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Office
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-936-2000Fax+1 615-343-7825
Education & Training
- Harvard UniversityM.S., 2000
- Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1993 - 1997
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1990 - 1993
- Univ Cologne- Fac MedClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 2005 - 2026
- MA State Medical License 1995 - 2006
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Exemplary Psychiatrist Award NAMI, 2018
- Humanitarian Award NAMI Davidson County, 2014
- Philip Isenberg Teaching Award (Teacher of the Year) MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Class, 2006
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Clinical Trials
- Psychiatric Genotype/Phenotype Project Repository Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
- Pharmacological Modulation of Hippocampal Activity in Psychosis 2 Start of enrollment: 2020 Sep 23
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 21 citationsCognitive motor impairments and brain structure in schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients with a history of catatonia.Derek J. Dean, Neil D. Woodward, Sebastian Walther, Maureen McHugo, Kristan Armstrong
Schizophrenia Research. 2020-05-15 - 160 citationsStructure and neural mechanisms of catatoniaSebastian Walther, Katharina Stegmayer, Jo Ellen Wilson, Stephan Heckers
The Lancet. Psychiatry. 2019-06-10 - 18 citationsIncomplete hippocampal inversion in schizophrenia: prevalence, severity, and impact on hippocampal structure.Maxwell J Roeske, Maureen McHugo, Simon N. Vandekar, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Neil D. Woodward
Molecular Psychiatry. 2021-01-12
Journal Articles
- Caring for the Patient with CatatoniaStephan Heckers, MD, JAMA Psychiatry
- Regionally Specific Volume Deficits Along the Hippocampal Long Axis in Early and Chronic PsychosisStephan Heckers, Pratik Talati, Neil D Woodward, ScienceDirect
- Hippocampus at 25Eichenbaum H, Amaral DG, Buffalo EA, Buzsáki G, Cohen N, Davachi L, Frank L, Heckers S, Morris RG, Moser EI, Nadel L, O'Keefe J, Preston A, Ranganath C, Silva A, Witter M, Hippocampus, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Brain structure in neuropsychologically defined subgroups of schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorderWoodward N, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
- Associative inference impairment in non-affective early psychosisArmstrong K, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
- Hippocampal volume and blood flow in the early stage of psychosisTalati P, Rane S, Donahue MJ, Heckers S, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
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Lectures
- Hippocampal dysfunction in psychotic disordersMultiple Locations, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 - 1/1/2016
- The early stage of psychosis: Diagnosis & treatmentChattanooga, TN - 1/1/2015
- How can we make progress in psychiatric research?Boston, MA - 1/1/2015
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Press Mentions
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Celebrates 75 YearsNovember 14th, 2022
- New Clinician Spotlight: Aaron BrinenMarch 26th, 2021
- Prospective Validation of an Electronic Health Record–Based, Real-Time Suicide Risk ModelMarch 12th, 2021
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Grant Support
- Imaging Hippocampal Function In PsychosisNational Institute Of Mental Health2005–2009
- Hippocampus In Schizophrenia And Bipolar DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2007–2008
- Imaging Hippocampal Function In PsychosisNational Institute Of Mental Health2005
- Hippocampus In Schizophrenia And Bipolar DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2004–2005
- Neuroimaging Of Hippocampal Function In SchizophreniaNational Institute Of Mental Health1999–2003
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Society of Biological PsychiatryMember
- American College of NeuropsychopharmacologyFellow
- Society for NeuroscienceMember
- American College of PsychiatristsMember
Other Languages
- German
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