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Research Psychiatrist
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
My career goal is to improve treatments for individuals with complex neuropsychiatric conditions, particularly those with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and co-occurring psychiatric sequelae. A better understanding the of the neuroscience underlying these illnesses will allow us to create better treatments to improve the lives of many and advance the field of psychiatry. I am a neuropsychiatrist with advanced training in the clinical care of those with complex neuropsychiatric conditions. I completed a Psychiatry Residency followed by a Clinical Neuroscience and Neuropsychiatry research fellowship at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine.
I am a full time employee of the Hines VA. I work as a clinician 25% of the time, splitting my time between the neuromodulation service (performing electroconvulsive and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapies) and outpatient clinic. I also serve as the team psychiatrist on the Hines VA polytrauma team, the team that caters to the complex needs of Veterans with TBI. 75% of my time is devoted to research endeavors. I maintain a position in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University as an Adjunct Research Assistant Professor with ad hoc clinical duties in the Consult Liaison service. I teach psychiatry residents at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University. I serve as an early career investigator at the Hines VA and was recently awarded a CDA1 grant for my project titled “Establishing Relationships and Developing a Therapeutic Target for Impulsivity and Suicidality Among Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury and Co-Occurirng Conditions,” wherein I am attempting to establish a link between suicidality and impulsivity in Veterans with TBI.
