Michelle Jaehning, M.D.

Dynamic ABPN board-certified psychiatrist with extensive experience at Atlantic Health System, specializing in crisis management and psychiatric evaluation. Proven ability to deliver urgent mental health interventions and collaborate effectively with medical teams. Skilled in treatment planning and patient counseling, ensuring holistic care for complex cases. Committed to enhancing patient outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based practices.

• ABPN (ABMS) board certified in Psychiatry

QI Project: Educational Intervention Improves Physicians’ Understanding April 2023 – Present

of Mental Health Resources Available to Crisis Patients Discharged from the Psychiatric Crisis Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical

Center Emergency Department

Case Conference Class Presentation January 2023

• Resident led class presentation regarding a specific topic within Psychiatry and is focused on patient foruation and case conceptualization along with discussing dynamic

and therapeutic components of the case and focusing on the nuances of the individual case o Adolescent-Onset First-Episode Psychosis

Grand Rounds Case Presentation September 2021

• Case Presentation was presented at Grand Rounds at Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) – focused on DSM-5 diagnoses and evidenced based treatment with a formal slide presentation and literature review o A Geriatrics Patient with Treatment Refractory Bipolar Depression with Mood-Congruent Psychotic Features

Chapter 19 in Emerging Programs for Autism Spectrum Disorder June 2021

• Alcera, Eric M.D., Jaehning, Michelle M.D., and Solhkhah, Ramon. "Psychopharmacology of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Related Comorbidities." Emerging Programs for Autism Spectrum Disorder, edited by Neophytos Papaneophytou and Undurti Das, Elsevier, 10 June 2021, 1st edition, Chapter 19.

American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2021 Annual Meeting May 2021

• Jaehning, Michelle M.D. and Alcera, Eric M.D. "An Interesting Case of Selective Mutism in a Child with a Comorbid Undiagnosed Social Anxiety Disorder." May 2021. Hackensack Meridian Health, Department of Psychiatry.

• Kuznetsov, Anatoliy, M.D., Jaehning, Michelle M.D., Bencks, Diane M.D., and Afzal, Saba M.D. "Naturally Calm: Current Literature Regarding Role of Integrative Medicine in Treating Anxiety Disorders." May 2021. Hackensack Meridian Health, Department of Psychiatry.

• Soloway, Alex M.D., Jaehning, Michelle M.D., Fitzsimmons, Adriana M.D. "Educational Intervention Improves Physicians' Understanding of Decision-Making Capacity and Effectively Addresses Myths Regarding Evaluating Capacity." May 2021. Hackensack Meridian Health, Department of Psychiatry.

• Ziemba, Siana D.O., Jaehning, Michelle M.D., Fitzsimmons, Adriana M.D., McMilan, Alexandra., and Rowe, Nikko. “Polypharmacy in a Patient Taking Valbenazine for Tardive Dyskinesia Leading to a Case of Neurologic Malignant Syndrome.” May 2021. Hackensack Meridian Health, Department of Psychiatry.

Jersey Shore University Medical Center Research Day June 2020

• Ziemba, Siana D.O., Jaehning, Michelle M.D., Fitzsimmons, Adriana M.D., McMilan, Alexandra., and Rowe, Nikko. “Polypharmacy in a Patient Taking Valbenazine for Tardive Dyskinesia Leading to a Case of Neurologic Malignant Syndrome.” May 2021. Hackensack Meridian Health, Department of Psychiatry.

Won 1st Place for Case Presentation for JSUMC 2020 Research Day

• Soloway, Alex M.D., Jaehning, Michelle M.D., Fitzsimmons, Adriana M.D. "Educational Intervention Improves Physicians' Understanding of Decision-Making Capacity and Effectively Addresses Myths Regarding Evaluating Capacity." May 2021. Hackensack Meridian Health, Department of Psychiatry.

Won 1st Place for Original Research for JSUMC 2020 Research Day

Hackensack Meridian Health Psychiatry Research Program July 2019 – June 2020

• Attended weekly grand rounds, didactics, and symposia along with monthly journal club

• Worked with psychiatry attendings and residents on scholarly projects that will result in local poster presentations at research day in June 2020

• Worked on quality improvement projects, retrospective case studies, and case study presentations

• Submitted abstracts to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) that were accepted for presentation at the annual 2020 meeting

• Submitted an abstract to the AAMC: Learn Serve Lead 2019 that was accepted regarding research on “Female Gender Representation in Psychiatry CME Programs: Are Female Voices Heard?” and presented at the national AAMC annual meeting

AAMC: Learn Serve Lead November 2019

• Jaehning, Michelle M.D., Bencks Diane, M.D., Doumas, Stacy M.D., Ziemba, Siana D.O., and Solhkhah, Ramon M.D. "Female Gender Representation in Psychiatry CME Programs: Are Female Voices Heard?" AAMC Annual Meeting: Learn Serve Lead. November 2019.

Research at Creighton University School of Medicine March 2017 – March 2018

• Project: “Evaluation of the Clinical Use of Recommendations for Prevention of Primary Cesarean Delivery”

• Worked with John Cote, M.D. on a research project to record data from 359 CHI female patients, who had either a vaginal delivery or C-section between April 2013 and March 2015, in order to statistically analyze the information

Student researcher at Creighton University School of Medicine June 2015 – July 2015

• Project: Vitamin D and Immunomodulation in coronary artery disease

• Volunteer researcher at Dr. Agrawal’s lab

• Researched Vitamin D and its immunomodulatory effects on several important inflammasomes (NLRP3/NALP3, NRF2, and AIM2) expressed in swine coronary artery tissue samples.

• Hypothesize that vitamin D supplementation down-regulates vascular inflammation that could prevent re-stenosis after an angioplasty intervention following coronary artery disease

Student researcher at Pacific Lutheran University June 2013 – July 2013

• Transfected human lung epithelial cells with swine flu nonstructural protein (NS1) and using the q-PCR machine in order to investigate the effects of the NS1 protein on lipid metabolism gene expression

• I presented my poster with my findings at the Murdock College Science Research Conference Life Sciences Symposium in Vancouver, Washington in November 2013

Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Volunteer, Seattle, WA June 2012 – July 2012

• Collaborated with Gregory J. Redding, M.D. at Seattle Children’s Hospital on research

• Measured and analyzed CT scans of adolescent children in order to establish a relationship between Pectus Gracilis and Spontaneous Pneumothorax