ChadiAbdallahMD

Psychiatry • Houston, TX

Psychopharmacology

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, CAMRI

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Office
1977 Butler Blvd
E4187
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 347-987-0717

Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Neuroradiology, 2011 - 2013
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityChief Residency, Psychiatry, 2010 - 2011
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 2007 - 2010
Lebanese University School of MedicineClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2020 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2012 - 2020
NY State Medical License 2010 - 2012
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

A Pilot Study Of Riluzole In Patients With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 1
Examining The Effect Of Ketamine On Glutamate/Glutamine Cycling Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Completed
Early Phase 1
The Sustained Effects of Ketamine Start of enrollment: 2015 Jun 01
Terminated
Phase 1
The Effects of MDMA on Prefrontal and Amygdala Activation in PTSD. Start of enrollment: 2024 May 01
Withdrawn
Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

305 citations
Targeting glutamate signalling in depression: progress and prospects
James W. Murrough, Chadi G. Abdallah, Sanjay J. Mathew
Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery. 2017-03-17
157 citations
Chronic Pain and Chronic Stress: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Chadi G. Abdallah, Paul Geha
Chronic Stress. 2017-06-08
121 citations
Default mode network abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: A novel network-restricted topology approach.
Teddy J. Akiki, Christopher L. Averill, Kristen M. Wrocklage, J. Cobb Scott, Lynnette A. Averill
Neuroimage. 2018-05-03

Journal Articles

The Effects of Ketamine on Prefrontal Glutamate Neurotransmission in Healthy and Depressed Subjects
Lynnette A Averill, Chadi G Abdallah, John H Krystal, Irina Esterlis, Gerard Sanacora, Nature

Press Mentions

Aptinyx Initiates Phase 2b Study of NYX-783 in Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderDecember 16th, 2021
Best Negative Data Prize Awarded to Dr. Chadi G. AbdallahOctober 4th, 2021
A New Era in Neuroscience with Generative AIMay 14th, 2024
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