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Thomas Fernandez, MD, Psychiatry, New Haven, CT

ThomasFernandezMD

Psychiatry New Haven, CT

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Associate Professor, Yale Child Study Center & Department of Psychiatry

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  • Office

    230 South Frontage Road
    New Haven, CT 06520
    Phone+1 203-785-2559
    Fax+1 203-785-7400

Summary

  • Dr. Thomas Fernandez is a psychiatrist in New Haven, CT and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale-New Haven Hospital. He received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and has been in practice 12 years. He specializes in child & adolescent psychiatry and is experienced in tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, adhd, stereotypic movement disorder, and anxiety disorders.

Education & Training

  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2005 - 2011
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 2005
  • Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, NIH Campus
    Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, NIH CampusB.A., Genetics, Molecular Biology, 1997 - 1999
  • Princeton University
    Princeton UniversityB.A., Neuropsychology, Cum Laude, 1993 - 1997

Certifications & Licensure

  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2007 - 2025
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Yale Psychiatric Research Scholar Department of Psychiatry and Child Study Center, 2012
  • Travel Award American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2011
  • Junior Scholar Award Campaign for America’s Kids/ American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Investigation of Previously Implicated Genetic Variants in Chronic Tic Disorders: A Transmission Disequilibrium Test Approach  
    Barbara J Coffey, Donald L Gilbert, Lawrence W Brown, Dorothy E Grice, Thomas V Fernandez, Samuel Kuperman, Samuel H Zinner, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Wernicke’s and right homologous sites to curtail “voices”: A randomized trial.  
    Hoffman RE, Wu K, Pittman B, Cahill JD, Hawkins KA, Fernandez T, Hannestad J, Biological Psychiatry, 1/1/2013
  • Genome-wide association study of Tourette syndrome.  
    Scharf JM, Yu D, Matthews CA, Neale BM, et al., Molecular Psychiatry, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Searching for the genes of Tourette’s: The Tourette International Collaborative Genetics (TIC Genetics) Study.
    Heiman GA, Fernandez TV, Hoekstra PJ, Dietrich A, king RA, State MW, Tischfield JA, and the TIC Genetics Team, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics., 1/1/2012
  • Rare Structural and Sequence Variation in Tourette Syndrome and Autism.
    Fernandez TV, 1st Joint Meeting of the European Network for the Study of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (EUNetGTS), 12/14/2011
  • Rare copy number variants in Tourette syndrome disrupt genes in histaminergic pathways and overlap with autism.
    Fernandez TV, Sanders SJ, Song Y, Leckman JF, King RA, Gilbert DL, Heiman GA, Tischfield JA, Hoekstra PJ, State MW, 50th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

  • Genomic Investigations of Tourette Disorder. 
    Annual Meeting for the European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome / COST International Conf - 4/26/2013
  • From Bedside to Bench: Translational Clinical Science and Tourette Syndrome. 
    Yale Child Study Center Grand Rounds. New Haven, CT. - 1/15/2013
  • Previews from the Pipeline: A Data Blitz Featuring Early Career Investigators. 
    American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 59th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. - 10/24/2012
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Press Mentions

  • Common Variants Link Autism, ADHD, Tourette Syndrome
    Common Variants Link Autism, ADHD, Tourette SyndromeFebruary 2nd, 2021
  • Synaptic Processes and Immune-Related Pathways Implicated in Tourette Syndrome
    Synaptic Processes and Immune-Related Pathways Implicated in Tourette SyndromeJanuary 18th, 2021
  • Study Reveals Genetic Risk Factors Associated with ADHD
    Study Reveals Genetic Risk Factors Associated with ADHDFebruary 8th, 2019
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