SrinivasanPillayMD

Psychiatry • Cambridge, MA

Assistant Professor (Part-Time): Harvard Medical School

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Office
One Mifflin Place
Suite 400
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone+1 617-794-1509

Fax+1 617-674-7701

Education & Training

Univ Natal- Fac MedClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1997 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2022 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top 20 Movers and Shakers in Leadership development in The World (Training Industry) NeuroBusiness Group, 2013
One of the Top5 Health Books of The Year (Men's Health) 2011
Motivational Book of The Year: 2010 (Books for a Better Life) 2011
Travel Awardee ADAA/ACNP, 2005
NIDA-I-START Award 2004
Research Colloquium: Advanced Track APA, 2004
Career Development Award ADAA, 2004
Young Investigators Award NARSAD, 2002
Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators APA, 2001
Kaplen Award Harvard Medical School, 1999
Laughlin Award McLean Hospital, 1999
Nominated as 1999 Janssen Clinical Scholar 1999
Psychiatry Resident of the Year Janssen/APA, 1999
Organon/Excellence in Psychiatry Residency Award 1998
Special mention award APA/Lilly Fellowship, 1998
Laughlin Fellowship Award American College of Psychiatry, 1998
Fellowship Award American Psychoanalytic Association, 1998
Lilly Fellowship Award Society of Biological Psychiatry, 1998
Stepping Stones Award Program American Association of Geriatric Psychiatrists, 1997
Outstanding Resident Award Upjohn/NIMH, 1997
Lilly Resident Research Award American Psychiatric Association, 1997
Semi-Finalist North American Open Poetry Competition, 1994
New Investigator Award for NCDEU award NIMH, 1994
Awarded a Research Fellowship in the Mood, Anxiety and Trauma Disorders Program Psychopharmacology Service and the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 1993
Awarded the Medical Research Council Fellowship Neurochemistry Unit at the University of Stellenbosch, 1992
Upjohn Award for Best Student in Community Health/Primary Care 1990
Top Student at Medical School 1990
Medal for Best Student in Psychiatry South African Society of Psychiatrists, 1990
Smith and Nephew Medal for Best Student in Orthopedics 1990
First class passes in Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry 1990
Ford Foundation Scholarship in Pathology 1986
Certificate of Merit in Psychology 1985
Archimedes Prize for most promising student in high school 1984
Placed 6th in South Africa in final year of high school 1984
Placed in the Top 20 National Science Olympiad (SA), 1984
Placed in the Top 15 National English Olympiad (SA), 1983
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

51 citations
Recognition of happy facial affect in panic disorder: an fMRI study.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Jadwiga Rogowska, Staci A. Gruber, Norah S. Simpson, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd
Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2007-01-01
64 citations
A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study of cerebral and cerebellar gray matter volume in primary unipolar major depression: Relationship to treatment response ...
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, Christina M. Bonello, Beny Lafer, Maurizio Fava
Biological Psychiatry. 1997-07-15
27 citations
Cannabis and motor function: fMRI changes following 28 days of discontinuation.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Jadwiga Rogowska, Gen Kanayama, Staci A. Gruber, Norah S. Simpson
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2008-02-01

Journal Articles

A Case for Conscious Capitalism: Conscious leadership Through The Lens of Brain Science
Pillay S, Sisodia R, The Ivey Business Journal, 9/1/2011
Persistent fMRI changes in chronic cannabis users following 28 days of discontinuation
Pillay SS, Rogowska J, Gruber SA, Simpson N, Yurgelun-Todd, DA, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1/1/2008
fMRI of Fearful Facial Affect Recognition in Panic Disorder
Pillay SS, Rogowska J, Gruber S, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Journal of Affective Disorders, 1/1/2006
Recognition of Happy Facial Affect in Panic Disorder
Pillay SS, Rogowska J, Gruber S, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 1/1/2006
Psychotic Acts: The Question of Meaning
Pillay SS, Bodkin A, Shapiro E, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 1/1/1998
Psychiatric disorder in a South African general hospital Prevalence in medical, surgical, and gynecological wards
Nair MG, Pillay SS, Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 1/1/1997
Methylphenidate augmentation of serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors: a case series
Stoll AL, Pillay SS, Diamond L, Workum SB, Cole JO, J Clin Psychiatry, 1/1/1996
"Is there a relationship between clozapine and obsessive-compulsive disorder?" A retrospective chart review
Ghaemi SN, Zarate CA, Jr., Popli AP, Pillay SS, Cole JO, Compr Psychiatry, 1/1/1995
Occurrence of seizures related to psychotropic medication among psychiatric inpatients
Popli AP, Kando JC, Pillay SS, Tohen M, Cole JO, Psychiatr Serv, 1/1/1995
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Press Mentions

Seeking the Moral President: Why Do We Look for Faultless Leaders?December 22nd, 2015
Infosec’s Human FaceApril 28th, 2015
Here's the Trick Olympic Athletes Use to Achieve Their GoalsJanuary 28th, 2015
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External Links

McLean Hospitalhttp://www.mcleanhospital.org

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