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Office
3368 2nd Ave
Ste B
San Diego, CA 92103Phone+1 619-203-7393Fax+1 619-296-0199
Education & Training
- University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry/Family Medicine, 1997 - 2002
- University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1997
- St. Johns UniversityB.S., Biology, Valedictorian, 1988 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1999 - 2026
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Faculty of the Year Award UCSD PACE (Physician Assessment and Clinical Education), 2014
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
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Clinical Trials
- Oxytocin Add-on for Stable Depressed Patients Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
- Oxytocin in Opiate Dependence: A Pilot Study of the Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Emotional Processes and Stress Responses in Patients With Opiate Dependence Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 25 citationsPatient-clinician eye contact: social neuroscience and art of clinical engagement.Kai MacDonald
Postgraduate Medicine. 2009-07-01 - 99 citationsOxytocin's role in anxiety: a critical appraisal.Kai MacDonald, David Feifel
Brain Research. 2014-09-11 - 222 citationsMinimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: results from a large, multinational sample using the childhood trauma questionnaireKai MacDonald, Michael L. Thomas, Andres F Sciolla, Beacher Schneider, Katherine Pappas
Plos One. 2016-01-27
Journal Articles
- Minimization of Childhood Maltreatment Is Common and Consequential: Results from a Large, Multinational Sample Using the Childhood Trauma QuestionnaireMacDonald, K., Thomas, M. L., Sciolla, A. F., Schneider, B., Pappas, K., Bleijenberg, G., . . . Wingenfeld, K., PloS one, 1/1/2016
- Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment of Opiate Dependence: Correlations Between Prescriber Beliefs and PracticesMacDonald, K., Lamb, K., Thomas, M. L., & Khentigan, W., Substance Use & Misuse, 1/1/2016
- Corrigendum to “Individual risk factors for physician boundary violations: the role of attachment style, childhood trauma, and maladaptive beliefsMacDonald, K., Andres F. Sciolla, David Folsom, David Bazzo, Chris Searles, Christine Moutier, Michael L. Thomas, Katherine Borton, Bill Norcross, Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Family Medicine Update1/27/2014
- Physician Fitness for Duty Psychiatry Examination1/19/2014
- Collateral Damage: The Opiate Epidemic, Opiate Dependence, and the Role of Buprenorphine in Treatment.1/1/2014
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