MichaelN.ZarzarMDDLFAPA

Psychiatry • Butner, NC

Clinical Professor UNC School of Medicine; Department of Psychiatry Medical Director, UNC Youth Behavioral Hospital

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Office
100 W H Street
Butner, NC 27509
Phone+1 919-338-8522

Fax+1 919-338-8506

Education & Training

Medical University of South CarolinaChief Residency, Psychiatry, 1987 - 1988
Medical University of SC1984 - 1988
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1984
University of North CarolinaB.A., Chemistry, 1976 - 1980

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1985 - 2025
SC State Medical License 1985 - 2019
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2022
Health Care Leadership Award Triangle Business Journal, 2022
Selected to Best Doctors in North Carolina 2002-2020
Selected to Best Doctors in America 2002-2020
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Presidents Award North Carolina Psychiatric Association, 2007, 2014-2016
Psychiatry Department Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching 1990
Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence MUSC, 1989
Psychiatry Department Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching on Psychiatry Clerkship 1989
Nominated for AAP Fellowship 1988
Faculty Excellence Award 1988
Nominated for Laughlin Fellowship 1987
J.J. Cleckley Award for Outstanding Manuscript on a Clinical Topic MUSC, 1987
Selected Outstanding Young Men of America 1986
Nominated for Burroughs Wellcome Fellowship 1986
Letter for outstanding work during internship rotation on pediatrics from pediatric faculty MUSC, 1984
George C. Thrasher Award for outstanding student in Psychiatry University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1984
Alpha Omega Alpha University of North Carolina Medical School, 1983
member Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
member Best Doctors
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
Effectiveness and weight effects of open-label lamotrigine with and without concomitant psychotropic medications in patients with bipolar I disorder.
Michael N. ZarZar, Jay Graham, Jeremy Roberts, Thomas R. Thompson, Kevin P. Nanry
Medgenmed. 2007-05-22
2 citations
Strategies utilized to prevent and control SARS-CoV-2 transmission in two congregate, psychiatric healthcare settings during the pandemic.
Katherine M Schultz, Pamela Blair Miller, Lisa Stancill, Lauren M DiBiase, Shelley Ashcroft
American Journal of Infection Control. 2022-05-01
5 citations
Use of fluoxetine in a person with cardiac arrhythmias.
Michael N. Zarzar, Richard S. Kingsley
Psychosomatics. 1990-05-01

Journal Articles

Effectiveness and Weight Effects of Open-Label Lamotrigine With and Without Concomitant Psychotropic Medications in Patients With Bipolar I Disorder
Zarzar,M; Graham,J; Roberts, J; Thompson, T; Nanry, K, Medscape General Medicine, 1/1/2007
Managing Stress in Graduate Medical Education
Santos, A.B., Arana, G., Rames, L.J., Zarzar, M.N., Resident and Staff Physician, 1/1/1994
Use of Fluoxetine in a Patient with Underlying Cardiac Disease
Zarzar, M.N., Kingsley, R, Psychosomatics, 1/1/1990
The Effect of Diagnostic Methodology on the Sensitivity of the Thyrotropin Stimulation Test in Unipolar Depression: A Literature Review
Arana, G., Zarzar, M.N., Baker, E, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/1990
Use of Fluoxetine in Panic Disorder in Patients with Intolerable Weight Gain
Brady, K., Zarzar, M.N., Lydiard, B, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1/1/1989
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Lectures

Newer agents in the management of Bipolar Disorder
Multiple Locations, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - 1/1/2013
Management of Depression during Pregnancy
Multiple Locations, 2000, 2002, 2003 - 1/1/2004
Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression
Research Triangle Park, NC - 1/1/1998
Panic Disorder
Raleigh, NC - 1/1/1998
Newer Antidepressants & Cytochrome P450: Clinical Significance
Raleigh, NC; Rocky Mount, NC, 1996, 1998 - 1/1/1998
Management of the Borderline Patient of an Inpatient Unit
Institute of Psychiatry, Charleston, SC 1989; Raleigh Community Hospital, 1995 - 1/1/1995
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment
Goldsboro, NC, 1994; Raleigh, NC, 1994 - 1/1/1994
Newer Antidepressant
Roanoake, VA - 1/1/1994
Psychiatric Disorders in Medical Practice
Raleigh, NC - 1/1/1992
Comorbidity of Panic Disorder and Depression -- Implication for Diagnosis and Treatment
Holly Hill Hospital, Raleigh, NC - 1/1/1992
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder--Diagnosis and Treatment
1/1/1991
Suicide Assessment
South Boston, VA - 1/1/1991
Management of the Agitated Patient
Institute of Psychiatry, Charleston, SC - 1/1/1989
Uses of Fluoxetine in Clinical Practice
Charleston, SC - 1/1/1988
What a Physician Does
Saint Andrews School, Charleston, SC - 1/1/1988
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Medical University of South Carolina - 1/1/1987
Dialysis Dementia and Psychiatric Presentations
Charleston, SC - 1/1/1985
Psychiatric Presentations of CNS Tumors
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC - 1/1/1985
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Professional Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society - AOA
Member
American Psychiatric Association - APA
Distinguished Life Fellow
American Medical Association - AMA
Member