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Scott Pekrul, MD, Psychiatry, Baltimore, MD

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Psychiatry Baltimore, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Service Chief, Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Unit, Sheppard Pratt Health System

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Summary

  • Dr. Scott Pekrul is a psychiatrist in Baltimore, MD and is currently the Service Chief of the Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Unit at Sheppard Pratt Health System. He received his medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine and has been in practice 10 years. He completed his residency in general psychiatry and fellowships in child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He is board certified in both general psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry and is experienced in autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, neuropsychiatry, developmental and behavioral pediatrics, and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.

Education & Training

  • University of Michigan
    University of MichiganFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2013 - 2014
  • University of Michigan
    University of MichiganFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010 - 2012
  • University of Michigan
    University of MichiganResidency, Psychiatry, 2007 - 2010
  • Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
    Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2015 - 2025
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2007 - 2019
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • The Dr. Fielding Inpatient Teaching Award University of Michigan School of Medicine, 2009
  • Department of Psychiatry Award for Excellence in Psychiatry Penn State College of Medicine, 2007
  • Medical Student Research Award Penn State College of Medicine, 2007
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Lifespan  
    Pazuniak, M., & Pekrul, S. R., Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics
  • Memantine Augmentation in a Down’s Syndrome Adolescent with Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder  
    Scott Pekrul, Kate Fitzgerald, JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 11/7/2015
  • Determination of Fitness to Stand Trial and Ineffective Assistance of Defense Counsel  
    Pekrul, SR, Guyer, MJ, Journal of American Academy of Psychiatry and Law 42:4:523-526, 12/2014
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