Susan Matorin

Susan Matorin is being recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Top Social Worker for the successes she has accrued at Weill Cornell Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Established in 1989, the Weill Medical College of Cornell is a renowned institution that is venerated for its clinical and medical research. Weill Cornell is dedicated to offering patients the latest innovations in healthcare. For a number of years, Ms. Matorin, as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Columbia School of Social Work, taught a highly popular course titled “Social Work With Families.”

With more than five decades of experience, Ms. Matorin is a leading licensed social worker at Weill Cornell, and later a professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. She offers individual, couples, and family therapy, specializing in women’s, child and adolescent, adult and general psychiatry. Over the course of her career, she has attained extensive experience treating bipolar, mood, and borderline personality disorders.

In preparation for her career, Ms. Matorin attended Columbia School of Social Work, earning a Master of Social Worker with honors in 1966. Following her studies, she earned her Academy of Certified Social Workers credentials. Ms Matorin was honored by the school at its Centennial celebration for Leadership in Social Work Practice; and received the Hyman Weiner Award by the National Society of Social Work Leadership in Health Care.

At the beginning of her psychology career, Ms. Matorin worked in summer research with Dr. Sydney Brandon, a widely-recognized Psychiatrist. She was also mentored by the Chair of the Psychology Department at Vassar College, and gained valuable knowledge and experience to succeed in her field of expertise.

She remains up to date with changes in her field through affiliations with the Helen Rehr Center for Social Work Practice where she just completed a 2 year tenure as Chair, and membership on the executive committee of the New York City Chapter of the Society for Social Work Leaders in Healthcare. Ms. Matorin chairs the Lucille Austin lectureship committee at Columbia School of Social Work which sponsors annual lectures to address such timely topics as homelessness, children at the border in the immigration crisis, and the assault on women’s rights.

Sharing her breadth of expertise, Ms. Matorin has written numerous publications. She remains active in research, having published articles on family treatment with adolescents, collaboration with pastoral care, psychopharmacology for social workers, the corporatization of mental health care, and stigma.

An active member of her community, Ms. Matorin has volunteered her time with the Jewish Board of Children and Family Services. She can be seen in a video titled “Any Given Day” as part of their marketing campaign established for Help Starts Here — a project of the National Association of Social Work.

Looking to the future, Ms. Matorin hopes to complete more professional writing projects, on a national and international level and hopes to do better because of her work teaching, and writing, leaving a legacy for her son and grandchildren. She is passionate about helping people recover lives damaged by psychiatric illness and crushing social problems, and grateful to have acquired the skills to be helpful.

Ms. Matorin dedicates this recognition to her grandchildren Tess Vivienne and Theo Dylan.

For more information, visit www.med.cornell.edu and www.weillcornell.org/susanmatorin.