UmairWasimAkhtarMD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Office
3300 Henry Ave
Philadelphia Children’s Crisis Center
Philadelphia, PA 19129
Phone+1 215-878-2600

Fax+1 215-991-0539

Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011 - 2013
West Virginia UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 2008 - 2011
Sind Medical CollegeClass of 2003

PubMed

Journal Articles

Synthetic Cannabinoid-Induced Psychosis: Two Adolescent Cases
• Olumide Oluwabusi, M.D., MRCPsych, Liudmila Lobach, M.D., Umair Akhtar, M.D., Branden Youngman, D.O., Paul Ambrosini, M.D, Journal Of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 11/5/2012
Myocardial infarction following electroconvulsive therapy in the absence of significant coronary artery disease
O’Reardon, J.P, Lott, Akhtar U.W, Christancho,P, Weiss, D, Jones, N, The Journal of ECT, 4/24/2008
A case study of refractory depression responding to Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS): optimizing the Duty Cycle to Improve Efficacy
• O’Reardon JP, Bapatla KB, Akhtar UW, Depression: Mind and Body, 5/2006

Abstracts/Posters

The ABCDEs of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Adults
Karim Sedky, MD, MSc, FASM, Umair Akhtar, MD, Olumide Oluwabusi, MD, MRCPsych, Current Psychiatry Vol. 12, No. 02, 2/12/2013