IhsanMSalloumMD

Addiction

Founding Chair, Department of Neuroscience, Director, Institute of Neuroscience, Joe & Teresa Lozano Long Distinguished Professor and Sujata G. Krishnan Endowed Chair, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine.

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Office
2902 Haine Dr
Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone+1 956-296-4000

Fax+1 956-296-2842

Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Psychiatry, 1989 - 1990
Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & ScienceResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1988
University of BolognaClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2007 - 2027
TX State Medical License 2020 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 2011 - 2014
PA State Medical License 1988 - 2008
IL State Medical License 1984 - 1990
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
Top Doctors:South Florida Castle Connolly, 2012

Clinical Trials

Drug Treatment for Alcoholics With Bipolar Disorder Start of enrollment: 2000 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2
Drug Treatment for Depressed Alcoholics (Naltrexone/Fluoxetine) Start of enrollment: 2000 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 4
Early Recovery Adherence Therapy for Bipolar Alcoholics Start of enrollment: 2003 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Valproate Efficacy in Cocaine-Bipolar Comorbidity Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Optimizing Pharmacotherapy for Bipolar Alcoholics Start of enrollment: 2006 May 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Paliperidone Palmitate Efficacy and Safety in Bipolar Disorder Complicated by Alcoholism Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Withdrawn
Phase 4
Major Depressive Disorder With Mixed Features Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 01
Withdrawn
Phase 3
Major Depressive Disorder With Mixed Features - Extension Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 3
Allogeneic Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Infusion Vs Placebo in Alcohol Use Disorder and Major Depression. Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 18
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
PHASE1, PHASE2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Availability of substance use disorder treatment in Spanish: Associations with state-level proportions of Spanish speakers and treatment facility characteristics in th...
Orrin D Ware, Monique T Cano, M Dalal Safa, Noe Garza, Suky Martinez
The American Journal on Addictions. 2024-07-01
Editorial: Genome-wide molecular mechanisms of substance use disorders.
Ilya O Blokhin, David M Martinez-Garza, Dhruti Patel, Antoine B Douaihy, Ihsan M Salloum
Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2023-01-01
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Predict Obsessive and Compulsive Cravings among Depressed Alcoholics.
Michelle L Miller, Jack R Cornelius, Levent Kirisci, Antoine Douaihy, Ihsan M Salloum
Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment. 2020-12-01

Press Mentions

UTRGV Steps into World-Class NeuroscienceSeptember 25th, 2021
Depression, Alcoholism Often an Unbearable CombinationDecember 3rd, 2018
Managing Comorbid Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder: Clinical Challenges and ConundrumsJanuary 10th, 2018
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Grant Support

Valproate Efficacy In Cocaine-Bipolar ComorbidityNational Institute On Drug Abuse2006–2011
Optimizing Pharmacotherapy For Bipolar AlcoholicsNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism2007–2010
Optimizing Pharmacotherapy For Bipolar AlcoholicsNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism2006–2007
Valproate Efficacy In Cocaine-Bipolar ComorbidityNational Institute On Drug Abuse2005
Recovery Adherence Therapy For Bipolar AlcoholicsNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism2003–2005
Combined Pharmacotherapy In Depressed AlcoholicsNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism2000–2004
Efficacy Of Valproate Maintenance In Bipolar AlcoholicsNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism1996–2000

Professional Memberships

American Psychiatric Association - APA
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