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Dejan Budimirovic, MD, Psychiatry, Baltimore, MD

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Psychiatry • Baltimore, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Clinical Pharmacology

Associate Professor, Investigator, Medical co-Director, Fragile X Clinic

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  • Office

    1741 Ashland Avenue
    # Kennedy
    Baltimore, MD 21205
    Phone+1 443-923-9600
    Fax+1 443-923-7628

Summary

  • Dejan Budimirovic, M.D., is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). As a developmental neuropsychiatrist, his clinical activities included diagnosis, evaluation, and comprehensive management for over 23,000 outpatient clinical visits during the previous 20 years at Kennedy Krieger Institute/the JHMI. His expertise is in fragile X-associated disorders across all ages, including FMR1 gene full-mutation, clinical fragile X syndrome, and pre-mutation-linked fragile X-associated neuropsychiatric disorders. He has also demonstrated expertise in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of autism spectrum disorder and related disorders, ADHD, major depression, bipolar, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders with and without NDDs. Through his impactful clinical and research efforts, Dr Budimirovic has delivered a sustained therapeutic benefit for many of his patients. He has served as the main sub- and principal investigator in over 70 ongoing and past cutting-edge clinical trials over the last 14 years.     Dr Budimirovic’s referrals have mainly come from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region, with the majority from the States of Maryland and Virginia, including about 20% from the States of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, DC, Delaware, California, New York, and Florida. About 3-5% were international referrals from Europe, South and Central America, and the Middle East sought second opinions, including the most challenging neurobehavioral patients with complex NDDs.

Education & Training

  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997 - 1999
  • Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury)/Harvard Medical School
    Boston VA Healthcare System (Brockton-West Roxbury)/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 1994 - 1997
  • University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine
    University of Belgrade Faculty of MedicineClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2003 - 2026
  • IA State Medical License
    IA State Medical License 2004 - 2006
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Psychiatrist International Association of Healthcare Professionals, 2012
  • One of America's Top Psychiatrists Consumers Research Council of America, 2008
  • Who's Who in America Marquis, 2007
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Gene Silencing in Fragile X Syndrome Explained Researchers Pinpoint How Excessive Nucleotide Repeats Shut down Protein Production  
    1/7/2014
  • A Case of Treatment-Resistant Schizoaffective Disorder-Bipolar Type and Sleep Disordered Breathing  
    Budimirovic, D.B., Levitt, J., & Garshick, E., Engram, 1/1/2001
  • A Case of Treatment-Resistant Schizoaffective DisorderBipolar Type and Sleep Disordered Breathing  
    Budimirovic, D.B., Levitt, J., & Garshick, E, Engram, 1/1/2001
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Autism: Current Theories and Evidence 
    Chapter: Autism in Genetic Intellectual Disability: Insights into Idiopathic Autism. 
    Page 81 - 108Kaufmann, W.E., Capone, G., Clarke, M., & Budimirovic, D.B.Editors: Zimmerman, A.W..The Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ2008
  • Autism: Current Theories and Evidence 
    Chapter: Autism in Genetic Intellectual Disability: Insights into Idiopathic Autism 
    Page 81 - 108Kaufmann, W.E., Capone, G., Clarke, M., & Budimirovic, D.B.Editors: Zimmerman, A.W..The Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ2008

Abstracts/Posters

  • High Resolution FMR1 Genetic and Epigenetic Molecular Assessments in a Well Characterized Cohort of Full Mutation and Premutation Fragile X Patients
    Budimirovic DB, Annual Research Potpourri: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1/29/2014
  • High Resolution FMR1 Genetic and Epigenetic Molecular Assessments in a Well Characterized Cohort of Full Mutation and PM Fragile X Patients
    Budimirovic DB, ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1/27/2014
  • Amplidex PCR Reagents Enable Accurate and Comprehensive FMR1 Gene Analysis from Buccal Cells and Saliva, and Support Molecular Profiling from Specimen Lysates without ...
    Budimirovic DB, ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Nashville, TN, 1/27/2014
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Lectures

  • Clinical Trials in the FMR1 Gene Mutations: Reversing Behavioral Symptoms Underlying the Core Neurobiological Deficits in Fragile X Syndrome 
    Baltimore, MD - 1/21/2016
  • Targeted Treatment for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Reversing Underlying Neurobiological Deficits in Fragile X Syndrome 
    San Antonio, TX - 1/28/2015
  • FMR1 Gene Mutations: An Overlap between Premutation and Full Mutation Clinical Symptoms 
    Howard University Medical College and Hospital, Washington, DC - 1/18/2015
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Other

Press Mentions

  • Autism, Intellectual Disability Linked to Levels of Fragile X Protein
    Autism, Intellectual Disability Linked to Levels of Fragile X ProteinOctober 26th, 2020

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