Candidate for 2026 Area 2 Trustee
Biography
Kenneth Ashley, M.D., is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and attending psychiatrist in the Division of Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Downtown. He is Director of Outpatient C-L Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center, consultant to Mount Sinai Chelsea Cancer Center, and psychiatric liaison to Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery Post-Surgical Gender Affirmation Surgery Service and
Dr. Ashley graduated from Stanford University, received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, completed his psychiatric residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, then completed a two year research fellowship in HIV Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and NYU Medical School/Bellevue Hospital Center.
Dr. Ashley is board certified in General Psychiatry and C-L Psychiatry. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Ashley supervises, teaches, and mentors Psychiatric residents, and medical students.
Dr. Ashley is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA and alumni of the APA/NIMH Minority Fellowship. He has been active in the APA at both the local, state, and the national levels. He is former President of the New York County Psychiatric Society (NYCPS). He is Co-chair of the New York State Psychiatric Association Committee on Structural Racism. He was elected APA Area 2 Trustee in 2023. He was an Assembly Representative 2009-2023. He was a member of the Assembly Executive Committee Workgroup on Social Determinants of Mental Health and a member of the Council on C-L Psychiatry. He was on the APAPAC Board. He is a member of the APA National Minority Mentors Network, as well as the mentoring programs for NYCPS, AGLP, psychiatry residents, and ISMMS students underrepresented in medicine.
Dr. Ashley is the Past President of the AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists. He is a Senior Fellow of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) with roles as the Chair of the Social Justice Committee and a member of the LGBTQ+ Committee. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP). He was Co-chair of the ACLP Bioethics Special Interest Group and served of ACLP DEI Task Force. He is a former member of the Executive Council of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Ashley writes, teaches, and lectures nationally and internationally on mental health issues related to health equity.