Dr. Lantz is the Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, NY. She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program at Beth Israel Medical Center. Prior to joining the staff at Beth Israel Medical Center, Dr. Lantz served as Director of Psychiatry at The Jewish Home & Hospital for 12 years. Dr. Lantz completed her residency in Psychiatry at Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center and her Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center.
Dr. Lantz serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. She is also series editor of the AAGP sponsored column “Psychiatry Rounds” in the journal Clinical Geriatrics. She has published many articles related to dementia, depression, psychiatry in the nursing home and the treatment of agitation. Dr. Lantz is active in teaching medical students, residents and fellows and has a special interest in behavioral interventions for dementia care. She conducted clinical trials involving the use of new antipsychotic agents, cognitive enhancers and hypnotic agents in older adults.
