Private practice: (1998 – Present)
Positions & Appointments:
2007-PRESENT: Clinical Consultant, On-going Care Team, The Making Headway Foundation, Inc., Chappaqua, NY
1996-2016: Medical Staff of Lenox Hill Hospital, Allied Health Professional, Dept. of Psychiatry, NY, NY
1995-2007: Clinical Director/Consultant & Support Group Leader, The Making Headway Foundation, Inc., Chappaqua, NY
1997-2002: Voluntary Attending Staff, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY
1996-1997: Health Psychologist, Institute for Neurology and
Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, North Division, NY, NY
1992-1993: National Research Service Fellow (NCI), Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Psychiatry, NY, NY
1991-1995: Support Group Leader, Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation, NY, NY
1986-1991: Assistant Professor, Director, Medical Hypnosis Program, Dept. of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
1981-1991: Director, Human Support, Dept. of Nursing, Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis: 1986 - Present
Member at Large (Psychology): 1987–1988
Secretary: 1988–1989, 1990–1991
Scientific Program Co-Chair: 1989–1990
Chair, Speakers' Bureau: 1992
Co-Chair, Intermediate Workshop: 1993
Co-Chair, Advanced Workshop: 1996
Society for Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis: 1987 – Present
Swedish Society of Hypnosis: 1988-1991
International Society of Hypnosis: 1988 – Present
American Psychological Association: 1991 – Present
Milton H. Erickson Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing: 1984
Fellow, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis 1990
National Research Service Award, National Cancer Institute: 1992 – 1993
John D. Fetzer Institute Grant Award, Patient Issues Project: 1993
Advisory Board, Center for Alternative/Complementary Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, NY 1994
Fellow, Society of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis: 1996 – Present
Clinical Editor, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 1994 - 2002
Fellow, Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 1996
Award of Merit: Medical Educator, Clinician, Author and Leader in the Field of Hypnotherapy, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis: 1999
1985 - 1991: Director, Medical Hypnosis Training Program, Dept. of Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Division, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
1987 - 1992: Faculty, Wellness Program for Medical Students,
Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY, NY
1990: Faculty, Hypnosis, Columbia Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Dept. of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Door County Summer Institute, Green Bay, WI
1990: Faculty, Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine, Continuing Medical Education, Dept. of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, NY
1991: Faculty, Hypnosis in Brief Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Implications of Hypnotizability and Personality Style, British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, London, England
1991, 1993, 1994 Faculty, Hypnosis in Brief Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Cape Cod Institute, MA. Dept. of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
1992 - 1993: Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Courses in Psycho-Oncology
& Behavioral Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
1993: Faculty, Special Issues in the Care of the Cancer Patient, Psychiatry Service Seminar, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996: Faculty, Workshop: Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine, American Psychiatric Assoc., Annual Meetings
1996 – 2017: Faculty, Psychology Intern Program, Lenox Hill Hospital, NY, NY
1998: Faculty, Hypnosis and Mind/Body Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, NY, NY
1999: Invited Lecturer, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tuscan, AZ
2004: Faculty, Hypnosis in Psychotherapy and Behavioral Medicine, American Psychiatric Assoc., Annual Meeting
Greenleaf M: Clinical implications of hypnotizability: enhancing the care of medical and surgical patients. Psychiatric Medicine, 10(1), 1992
Spiegel H, Greenleaf M: Personality style and hypnotizability: the fix - flex continuum. Psychiatric Medicine, 10(1), 1992
Greenleaf M, Fisher S, Miaskowski C, DuHamel KN: Hypnotizability and recovery from cardiac surgery. Am J Clin Hypn, 35 (2), 1992
Greenleaf M: Cancer and women: redefining the self. Gynecologic Oncology Nursing, 4(2), 1994
Greenleaf M: Caring for women with cancer: expanding our consciousness. Gynecologic Oncology Nursing, 1995
DuHamel KN, Difede J, Foley F, Greenleaf, M: Hypnotizability and trauma symptoms after burn surgery. Int J Clin Exp Hypn, 50(1): 33, 2002.
Spiegel H, Greenleaf, M: Commentary: defining hypnosis. Am J Clin Hyp, 48 (2-3), 2006
Greenleaf M: Mind styles and hypnotizability: measure and match to enhance medical treatment. Am J Clin Hyp 49(1): 41-58, July, 2006
1982-1983: "A Study of the Efficacy of SelfControl Strategies in the Management of Job Stressors," Dept. of Nursing, HAECOM, Bronx, NY
1983-1985: "Hypnotizability as a Predictor of Recovery for Coronary Artery Bypass Patients," Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, HAECOM, Bronx, NY - Doctoral Dissertation, With Distinction.
1998-1999: “Hypnotizability and Trauma Symptoms After Burn Surgery,” New York Presbyterian Hospital Burn Trauma Unit, Dissertation Committee - KN DuHamel, Ferkauf School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, NY, NY
Greenleaf M. PARTNERSHIP FOR SURVIVAL. "The Cancer Experience: Living with Treatment." Video Series. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society and Glaxo, Inc.