Resident Publications and Research

2000-2005



Syed Abbas, MBBS (2000)


Scholarly Project:


Akathisia, an Extrapyrmidal Side Effect Due to Psychotropic Medications
, Research Paper


Maribel Abbate, MD (2003)

Grants/Funding:

Travel Scholarship from Western New York Psychiatric Society for 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

APA/GlaxoWellcome Fellowship, Components Member on Council of Psychiatry and Law, Two-Year Fellowship, May 2001-May 2003

Posters/Abstracts:

Young CM, Narendran R, Pristach CA, Valenti AM, Abbate M: Emotional stress among resident physicians.  154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Abbate M, Young CM, Narendran R, Pato MT:  Weapons screening and safety measures in New York State psychiatric emergency rooms. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Abbate M, Kaur R, Del Regno P:  Health Care Practices and Risk Taking Behaviors Among Psychiatric Inpatients. 155th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA 2002


Scholarly Project:


Weapon Screening and Safety Measures in New York State Psychiatric Emergency Rooms
, Research Paper

Kristin Ahrens, MD
(2000)

Publications:

Kim KY, Palumbo LW, Ahrens KSManaging Older Adults with Aggressive Behavior in the Home Care Setting, Home Healthcare Consultant, Volume 5, Number 12, December 1998

Leo RJ,
Ahrens KS Visual Hallucinations in Mild Dementia:  A Rare Case of Lhermitte's Hallucinosis, Psychosomatics, 40(4):360-363, July-August 1999

Scholarly Project:


Postpartum Depression
, Research Paper

Janette Conde, MD
(2004)

Scholarly Project:

Topiramate Induced Psychosis in a Patient with Schizoaffective Disorder, Research Paper

Paula Del Regno, MD
(2002)

Grants/Funding:

APA/Aventis Travel Fellowship for Women Resident Leaders in Psychiatry Award for 155th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA 2002


Publications:

Leo RJ,
Del Regno PAAtypical Antipsychotic Use in the Treatment of Psychosis, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Primary Care Companion, 2(6):194-204, December 2000

Leo RJ, Del Regno PA, Gregory C, Clark KL:  Insect Repellant Toxicity Associated with Psychosis, Psychosomatics, 42(1):1-3, January-February 2001

Leo RJ,
Del Regno PASocial Security Claims of Psychiatric Disoability:  Elements of Case Adjudication and the Role of Primary Care Physicians, Clinical Psychiatry Primary Care Companion, 3:255-262, 2002

Posters/Abstracts:


Abbate M, Kaur R, Del Regno PHealth Care Practices and Risk Taking Behaviors Among Psychiatric Inpatients. 155th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA  2002

Scholarly Project:

Premenstural Dysphoric Disorder, Research Paper

Christopher Deakin, MD (2003)

Scholarly Project:

Would Mental Health Courts Benefit from the use of Contingency Management, Research Paper

Stacey DiMartino, MD
(2002)

Publications:

Leo RJ, DiMartino S, Sherry C, Karuza J: Psychiatric Consultation in the Nursing Home:  Referral Patterns and Recognition of Depression, The Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53(3):783-787, 2002

Posters/Abstracts:


Leo RJ, DiMartino S, Sherry C, Karuza J:  Psychiatric Consultation in the Nursing Home:  Referral Patterns and Recognition of Depression, Annual Meeting, New York State Society on Aging, Albany, NY  2001


Scholarly Project:

Treatment of Bereavement-Related Depression with Antidepressants, Research Paper

Ovidiu Dulgheru, MD
(2004)

Scholarly Project:

Understanding the Defense Mechanisms:  Can Video Help?, Grand Rounds Presentation, State University of New York at Buffalo, June 2004

Xiaoduo Fan, MD (2005)

Grants/Funding:

Graduate Medical Education and Resident Services, Evidence Based Medicine Quality Improvement Award ($2,000):  Newer Vascular Risk Factors and Congestive Decline in Stroke-Free Type 2 Diabetic Patients, 2002

American Psychiatric Institute for Research/Education/Janssen Research Scholars on Severe Mental Illness Fellowship ($5,000):  Inflammation: in relation to the psychopathology profile and metabolic disturbances in patients with schizophrenia, 2003-2005

Posters/Abstracts:


Fan X, Pristach CA, Liu E. C-Reactive Protein and Psychopathology Profile in Patients with Schizophrenia:  A Pilot Study.  Poster and oral presentation at the 157th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY 2004


Fan X, Pristach CA, Liu E. C-Reactive Protein and Psychopathology Profile in Patients with Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study.  Poster presentation at the State University of New York School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Scholarly Exchange Day, 2002

