DanielEdwardGihMDDFAPA DFAACAP(He/Him)

[Pronunciation: JEE]

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Professor, Vice Chair of Education

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Dr. Gih (he/him/his) is a Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the UNMC Department of Psychiatry and works clinically in the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. He is the founding program director of the UNMC psychiatry residency program. He completed his medical education at the University of Iowa and trained at the University of Michigan for his psychiatry residency and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. While on the faculty at Michigan, he co-founded and directed the University of Michigan Comprehensive Eating Disorder Program, the state's only academic partial hospitalization program for children and young adults with eating disorders.

His clinical interests include medical education, severe mood disorders in adolescents, electroconvulsive therapy, and eating disorders. He is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists, the Association for Academic Psychiatry, and the American Association for Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training. Dr. Gih achieved distinguished fellow status from the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

University of MichiganFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009 - 2011
University of MichiganResidency, Psychiatry, 2006 - 2009
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2006
University of CaliforniaBS, Biological Sciences, 1995 - 1999

Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2021
Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education American Psychiatric Association, 2021
Distinguished Fellow American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2020
Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2013
Resident Recognition Award 2010
Arvind Reddy Scholarship University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2006
Minority Medical Student Award American Psychiatric Association, 2005
Summer Institute for Medical Students Betty Ford Center, 2005
Outstanding Poster Presentation Award University of Iowa College of Medicine, 2003
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PubMed

2 citations
Understanding the Use of Program Resources During Virtual Recruitment by Psychiatry Residency Applicants.
Simone A Bernstein, Gabrielle E Hodgins, Samir Abu-Hamad, Daniel E Gih, Jessica A Gold
Academic Psychiatry. 2023-08-01
15 citations
Onset of catatonia at puberty: electroconvulsive therapy response in two autistic adolescents.
Neera Ghaziuddin, Daniel E Gih, Virginia Barbosa, Daniel F. Maixner, Mohammad Ghaziuddin
The Journal of ECT. 2010-12-01
8 citations
Reexamining the Role of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents
Laura Andersen, Christina Larosa, Daniel E Gih
The Journal of ECT. 2017-12-01

Journal Articles

Psychiatric consults: Documenting 6 essential elements
Meyer Karre VM, Gih DE, Current Psychiatry, 4/2018
Use of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of catatonia
Gih D, Ghaziuddin N, Future Neurology, 9/2014
Benzodiazepines and Stimulants in Patients with Substance Use Disorders.
Casher M, Gih D, Bess J, Current Psychiatry
Augmenting antidepressants with triiodothyronine: An underutilized strategy.
Gih D, Bostwick J, Casher M, Current Psychiatry
Emergence of borderline personality features in the sixth decade of life.
Casher M, Gih D, Personality Ment Health
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Books/Book Chapters

Graduate Medical Education in Psychiatry
Chapter: Recruitment in Graduate Medical Education
Page 71 - 88Kovach JG, Batsel-Thomas SD, Gih D, Thomas LEditors: M Macaluso, LJ Houston, JM Kinzie, DS Cowley.Springer Publications2022
Handbook of Psychiatric Education
Chapter: Undergraduate Preclinical Curriculum and Psychiatry Clerkships
Page 109 - 124Gih D, Strong S, Hammer SEditors: D Sudak.American Psychiatric Association Publishing, Washington DCEdition 2,2021
Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents
Chapter: Anesthesia
Page 123 - 139Gih D, Taylor E, Biermann BEditors: Ghaziuddin N, Walter G.Oxford University, New YorkEdition 1,2013
International Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
Chapter: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comorbid psychopathology and treatment
Page 463 - 478Mohiuddin S, Bobak S, Gih D, Ghaziuddin MEditors: JL Matson and P Sturmey.Springer Publications, New York2011
Confounding Factors in Treatment Resistant Depression.
Chapter: Comorbidities and Treatment Resistance
Casher M, Gih D, Bess J, Agarwala PPsychiatric Times
Confounding Factors in Treatment Resistant Depression.
Chapter: The Role of Subtyping and Bipolarity
Page 36 - 38Casher M, Gih D, Bess J, Agarwala PPsychiatric Times
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A Growing Psychiatrist Shortage and an Enormous Demand for Mental Health ServicesAugust 9th, 2022
New Psychiatry Residency Program Approved at UNMCMarch 4th, 2019
Region V Conference RecapMarch 8th, 2016
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