for the Washington Psychiatric Society.

Since he is a healthcare professional and is well-versed in the difficulties that addictions create in mental illness, Rifai contributes a large portion of his volunteer time to organizations that address mental health and addiction. He is a board member of the Eastern Opioid Awareness Task Force and a member of NAMI Lehigh Valley. He is an advocate for vaccinations with the American College of Physicians and the Northampton County COVID-19 coordinator.

Awards:

The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society presented Rifai with their leadership honor in 2013.

Between January 1997 to June 1998, Muhamad Aly Rifai was a medical lecturer at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and was the recipient of a National Research Service Award in Psychopharmacology.

Personal Interests:

When not working at one of his many jobs or building his own healthcare firm, Rifai enjoys spending time on his own studies and reading fresh academic books.