Awards:

APA Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators Fellowship, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, March 2004

NIMH Outstanding Resident Award, October 2003

Program for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry Fellowship, NIMH, April 2002

Scholarly Project:

Antipsychotic-Induced Metabolic Disturbances:  Exploring the Mechanisms, Grand Rounds Presentation, State University of New York at Buffalo, December 2004


Dori Hobika, MD  (2006)

Posters/Abstracts:

Hobika D
, Garde J, Halbreich, U.  Elected Women Officers in the Professional Organizations of Psychiatrists and Neuroscientists.  Poster presentation at the 2nd International Congress of Women's Mental Health, Washington, D.C., 2004

Hobika D, Garde J, Halbreich, U.  Response Rates to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder.  Poster presentation at the2nd International Congress of Women's Mental Health, Washington, D.C., 2004

John Improta, MD (2005)

Scholarly Project:

Violence and Aggression on Inpatient Psychiatric Units, Grand Rounds Presentation, State University of New York at Buffalo, June 2005

Farhan Iqbal, MBBS (2004)

Scholarly Project:

Improvements in SSRI/SNRI-Induced Sexual Dysfunction by Switching to Escitalopram, Research Paper

Kuldip Jassal, MBBS (2006)

Publications:

Leo RJ,
Jassal K, Bakhai J:  Nonadherence with Psychopharmacologic Treatment Among Psychiatric Patients, Primary Psychiatry, Vol 12, No 6:33-39, June 2005

Ramandeep Kaur, MBBS
(2003)

Posters/Abstracts:

Abbate M, Kaur R,
Del Regno PHealth Care Practices and Risk Taking Behaviors Among Psychiatric Inpatients. 155th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA  2002


Scholarly Project:

Healthcare Practices and Risk Taking Behaviors Among Psychiatric Inpatients, Research Paper

Ramesh Konakanchi, DO (2000)

Publications:

Leo RJ,
Konakonchi RParadoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction:  A Conversion Disorder Presenting As Asthma, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Companion to Primary Care, 1(2):39-46, April 1999

Scholarly Project:

Psychogenic Respiratory Distress:  A Case of Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction and Literature Review, Research Paper

Bong-Hyun Lee, MD (2005)

Scholarly Project:

Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Memory, Grand Rounds Presentation, State University of New York at Buffalo, February 2005


Ahsan Mahmood, MBBS (2004)

Scholarly Project:

Sleep Disorders - an Overview, Grand Rounds Presentation, State University of New York at Buffalo, January 2004

Rajesh Narendran, MBBS
(2001)

Grants/Funding:

The Excellence in Psychiatry Residency Award, 151st Annual Meeting at the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada 1998

American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education/Janssen Scholar in Research on Severe Mental Illness Award,
153rd Annual Meeting at the American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, Illinois 2000

APA Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators Travel Award, 153rd Annual Meeting at the American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, Illinois 2000


Co-investigator, Research for Health in Erie County ($15,000) 1999-2001

Publications:

Zarate CA, Narendran R, Tohen M, Greaney JJ, Berman A, Pike S, Madrid A:  Clinical Predictors of Acute Response with Olanzapine in Psychotic Mood Disorders, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 59(1), January 1998

Kim KY, Hwang W,
Narendran RAcute Liver Damage Possibly Related to Sertraline and Venlafaxine Ingestion (Letter to the Editor), The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol 33:381-382, March 1999

Zarate, CA,
Narendran R, Tohen M, Sedere M, Madrid A:  A Retrospective Study of the Efficacy and Adverse Effect Profile of Depakote vs. Depakene, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 60(4):232-236, April 1999

Leo RJ,
Narendran RAnticonvulsant Use in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Primer for Primary Care Physicians, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Primary Care Companion, 1(3):74-84, June 1999

Leo RJ, Narendran R, DeGuiseppe B:  Methadone Detoxification of Tramadol Dependence, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 19:297-299, 2000

Narendran R, Young CM, Pato MT:  Possible Risperidone-Induced Tardive DistoniaI (Letter to the Editor), The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol 34:1487-1488, December 2000

Narendran R, Young CM, Valenti AM, Pristach CA, Pato MT, Grace JG. Olanzapine therapy in treatment resistant psychotic mood disorders- a long term follow-up study. J Clin Psychiatry, 62(7):509-516, 2001

Narendran R, Young CM, Valenti AM, Nickolova MK, Pristach CA. Psychosis exacerbated by modafinil? [letter] Arch Gen Psychiatry 59(3):292-293, 2002

