DarinDeanDoughertyMD

Psychiatry • Boston, MA

Director of the Division of Neurotherapeutics in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital

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Office
15 Parkman St
Wac 8
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-724-6300

Fax+1 617-726-4078

Summary

Dr. Darin Dougherty is a psychiatrist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Illinois College of Medicine and has been in practice for 27 years. He is experienced in device and/or surgical treatments for psychiatric illness as well as neuroimaging.

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1994 - 1997
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1993 - 1994
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1995 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

Escitalopram for the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Start of enrollment: 2002 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 4
Understanding Brain Reward Responses in Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2005 Apr 01
Completed
Treatment-Resistant Depression Registry Start of enrollment: 2006 Jan 01
Completed
Duloxetine for the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Start of enrollment: 2005 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Effectiveness of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treating People With Treatment Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 4
ON/OFF Stimulation and Impulsivity in Patients With Deep Brain Stimulators Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Withdrawn
ON/OFF Stimulation and Reward Motivation in Patients With Deep Brain Stimulators Start of enrollment: 2021 Jan 23
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Imaging-Guided Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound (LIFU) Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 01
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact
Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Start of enrollment: 2022 Jan 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Combined Cortical/Subcortical Recording and Stimulation as a Circuit-Oriented Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Neuromodulation of Mind-Wandering in Depression Start of enrollment: 2023 Mar 20
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pulsation (LIFUP) for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Start of enrollment: 2021 Jul 26
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

862 citations
Reduced Caudate and Nucleus Accumbens Response to Rewards in Unmedicated Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder
Diego A. Pizzagalli, Avram J. Holmes, Daniel G. Dillon, B.A. Elena L. Goetz, B.A. Jeffrey L. Birk
The American Journal of Psychiatry. 2009-06-01
179 citations
Probing striatal function in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a PET study of implicit sequence learning.
Scott L. Rauch, Cary R. Savage, Nathaniel M. Alpert, Darin D. Dougherty, Adair Kendrick
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 1997-01-01
88 citations
Deep brain stimulation of the internal capsule enhances human cognitive control and prefrontal cortex function.
Alik S. Widge, Samuel Zorowitz, Ishita Basu, Angelique C. Paulk, Sydney S. Cash
Nature Communications. 2019-04-04

Journal Articles

Neuroscientifically Informed Formulation and Treatment Planning for Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Darin D Dougherty, Alik S Widge, Scott L Rauch, Brian P Brennan, Sabine Wilhelm, JAMA

Press Mentions

Researchers Can See Depression in a Brain Scan - and Treat ItDecember 29th, 2022
Neuroscientists Have Created a Mood Decoder That Can Measure DepressionDecember 14th, 2022
What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? How the Treatment May Help Severe OCDOctober 19th, 2022
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Grant Support

An FMRI Study Of The Modulation Of Cognition By EmotionNational Center For Research Resources2005
Physiologic Studies Of Anger In Depressed PatientsNational Institute Of Mental Health1999–2002

External Links

McLean Hospitalhttp://www.mcleanhospital.org