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Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD

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(Matthew Shear, M.D.)

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Specializes in: Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychiatry
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Professional interests include: eating disorders
21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605

Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD is a psychiatrist in New York, NY specializing in psychiatry and pediatric psychiatry. He graduated from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Psychiatry Specialty Center.

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Office Locations

Address:

315 East 62nd Street 5th Floor
New York, NY 10065

Address:

21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605

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Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are mental and physical illnesses that impact behavior, emotions, and thoughts about eating, food, body appearance, and weight. These disorders are characterized by preoccupations with food and physical size, resulting in dramatic lifestyle changes and adverse health effects. In the past, eating disorders were often diagnosed using BMI (body mass index), or by assessing someone's weight. Eating disorders specialists now recognize that eating disorders may occur in people of all sizes. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder (BED).

Anorexia nervosa, frequently referred to as anorexia, is a disorder where people severely restrict the types and quantity of food they eat. Those with anorexia have an extreme fear of eating and gaining weight and may repeatedly weigh themselves or engage in harmful behaviors such as excessive exercise or starvation. Those with anorexia often find themselves preoccupied with food, but unable to consume a healthy amount of it. This results in symptoms such as abnormally low BMI, vitamin deficiency, fatigue, fainting, and amenorrhea (lack of menstruation in women). Anorexia may cause bluish discoloration of the hands, brittle and falling out hair, yellowish skin, and lanugo (fine, downy hair). Left untreated, anorexia can lead to organ failure, brain damage, and even death.

Bulimia nervosa, typically called bulimia, is a disorder where people binge (eat large quantities of food) and purge the food that they just consumed by vomiting, laxative abuse, fasting, or excessive exercise. This behavior is usually motivated by a feeling of powerlessness over eating and a fear of weight gain or desire for weight loss. Bulimia can occur in underweight, normal weight, and overweight people. Symptoms of bulimia include acid reflux, intestinal distress, dehydration from purging, amenorrhea, and dental erosion from vomiting. Some people with bulimia have swollen parotid glands (salivary glands near the cheeks) and red scars and marks on the backs of their knuckles. Electrolyte imbalance from bulimia can be particularly severe and may lead to heart attack or stroke.

Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder. People with BED feel that they are unable to control the amount of food they eat and may continue to binge after reaching a point of fullness. BED binges (consuming large amounts of food) are often accompanied by feelings of sadness, guilt, and shame. Symptoms of BED include obesity, acid reflux, weight gain, and dissatisfaction with one's body. People with BED tend to experience cycles of negative emotions and binges. Binges or BED episodes can be provoked by stress, boredom, restrictive dieting, depression, and other triggers.

Other common eating disorders include:

  • Pica, eating things that are not food, such as paper, ice, or soil
  • Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), disinterest in eating and avoidance of food
  • Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED), abnormal eating that does not fall under any disorder

Many people with eating disorders do not consciously develop them, and have difficulty seeking treatment. For this reason, it's important to detect and treat eating disorders as early as possible. Treatment for eating disorders can vary from therapy visits to inpatient treatment, depending on the disorder and its severity. Treatment aims to not only restore physical health and correct negative behaviors, but to also promote psychological well-being and self-confidence.

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD treated as a psychiatrist in New York, NY were hospital care and inpatient care.

hospital care 128
inpatient care 128

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD.

Age
75 to 84
85 and over
Less than 65 1
65 to 74

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD From 2013 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD treated were depression and high cholesterol.

Hypertension
High Cholesterol 10
Stroke
Ischemic Heart Disease
Depression 52
Chronic Kidney Disease
Asthma
Osteoporosis
Heart Failure
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Diabetes
Atrial Fibrillation
Cancer
Dementia

Education & Training

Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD graduated from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed residency at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychiatry and has a state license in New York.

Medical School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Residency: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychiatry

Licensed In: New York

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

NewYork-Presbyterian
Weill Cornell Psychiatry Specialty Center

Insurance Information

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Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Aetna - NYP and Aetna.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Matthew James Shear, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Aetna - NYP
Aetna

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General Payments

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Payments by Company
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. $244 LATUDA
$244
Types of Payments
Food and Beverage $244

Biography

Dr. Matthew Shear's medical specialty is pediatric psychiatry. He is professionally affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian. Dr. Shear welcomes new patients at his office inNew York, NY as reported by Yext.

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