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Melissa P. DelBello, MD

Title

Co-Director, Mood Disorders Program

Appointment

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics

Email

delbelmp@email.uc.edu

Phone

513-558-0956

Credentials

BS: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1995

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

MS: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 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

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors in America, 2008
Robinson-Cunningham Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2002
Bristol-Myers Squibb Travel Award, 2001
Lilly Pilot Research Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2001
Resident Research Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2000
Presidential Scholar Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2000
Junior Investigator Travel Award, "Assessing the impact of childhood interventions on subsequent drug abuse", NIDA and NIMH, 2000
Young Investigators Research Colloquium, American Psychiatric Association, 2000
Resident Paper Award Honorable Mention, Central Neuropsychiatric Association, 1999
Psychiatric Resident of the Year Program, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Excellence in Psychiatry Award, Organon, 1999
Maurice Levine Essay Contest Award, Cincinnati Psychiatric Society; "MRI analysis of the cerebellum in bipolar disorder," 1999
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1998
Resident Research Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1998
Young Investigators Research Colloquium, American Psychiatric Association, 1998
Maurice Levine Essay Contest Award, Cincinnati Psychiatric Society; "Effects of family history of affective illness and substance abuse on substance abuse in first-episode bipolar patients," 1998
Lilly Fellowship Award, Society of Biological Psychiatry, 1998
Honorable Mention, Resident Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry, 1996-1997
Gilbert B. Forbes Prize in Pediatric Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1993
Outstanding Academic Performance, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1992-1993
Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture Science, Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement, 1991
Alpha Delta Epsilon Premedical Honor Society, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Semi-finalist Westinghouse National Science Competition, 1987

Publications, Most Recent

Geller B, Craney JL, Bolhofner K, DelBello MP, Williams M, Zimerman B: One-year recovery and relapse rates of a prepubertal and early adolescent bipolar disorder phenotype. Am J Psychiatry 158:303-305, 2001.

DelBello MP, Lopez-Larson MP, Soutullo CA, Strakowski SM: Effects of race on psychiatric diagnosis of hospitalized adolescents: a retrospective chart review.J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 11:95-103, 2001.

Geller B, Zimerman B, Williams M, Bolhofner K, Craney JL, DelBello MP, Soutullo C: Reliability of the Washington University in St. Louis Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (WASH-U-KSADS) mania and rapid cycling sections, J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:450-455, 2001.

DelBello MP, Soutullo CA, Niemeier RT, Henricks WL, McElroy SL, Strakowski SM: Prior stimulant treatment in adolescents with bipolar disorder: Association with age at onset.Bipolar Disord 3:53-57, 2001.

Strakowski SM, Sax KW, Rosenberg HL, DelBello MP, Adler CM: Human response to repeated low-dose d-amphetamine: evidence for behavioral enhancement and tolerance?Neuropsychopharmacology 25:548-554, 2001.

DelBello MP, Geller B: Review of studies of child and adolescents offspring of bipolar parents.Bipolar Disord 3:325-334, 2001.

Getz GE, DelBello MP, Fleck DE, Zimmerman ME, Schwiers M, Strakowski SM: Neuroanatomic characterization of schizoaffective disorder using MRI: A pilot study.Schizophr Res 1:55-59, 2002.

Strakowski SM, Adler CM, DelBello MP: VolumetricMRI studies of mood disorders: do they distinguish unipolar nad bipolar disorder?Bipolar Disord 4:80-88, 2002.

Geller B, Zimerman B, Williams M, DelBello MP, Frazier J, Beringer L: Phenomenology of prepubertal and early adolescent bipolar disorder: examples of elated mood, grandiose behaviors, decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts and hypersexuality.J Child Adolesc Psychopharm 12:3-9, 2002.

Geller B, Zimerman B, Williams M, DelBello MP, Bolhfner K, Craney JL, Frazier J, Beringer L, Nickelsburg MJ: DSM-IV mania symptoms in a prepubertal and early adolescent bipolar disorder phenotype compared to attention-deficit hyperactive and normal controls.J Child Adolesc Psychopharm 12:11-25, 2002.

McDonough-Ryan P, DelBello MP, Shear PK, Ris DM, Soutullo CA, Strakowski SM: Academic and cognitive abilities in children of parents with bipolar disorder: a test of the nonverbal learning disability model. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 24:280-285, 2002.

