SANDRA SWANTEK, MD
Psychiatric at Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL

Division Director, Geriatric Psychiatry at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Medical Director at Stone Institute of Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Director at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Trustee at Blowitz Ridgeway Foundation

Higher Education

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine since 2009 - Division Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Stone Institute of Psychiatry since 2009 - Medical Director Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine since Jul 2009 - Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Director Blowitz Ridgeway Foundation since 2001 - Trustee Stone Institute of Psychiatry 2007 - 2009 - Psychiatric Hospitalist Weiss Memorial Hospital, 2003 - 2005 - Medical Director (founding), Older Adult Behavioral Health Unit American Day Treatment Center 1996 - 1997 - Medical Director

Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine 1995 - 1996
Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine 1991 - 1995
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1988 - 1991
MD, Medicine Michigan State University College of Human Medicine 1986 - 1988
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mass Communication/Media Studies Michigan State University 1972 - 1976
BA, Communications Bishop Gallagher High School 1968 - 1972

Geriatric Psychiatry

Alzheimers, Anxiety, Anxiety Depression, Bipolar Disorder I, Bipolar Disorder Ii, Depressive Disorders, Psychiatric Issues In Palliative Care, Psychopharmacological Consultation, Psychotic Depression

Geriatric Psychiatry, 2012, Psychiatry, 2010

Healthgrades Honor Roll, Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, Honorable Mention, National Association for the Mentally Ill, 2003, Best Doctors in America, 2009 -2001, Swantek SS. Media Minorities and the Stigma of Mental Illness in, Loue S; Sajatovic M, eds. Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness. New York, Springer 2009: 73-88, Swantek SS, Grossberg GT, et al. The use of Carbamazepine to treat benzodiazepine withdrawal in a geriatric population. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 4:106-109, 1991, Corrigan PW, Swantek S, Watson AC et al. When do older adults seek primary care services for depression? Nerv Ment Dis. 2003 191; 9: 619-22, Swantek SS, Zucker-Goldstein. M. Psychiatric Services. Age and gender Differences among Patients with Hip Fracture and Depression. Psychiatric Services. 51; 12: 1501-1503, 2001, Swantek SS, Csernansky JG. Genetic Biomarkers for Dementia-Related Processes: How Close are the Authors?, 2009

English, Spanish

Chief, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at Northwestern University

Hospital & Health Care

Psychiatrist at Sone Institute of Psychiatry

Greater Chicago Area

Hospital & Health Care