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Paul Newhouse, MD, Psychiatry, Nashville, TN

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Psychiatry Nashville, TN

Geriatric Psychiatry

Jim Turner Professor of Cognitive Disorders; Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Pharmacology, and Medicine; Director, Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine; Clinical Core Director, Vanderbilt Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Physician-Scientist, VA-Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)

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  • Office

    3601 21st Ave S
    Nashville, TN 37232
    Phone+1 615-322-3000
    Fax+1 615-936-0605

Summary

  • Dr. Paul Newhouse is a psychiatrist in Nashville, TN and is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and has been in practice 40 years. He specializes in geriatric psychiatry and is experienced in alzheimer's disease. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
    National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1986
  • National Capital Consortium
    National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Psychiatry, 1978 - 1981
  • Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
    Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1977
  • Kansas State University
    Kansas State UniversityB.S., Agriculture, Magna Cum Laude, 1971 - 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1980 - Present
  • VT State Medical License
    VT State Medical License 1988 - 2026
  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2011 - 2025
  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 2024 - 2025
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1979 - 1989
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Distingushed Scientist Award American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2022
  • Distinguished Fellow American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2021
  • Member American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Cognition as a therapeutic target in late-life depression: potential for nicotinic therapeutics  
    Zurkovsky, L, Taylor W, Newhouse, PA, Biochemical Pharmacology, 1/1/2013
  • Tamoxifen improves cholinergically-modulated cognitive performance in postmenopausal women  
    Newhouse PA, Albert K, Astur R, Johnson, J, Naylor M, Dumas JA, Neuropsychopharmacology, 1/1/2013
  • Increased working memory circuitry activation in postmenopausal women with subjective cognitive complaints  
    Dumas JA, Kutz AM, McDonald BC, Naylor MR, Pfaff AC, Saykin AJ, Newhouse PA, Neurobiology of Aging, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Cognitive complaints after menopause correlate with functional connectivity of the frontal cortex and medial temporal lobe.
    Zurkovsky L, Dumas JA, Woodward ND, Newhouse PA, Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA, 11/1/2013
  • Menstrual phase is associated with differences in brain activity during psychosocial stress.
    Albert K, Pruessner J, Rabinowitz T, Newhouse PA, Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA, 11/1/2013
  • Tamoxifen produces estrogen-like agonist effects on cholinergically-mediated learning in postmenopausal women.
    Newhouse PA, Albert K, Astur R, Johnson J, Naylor M, Dumas J, Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, San Diego, CA, 11/1/2013
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Lectures

  • Nicotinic Effects on Cognitive Operations and Late-Life Cognitive Impairment: Alzheimer's Disease and Beyond. 
    San Diego, CA - 11/6/2013
  • Estrogen and the Brain: Studies in Cognitive Aging. 
    9/23/2013
  • Estrogen and the Brain: Studies in Cognitive and Emotional Aging. 
    5/12/2013
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Press Mentions

  • In a New Study, Vanderbilt Will Look at Alzheimer’s Disease in Those With Down Syndrome
    In a New Study, Vanderbilt Will Look at Alzheimer’s Disease in Those With Down SyndromeMarch 21st, 2023
  • Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Seeks to Prevent Memory Loss
    Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Seeks to Prevent Memory LossDecember 5th, 2022
  • VUMC in the News, July 5, 2022
    VUMC in the News, July 5, 2022July 1st, 2022
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