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Office
1 Veterans Dr
Minneapolis, MN 55417Phone+1 312-399-8802
Summary
- Dr. Varghese completed medical school at Vinnitsa National Medical University, Ukraine. He did an internship at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Boston, MA, and completed his psychiatry residency at McGaw Medical Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at University of Illinois at Chicago, IL. He is interested in developing novel pharmacological agents and novel cognitive/behavioral interventions to prevent binge alcohol drinking in people with Post-traumatic stress disorder. He has published several papers on stress disorders, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.
Education & Training
- University of Illinois at ChicagoScholars for Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellowship, Medical Education , 2015 - 2016
- University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 2011 - 2012
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 2007 - 2011
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterInternship, Psychiatry, 2006 - 2007
- Vinnica State Medical UniversityClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
- AK State Medical License 2021 - 2026
- IL State Medical License 2010 - 2026
- CA State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry
- AOA Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine (CAQ)
- The Travancore Cochin Council of Modern Medicine, kerala, India Permanent Medical License Registration
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Robert and Dianne Hales Volunteer Clinical Professors Professional Development Grant University of California Davis, 2024
- Research Colloquium (Alcohol, Pain and Drug Abuse) American Psychiatric Association, 2018
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsChromatin Switches during Neural Cell Differentiation and Their Dysregulation by Prenatal Alcohol ExposureDavid P. Gavin, Dennis R. Grayson, Sajoy P. Varghese, Marina Guizzetti
Genes. 2017-05-11 - 3 citationsIntegrative Pharmacology in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.Jack Donlon, Pooja Kumari, Sajoy P Varghese, Michael Bai, Ori David Florentin
Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 2023-12-20 - 32 citationsHigh-dose prazosin for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorderMaju Mathew Koola, Sajoy P. Varghese, Jan Fawcett
Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology. 2014-02-01
Journal Articles
- Mobile Delivery Program to Prevent Relapse and Improve Functioning in Patients With Psychiatric DiseasesSanzone et, al., 2024, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 4/7/2024
- Integrative Pharmacology in the Treatment of Substance Use DisordersJack Dolon, Pooja Kumari, Sajoy P. Varghese, Michael Bai, Ori David Florentin, Emma D. Frost, John Banks. Niyatihi Vadlapatla, Olivia Kam, Mujeeb Shad, Shafiqur Rahman..., Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 6/8/2023
- An Overview of Mindfulness-Oriented Addiction and Pain RecoveryAndrew J. Biedlingmaier, MD; Timothy G. Yovankin, MD; Maju Koola, MD; Michael Yanuck, MD, PhD; Sajoy P. Varghese, MD., The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 12/21/2021
Abstracts/Posters
- Case Report of Buprenorphine and Serotonin Syndrome and CatatoniaAndrew J. Biedlingmaier, MD...Maju Mathew Koola, MD...Sajoy P. Varghese, MD, Society of Biological Psychiatry's 2021 Annual Meeting
- Correlating Kynurenine Pathway and Heart Rate Variability: A Novel Method to Assess Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder With and Without ...Sajoy Varghese, Edwin Simon, Maju Koola, Biological Psychiatry, 5/1/2020
- Novel Complementary and Alternative Mindfulness Based Intervention: Therapeutic Approach to Manage Substance Use Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress DisorderSajoy Varghese, Sheena Varghese, Anish Chackochan, Maju Koola, Sandeep Saini, Alex Zachariah, Biological Psychiatry, 5/1/2017
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Lectures
- Loperamide Abuse: Atypical Opioid Use DisorderKMC, India - 1/2016
- Early Life Stress as a Risk Factor for Substance Use Disorders: Clinical and Neurobiological Substrates.Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman - 2/2014
- Application of Mindfulness-Based InterventionsCMC-Vellore, India - 2/2014
Committees
- Member, Illinois Psychiatric Society- Addiction Committee 2014 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Indo - American Psychiatric Association - IAPAMember
- Society of Biological PsychiatryMember
- Society for NeuroscienceMember
Other Languages
- Russian, Hindi
External Links
- University of Illinois at Chicagohttps://www.psych.uic.edu/profile/sajoy-p-varghese
- University of California, Davishttps://health.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/aboutus/volunteer-clinical-faculty/index.html
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