Cassandra Nicotra, DO
About Cassandra Nicotra, DO
Titles
Attending Psychiatrist
Certifications
Psychiatry – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Awards and Honors
2024, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Brian McConville, MD Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Award
2023, University of Cincinnati Martha Aden, MD Child Psychiatry Champion Award
2021, Mather Hospital Graduate Medical Education Scholarly Activity Day- Third Place
2018, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Excellence in Research Award
2016, College of Medicine Faculty Council Research Day- First place
2016, Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Future of Osteopathic Medicine Award
2015, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Merit Scholarship
2015, Sigma Sigma Phi Osteopathic Honor Society
Leadership and Memberships
2023-present, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
2020-present, American Psychiatric Association
2020-present, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2014-present, American Osteopathic Association
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MS - University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Medical Degree
DO - Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine- Bradenton, Manatee County, FL
Internship
Rotating Internship - Rowan University/Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, NJ
Residency
Psychiatry - Northwell Health/Mather Hospital, Port Jefferson, NY
Fellowship
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Publications
Publications
2021
Nicotra, C., Barnes, M., Macchio, P., Haggerty, G., De Elia, C., & Kaell, A. (2021). Educating internal medicine residents on palliative medicine and hospice care at a community teaching hospital. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 38(7): 741-744.
2019
Lorenzo, S., Nicotra, C.M., Mentreddy A.R., Padia, H.J., Stewart, D.O., Hussein, M.O., & Quinn, T.A., (2019). The assessment of pulmonary function with osteopathic manipulative treatments versus standard respiratory therapy in a healthy population. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 119(3): 155-163.
2016
Brabson, L.A., Brown, J.L, Capriotti M.R., Ramanujam, K., Himle, M.B., Nicotra, C.M., Ostrander, R., Kelly, L.M., Grados, M.A., Walkup, J.T., Perry- Parrish, C., Reynolds, E.K., Hankinson, J.C., & Specht, M.W. (2016). Patterned changes in urge ratings with tic suppression in youth with chronic tic disorders. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50(1), 162-170.
2014
Specht, M. W., Nicotra, C.M., Kelly, L.M., Woods, D.G., Ricketts, E.J., Perry- Parrish, C., Reynolds, E., Hankinson, J., Grados, M.A., Ostrander, R.S., & Walkup, J.T. (2014). A comparison of urge intensity and the probability of tic completion during tic freely and tic suppression conditions. Behavior Modification, 38(2), 297-318.
2013
Specht, M. W., Woods, D.G., Nicotra, C.M., Kelly, L.M., Ricketts, E.J., Conelea, C.A., Grados, M.A., Ostrander, R.S., & Walkup, J.T. (2013). Effects of tic suppression: Ability to suppress, rebound, negative reinforcement, and habituation to the Premonitory urge. Behaviour Research and Therapy Journal, 51(1), 24-30.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2023
Nicotra, C. & Vaughn, S. Catatonia: Characteristics and challenges in youth with significant medical comorbidities (Presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, New York, 2023)
Nicotra, C., Seymour, J., Kurtz, B., & Vaughn, S. A report of psychiatric bias potentially limiting an appropriately broad differential diagnosis in a case of pediatric delirium (Presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2023)
2022
Nicotra, C., Acito, M., Allen, S., Haggerty, G. The relationship between clinician- rated psychopathology prototype ratings and the parent-reported Youth Outcome Questionnaire with adolescents (Presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2022)
2021
Nicotra, C., Santoro, G., & Khan, S. Oxycodone abuse: An atypical cause of limbic encephalopathy (Presented at the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Miami, 2021)
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2023
Nicotra, C.M. & Strawn, J.R. (2023). Advances in pharmacotherapy for pediatric anxiety disorders. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 32(3): 573-587.