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Eric Prensky, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Email : eprensky@psych.uic.edu

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychiatry
Center for Cognitive Medicine (MC913)
912 S. Wood St. Ste. 832
Chicago IL 60612-7327  USA

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Dr. Prensky is a licensed clinical psychologist and Visiting Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at UIC. Clinically, Dr. Prensky is involved in the Health Psychology Service along with Dr. Susan Labott and Dr. Sarah Shelby, which is part of the Neurobehavior Program directed by Dr. Neil Pliskin. His clinical interests involve inpatient and outpatient treatment with individuals who have a variety of presenting problems including cancer, sickle cell disease, sleep disorders, and chronic pain. He also provides pre-operative psychological evaluations for patients planning to have the laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure. Additionally, Dr. Prensky will be providing biofeedback-assisted relaxation training services to patients at UIC in the near future.

Dr. Prensky is also involved in clinical research in the Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Cognitive Medicine with Dr. John Sweeney. This research focuses on using biofeedback and related relaxation procedures to assist patients who are experiencing extreme anxiety about undergoing an MRI. His previous research was within the area of smokeless tobacco, examining sensory and behavioral properties of a smokeless tobacco substitute.

Dr. Prensky earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Texas Tech University under the mentorship of Dr. Lee Cohen. He completed his clinical psychology internship (with an emphasis on health psychology) at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, IL. Dr. Prensky also completed a one-year post-doctoral fellowship in health psychology at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL.


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