Narendran R, Young CM, Pristach CA, Pato MT, Valenti AM, Fass AR. Efficacy of clozapine in the treatment of atypical antipsychotic refractory schizophrenia- a pilot study. J. Clin Psychiatry, 23(1):103-104, 2003

Valenti AM,
Narendran R, Young CM, Pristach CA. Who are patients on conventional antipsychotics? Schizophrenia Bulletin 29(2):195-199, 2003

Posters/Abstracts:

Narendran R
, Young CM, Pato MT, Grace J. Olanzapine therapy in treatment-resistant psychotic mood disorders-a long term follow-up study. 153rd Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, Chicago, IL 2000

Narendran R, Young CM, Valenti AM, Yap D, Pristach CA. Treatment of atypical antipsychotic resistant schizophrenia. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Young CM, Narendran R, Pristach CA, Valenti AM, Abbate M. Emotional stress among resident physicians. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Valenti AM, Fass AR, Young CM, Narendran R, Pristach CA. Sexual dysfunction in schizophrenics on atypical antipsychotics. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Abbate M, Young CM,
Narendran R, Pato MT.  Weapons screening and safety measures in New York State psychiatric emergency rooms. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Scholarly Project:

Treatment Resistant Psychotic Disorders, Grand Rounds Presentation, State University of New York at Buffalo, January 2001

Milarose Panaligan, MD (2001)

Scholarly Project:

Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement Therapy
, Research Paper


Elizabeth Santos, MD
(2004)

Grants/Funding:

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, AAGP Annual Meeting Stepping Stones Program, Honolulu, Hawaii 2003


Scholarly Project:

The Prevalence of Poststroke Depression Over One Year at the Buffalo VAMC, Research Paper

Jennifer Scarozza, MD
(2002-child)

Grants/Funding:

Career Pathways, Pfizer, Travel Award, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA  2001

Manju Sharma, MD
(2005)

Scholarly Project:

Sexual Dysfunction, Research Paper

Tasmina Sheikh, MBBS (2000)

Publications:

Helsley S,
Sheikh T, Kim K, Park SK: ECT Therapy in PTSD, American Journal of Psychiatry, 156(3):494-495, 1999

Scholarly Project:

Aging and Alcohol Abuse, Research Paper

Amarpreet Singh, MBBS
(2003)

Publications:

Leo RJ, Singh APain Management in the Elderly:  Use of Psychopharmacologic Agents, Annals of Long-Term Care:  10(2):37-45, February 2002

Scholarly Project:

Pain Management in the Elderly:  Use of Psychopharmacologic Agents, Research Paper

Beth Smith, MD (2003-child)

Leo RJ,
Smith BA, Mori DL:  Guidelines for Conducting a Psychiatric Evaluation of the Unrelated Kidney Donor, Psychosomatics:  44(6):452-460, November-December 2003

Hakeem Syed, MBBS
(2003)

Grants/Funding:

Graduate Medical Education and Resident Services, Evidence Based Medicine Quality Improvement Award ($2,000):  Quality of Care and Adherence to Treatment Guidelines in a Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill Community, 2002

Scholarly Project:

Quality of Care and Adherence to Treatment Guidelines in Patients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Research Paper

Alfonso Tan, MD (2001)

Grants/Funding:

Psychiatry Resident Award of Excellence, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Educational Grant, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA  2001


Scholarly Project:

Department of Psychiatry Website, Design and construction as well as updates

Junzhe Xu, MD
(2002)

Grants/Funding:

American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1999

Travel Scholarship from Western New York Psychiatric Society for the Eighth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Versailles, France 2000


American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA  2001


American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education/Janssen Scholar in Research on Severe Mental Illness Award, 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA  2001

Travel Scholarship from ISPG World Congress for the Ninth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, St. Louis, MO  2001

Publications:

Pato CN, Macedo A, Ambrosio A, Vincent JB, Bauer AL, Schindler KM, Xu J, Coelho I, Dourado A, Valente J, Soares MJ, Azevedo H, Kennedy JL, Pato MT.  Detection of Expansion Regions in Bipolar FamiliesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics, 96:854-857, 2000

Xu J, Pato MT, DallaTorre C, Medeiros H, Carvalho C, Basile VS, Bauer A, Dourado A, Valente J, Soares M, Macedo AA, Coelho I, Ferreira CP, Azevedo MH, Macciardi F, Kennedy JL, Pato CN.  Evidence for Linkage disequilibrium between the alpha 7-nicotinic receptor gene (CHRNA7) locus and schizophrenia in Azorean families. American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 105:669-674, 2001

