Position:
Director of Treatment-Resistant Depression Studies at Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Work:
Massachusetts General Hospital
since 1999
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Director of Treatment-Resistant Depression Studies
Harvard Medical School
since 1999
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Education:
Massachusetts General Hospital 2002 - 2003
Sponsored by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital Joint Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program 1999 - 2002
New York University School of Medicine 1994 - 1998
M.D., Medicine
New York University 1990 - 1994
B.A., Mathematics and Chemistry
Proto Lykeio Glyfadas 1986 - 1990
Skills:
1) Antidepressants, 2) Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, 3) Managment of Treatment-Resistant Depression, 4) Managment of Antidepressant-Induced Side-effects, 5) Clinical Trial Design and the Placebo Effect, 6) Biomarkers and Clinical Markers in Depression, 7) Prevention of Depressive Relapse, 8) Novel Treatment Development for Depression
Interests:
Clinical trial design and execution
Development of novel therapies for depression
DIscovery of biomarkers and clinical markers for depression
Honor & Awards:
2009-, George Winokur Clinical Research Award, American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists., 2008-, Max Hamilton Memorial Prize, Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum, 2005-, Young Investigator Memorial Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Young Scientist Award, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, 2004-, Young investigator Award/ Rafaelsen Scholar, Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, National Institute of Mental Health, 2003-, New Investigator Award. New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit, National Institute of Mental Health, 2002-, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology GlaxoSmithKline Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology, Young Investigator Award, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Kaplen Fellowship in Depression Research, Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Psychiatry, MGH