Chadi G. Abdallah, MD
Chadi G. Abdallah, MD
Research Psychiatrist
Deputy for Research
Clinical Neurosciences Division
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Academic Appointment
- Yale University, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Education
- Yale University, Neuroimaging and Psychopharmacology Fellowship, 2013
- State University of New York Downstate, Chief Resident, 2011
- State University of New York Downstate, Adult Psychiatry, 2010
- Lebanese University, MD, 2006
Expertise and Interests
- Clinical Trials
- Rapid-acting antidepressants for PTSD and depression
- Neurobiology of stress-related disorders
- Connectome signatures of psychopathology
Membership in Professional Societies
- American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
- Society of Biological Psychiatry
- Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Awards and Honors
- Patterson Award in Clinical Research, Robert and Clara Patterson Trust
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
- APA/Lilly Resident Research Award, American Psychiatric Association
Selected Publications
Abdallah, C.G., Averill, L.A., Akiki, T.J., Raza, M., Averill, C.L., Gomaa, H., Adikey, A., & Krystal, J.H. (2019). The neurobiology and pharmacotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 59:171-189.
Abdallah, C.G., Sanacora, G., Duman, R.S., & Krystal, J.H. (2018). The neurobiology of depression, ketamine and rapid-acting antidepressants: Is it glutamate inhibition or activation? Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 190:148-158.
Akiki, T.J, Averill, C.L., Wrocklage, K.M., Scott, J.C., Averill, L.A., Schweinsburg, B., Alexander-Bloch, A., Martini, B., Southwick, S.M., Krystal, J.H., & Abdallah, C.G. (2018). Default mode network abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: A novel network-restricted topology approach. NeuroImage, 176:489-498.
Abdallah, C.G., Averill, L.A., Collins, K.A., Geha, P., Schwartz, J., Averill, C., DeWilde, K.E., Wong, E., Anticevic, A., Tang, C.Y., Losifescu, D.V., Charney, D.S., & Murrough, J.W. (2017). Ketamine treatment and global brain connectivity in major depression. Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication Of The American College Of Neuropsychopharmacology, 42:1210-1219.
Abdallah, C.G. (2017). What's the buzz about hydroxynorketamine? Is it the history, the story, the debate, or the promise? Biological Psychiatry, 81:e61-e63.
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