Xu, J., Pato, M.T., Toree, C.D., Bauer, A., Qi Li, D., Basile, V.S., Meacedo, A., Dourado, A., Valente, J., Kennedy, J.L., Pato, C.N.:  Investigation of Repeat Sizes at CAG/CTG loci SCA2, SCA8, ERDA1 and SEF2-1B with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in the Portuguese Population. Primary Psychiatry, 8(9):54-59, 2001


Posters/Abstracts:

Xu J
, Pato MT, DallaTorre C, Ambrosio A, Bauer AL, Pato CN.  Expansion Regions in Bipolar Families.  American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 1999

Xu J
, Pato MT, DallaTorre C, Bauer AL, Pato CN.   CAG/CTG Repeat Polymorphisms on Chromosome 12q, 17q and 18q in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in the Portuguese Population. Eighth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, Versailles, France 2000

Xu J, DallaTorre C, Bauer AL, Leo RJ, Macciardi F, Basile VS, Macedo A, Azevedo H, Pato MT, Pato CN.  Linkage of the alpha-7nicotinic receptor gene to Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in Homogeneous Portuguese Population. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001


Xu J, DallaTorre C, Bauer AL, Leo RJ, Macciardi F, Basile VS, Macedo A, Azevedo H, Pato MT, Pato CN.  Linkage of the alpha-7nicotinic receptor gene to Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in Homogeneous Portuguese Population. Ninth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, St. Louis, MO  2001

Xu, J., Leo, R.J., DiMartino, S.,
Li, D.Q., Riester, S.M., Pato, C.N.:  Linkage studies of delta opioid receptor gene and pain insensitivity in schizophrenia.  American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, Philadelphia, PA, May 19, 2002.

Scholarly Project:

Evidence for linkage disequilibrium between the alpha 7-nicotinic receptor gene (CHRNA7) locus and schizophrenia in Azorean Families, Research Paper

Carolyn Young, MD (2001)

Grants/Funding:

American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education/Janssen Scholar in Research on Severe Mental Illness Award, 153rd Annual Meeting at the American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, Illinois 2000

APA Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators Travel Award, 153rd Annual Meeting at the American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, Illinois 2000

Co-investigator, Research for Health in Erie County ($15,000) 1999-2001

Publications:

Book Chapters:

Ashton, A.K., Young, C., LoPiccolo, J.:  Premature Ejaculation and Male Orgasmic Disorder.  In G.O. Gabbard (ed.): Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders, Third Edition.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press, 2001.


Journals:

Narendran R,
Young CM, Pato MT:  Possible Risperidone-Induced Tardive Distonia (Letter to the Editor), The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Vol 34:1487-1488, December 2000

Narendran R, Young CM, Valenti AM, Pristach CA, Pato MT, Grace JG. Olanzapine therapy in treatment resistant psychotic mood disorders- a long term follow-up study. J Clin Psychiatry, 62(7):509-516, 2001

Narendran R,
Young CM, Valenti AM, Nickolova MK, Pristach CA. Psychosis exacerbated by modafinil? [letter] Arch Gen Psychiatry 59(3):292-293, 2002

Narendran R, Young CM, Pristach CA, Pato MT, Valenti AM, Fass AR. Efficacy of clozapine in the treatment of atypical antipsychotic refractory schizophrenia- a pilot study. . J. Clin Psychiatry, 23(1):103-104, 2003

Valenti AM, Narendran R, Young CM, Pristach CA. Who are patients on conventional antipsychotics? Schizophrenia Bulletin 29(2):195-199, 2003


Posters/Abstracts:

Narendran R,
Young CM, Pato MT, Grace J. Olanzapine therapy in treatment-resistant psychotic mood disorders-a long term follow-up study.  153rd Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, Chicago, IL 2000

Narendran R, Young CM, Valenti AM, Yap D, Pristach CA. Treatment of atypical antipsychotic resistant schizophrenia. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Young CM, Narendran R, Pristach CA, Valenti AM, Abbate M. Emotional stress among resident physicians. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Valenti AM, Fass AR, Young CM, Narendran R, Pristach CA. Sexual dysfunction in schizophrenics on atypical antipsychotics. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Abbate M, Young CM, Narendran R, Pato MT.  Weapons screening and safety measures in New York State psychiatric emergency rooms. 154th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA 2001

Scholarly Project:

Maintaining a Balance:  Antipsychotics and Weight Gain, Grand Rounds Presentation, State University of New York at Buffalo, January 2000

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