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Melissa P. DelBello, MD

Co-Director, Mood Disorders Program

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-558-0956

Email: delbelmp@email.uc.edu

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Education and Training

BS: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1995.

MD: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York 2002.

MS: University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, anticipated 2005.

Internship and Residencies: 1995-1996 Resident in Psychiatry, Payne Whitney Clinic New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, 1996-1998 Resident in Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fellowships: 1990 National Science Foundation Young Scientist Training Program, 1991-1993 Fellow, MD/PhD Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1998-2000 Clinical Fellow, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,1998-2000 Research Fellow, Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Publications

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McNamara RK, Nandagopal JJ, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. Preventative strategies for early-onset bipolar disorder: towards a clinical staging model. CNS Drugs. 2010 Dec 1;24(12):983-96.

Strakowski SM, Eliassen JC, Lamy M, Cerullo MA, Allendorfer JB, Madore M, Lee JH, Welge JA, Delbello MP, Fleck DE, Adler CM. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Brain Activation in Bipolar Mania: Evidence for Disruption of the Ventrolateral Prefrontal-Amygdala Emotional Pathway. Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Nov 2.

Fleck DE, Eliassen JC, Durling M, Lamy M, Adler CM, Delbello MP, Shear PK, Cerullo MA, Lee JH, Strakowski SM. Functional MRI of sustained attention in bipolar mania. Mol Psychiatry. 2010 Oct 26.

Strakowski SM, Fleck DE, DelBello MP, Adler CM, Shear PK, Kotwal R, Arndt S. Impulsivity across the course of bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord. 2010 May;12(3):285-97.

Strawn JR, Adler CM, Fleck DE, Hanseman D, Maue DK, Bitter S, Kraft EM, Geracioti TD, Strakowski SM, DelBello MP. Post-traumatic stress symptoms and trauma exposure in youth with first episode bipolar disorder. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2010 May;4(2):169-73.

Strawn JR, Keeshin BR, DelBello MP, Geracioti TD Jr, Putnam FW. Psychopharmacologic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents: a review. J Clin Psychiatry. 2010 Jul;71(7):932-41.

Pfeifer JC, Kowatch RA, DelBello MP. Pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents: recent progress. CNS Drugs. 2010 Jul 1;24(7):575-93.

McNamara RK, Able J, Jandacek R, Rider T, Tso P, Eliassen JC, Alfieri D, Weber W, Jarvis K, DelBello MP, Strakowski SM, Adler CM. Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation increases prefrontal cortex activation during sustained attention in healthy boys: a placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Apr;91(4):1060-7.

Epstein JN, Delbello MP, Adler CM, Altaye M, Kramer M, Mills NP, Strakowski SM, Holland S. Differential patterns of brain activation over time in adolescents with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during performance of a sustained attention task. Neuropediatrics. 2009 Feb;40(1):1-5.

DelBello MP, Chang K, Welge JA, Adler CM, Rana M, Howe M, Bryan H, Vogel D, Sampang S, Delgado SV, Sorter M, Strakowski SM. A double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of quetiapine for depressed adolescents with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord. 2009 Aug;11(5):483-93.