Title: Professor In Residence
Education:
Rush Medical College, MD
Postgraduate Training:
University of Pittsburgh, Research Fellowship; University of Pittsburgh, Psychiatry Residency; University of Pennsylvania, Psychiatry Residency
Biography Summary:
Dr. Neylan is the Director of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) Program at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has been an active researcher in the study of sleep, neuroendocrinology, neuroimaging, electrophysiology, gene expression, and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for the past 14 years. He has been the Principal Investigator on multiple funded projects sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Justice, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Clinical Expertise:
PTSD, sleep disorders, psychopharmacology, adult psychiatry
Educational Expertise:
PTSD, sleep disorders and clinical neuroscience
Research Areas:
PTSD neurobiology and treatment research, sleep-wake physiology, daytime fatigue and performance, neuroendocrinology, gene microarray, brain imaging, and Phase II & III clinical trials.
Keywords:
PTSD, Sleep, brain imaging, gene expression, hormones, cortisol, corticotropin releasing factor, hypocretin/orexin, psychopharmacology, cognitive behavior therapy, electrophysiology, psychophysiology
Administrative Assistant: Maryann Lenoci, Lab Manager
Campus Location: VAMC
Publications on PubMed »
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Program