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Karen Hartwell, MD, Psychiatry, Charleston, SC

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Psychiatry Charleston, SC

Addiction

Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

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  • Office

    171 Ashley Ave
    Charleston, SC 29425
    Phone+1 843-792-2300
    Fax+1 843-792-4606

Education & Training

  • Medical University of South Carolina
    Medical University of South CarolinaFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 2006 - 2007
  • West Virginia University
    West Virginia UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1987
  • West Virginia University
    West Virginia UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
    SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1983
  • SUNY Albany
    SUNY AlbanyB.S., Nursing, 1972 - 1976

Certifications & Licensure

  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1987 - 2025
  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 2007 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Future Leaders in Psychiatry 2008
  • Excellence in Clinical Care Wake County Human Services, 2006
  • Resident Teaching Award 1987
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Olfactory cue reactivity in nicotine-dependent adult smokers  
    Cortese BM, Uhde TW, LaRowe SD, Stein SV, Freeman WC, McClernon FJ, Brady KT, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 1/1/2015
  • Right anterior insula connectivity is important for cue-induced craving in nicotine-dependent smokers  
    Moran-Santa MM, Hanlon C, Canterberry M, LeMatty T, Owens M, Brady, Kathleen TB, George MS, Addiction Biology, 1/1/2015
  • Increasing Increasing progesterone levels are associated with smoking abstinence among free-cycling women smokers who receive brief pharmacotherapy  
    Saladin ME, McClure EA, Baker NL, Carpenter MJ, Ramakrishnan V, Gray KM, Nicotine Tobacco Research, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • The brain mind connection: Effect of trait mindfulness on responses to real-time fMRI feedback in nicotine-dependent smokers
    Canterberry M, Li X, Moran-Santa Maria MM, Hanlon CA, George MS and Brady KT, Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2015
  • Real-time fMRI neurofeedback training of prefrontal cortex inhibits the activity of the hippocampus in nicotine-dependent smokers
    Xingbao L, Hanlon CA, Borckardt J, Prisciandaro JJ, Canterberry M, LeMatty T, Saladin ME,. George MS, Brady KT, 2nd International Real-time Functional Imaging and Neurofeedback Conference, Gainesville, FL, 1/1/2015
  • Differences between Urban and Rural Individuals with Methamphetamine Dependence
    Hartwell EE, McRae-Clark AL, Ray L. Brady KT, 26th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Huntington Beach, CA, 1/1/2015
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Lectures

  • Contingency Management for Study Retention 
    Charleston, SC - 1/8/2010
  • Assessment and Brief Office Interventions for Substance Abuse Disorders 
    Furman University, Greenville, SC - 1/13/2009
  • Buprenorphine Treatment: Training 
    Chicago, IL - 1/13/2009
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Press Mentions

  • Faculty Celebrated for Leadership, Advancing Medicine, Research and Training To Serve Others
    Faculty Celebrated for Leadership, Advancing Medicine, Research and Training To Serve OthersAugust 31st, 2023

Professional Memberships