Paul Holtzheimer, MD
Paul Holtzheimer, MD
Deputy Director for Research
Executive Division
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Academic Appointment
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery
Education
- Emory University, MS, Clinical Research, 2008
- University of Washington, Fellowship in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, 2004
- University of Washington, Psychiatry Residency, 2003
- Dartmouth Medical School, MD, 1999
- Pacific Lutheran University, BS, BA, 1995
Expertise and Interests
- Treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders
- Focal brain stimulation (transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation)
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Brain imaging of mood and anxiety disorders
Membership in Professional Societies
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
- Society of Biological Psychiatry
Awards and Honors
- George N. Thompson Award for Distinguished Service, Society of Biological Psychiatry
- Brain Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD) Independent Investigator Award
- Brain Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award
Selected Publications
Sippel, L.M., Holtzheimer, P.E., Friedman, M.J., Schnurr, P.P. (2018). Defining Treatment-Resistant Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Framework for Future Research. Biological Psychiatry, online April 10, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.03.011.
Holtzheimer, P.E., Husain, M.M., Lisanby, S.H., Taylor, S.F., Whitworth, L.A., McClintock, S., Slavin, K.V., Berman, J., McKhann, G.M., Patil, P.G., Rittberg, B.R., Abosch, A., Pandurangi, A.K., Holloway, K.L., Lam, R.W., Honey, C.R., Neimat, J.S., Henderson, J.M., DeBattista, C., Rothschild, A.J., Pilitsis, J.G., Espinoza, R.T., Petrides, G., Mogilner, A.Y., Matthews, K., Peichel, D., Gross, R.E., Hamani, C., Lozano, A.M., Mayberg, H.S. (2017). Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a multisite, randomised, sham-controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry, 4(11), 839-849. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30371-1.
Holtzheimer, P.E., Kelley, M.E., Gross, R.E., Filkowski, M.M., Garlow, S.J., Barrocas, A., Wint, D., Craighead, M.C., Kozarsky, J., Chismar, R., Moreines, J.L., Mewes, K., Riva Posse, P., Gutman, D.A., Mayberg, H.S. (2012). Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant unipolar and bipolar depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 69(2), 150-8. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1456.
Karsen, E.F., Watts, B.V., Holtzheimer, P.E. (2014). Review of the Effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Brain Stimulation, 7(2), 151-7. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2013.10.006.
Holtzheimer, P.E., Choi, K.S., Franco, A.R., Kelley, M.E., Dunlop, B.W., Hu, X.P., Mayberg, H.S. (2014). Reconciling variable findings of white matter integrity in major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(6), 1332-9. doi:10.1038/npp.2013.345.
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