Lopez-Larson MP, DelBello MP, Zimmerman ME,Schwiers ML, Strakowski SM: Regional prefrontal gray and white matter abnormalities in bipolar disorder.Biol Psychiatry 52:93-100, 2002.

Soutullo CA, DelBello MP, Ochsner JE, McElroy SL, Taylor SA, Strakowski SM, Keck PE: Severity of bipolarity in hospitalized manic adolescents with history of stimulant or antidepressant treatment. J Affect Disord 70:323-327, 2002.

Fleck DE, Henricks WL, DelBello MP, Strakowski SM: Differential prescription of maintenance antipsychotics to African-American and white patients with new-onset bipolar disorder,J Clin Psychiatry 63:658-664, 2002.

DelBello MP, Schwiers ML, Rosenberg HL, Strakowski SM: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of quetiapine as adjunctive treatment for adolescent mania associated with bipolar disorder.J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:1216-1223.

Strakowski SM, DelBello MP, Zimmerman ME, Getz GE, Mills NP, Ret J, Shear PK, Adler CM: Ventricular and periventricular structural volumes in first- versus multiple-episode bipolar disorder.Am J Psychiatry 159:1841-1847, 2002.

DelBello MP, Kowatch RA, Warner J, Schwiers ML, Rappaport KB, Daniels JP, Foster KD, Strakowski SM: Topiramate treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder: A retrospective chart review.J Child Adolesc Psychopharm 12:323-330, 2002.

Cecil KM, DelBello MP, Morey R, Strakowski SM: Frontal lobe differences in bipolar disorder as determined by proton MR spectroscopy.Bipolar Disord 4:357-365, 2002.

Solicited Reviews and Book Chapters:

Strakowski SM, DelBello MP, Adler CA: Comparative tolerability of drug treatments for bipolar disorder. CNS Drugs, 15:701-718, 2001.

Nelson EB, Soutullo CA, DelBello MP, McElroy SL: The psychopharmacological treatment of sex offenders.The Sex Offender, Vol. 4, Barbara K. Schwartz (ed.), Civic Research Institute, 2002.

DelBello MP, Kowatch RA: Lithium. In: Textbook of Pharmacotherapy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders. Rosenberg D, Davanzo P, Gershon S (eds.), Brunner Mazel, Inc., 2002.

DelBello MP, Strakowski SM: The Impact of substance abuse on the course of bipolar disorder.Directions in Psychiatry, 2002.

Keck PE, DelBello MP: Advances in pharmacologic treatment: bipolar mania. Current Psychiatry, December, 2002.

DelBello MP, Strakowski SM: The Co-occurrence of affective and substance use disorders. In: Integrating Treatment for Mood and Substance Disorders J Westermeyer, RD Weiss, (eds.), Johns Hopkins Press, 2003.

DelBello MP, Kowatch RA, Keck PE, Jr.: New antiepileptic agents for the treatment of bipolar disorder.Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Newsletter, 7:1-4, 2002.

DelBello MP, Kowatch RA: Neuroimaging in pediatric bipolar disorder. In: Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence. Geller B, DelBello MP (eds.), Guilford Publication, Inc., 2003.

DelBello MP, Axelson D, Geller B: Introduction to bipolar disorder in childhood and early adolescence. In: Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence. Geller B, DelBello MP (eds.), Guilford Publication, Inc., 2003.

Books:

Geller B, DelBello MP (eds.): Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence.

Other Publications:

DelBello MP: There's no place like home, There's no place like home.APA Research Report, Residents' and Fellows' Corner, Spring/Summer, 2001.

DelBello MP: Women as psychiatric researchers: A decade later.APA Research Report Residents' and Fellows' Corner, Fall/Winter, 2001.

DelBello MP: Psychiatric Travel Awards 101.APA Research Report Residents' and Fellows' Corner, Spring, 2002.

DelBello MP: Writing an NIMH Career Development award (a.k.a. "K award"): Part I.APA Research Report Residents' and Fellows' Corner, Summer, 2002.

DelBello MP: Reducing the impact of bipolar disorder: a developmental perspective. Commentary on the economic and social burden of bipolar disorder, Goldberg J and Ernst C, In: Bipolar Disorder Maj M, Akiskal HS, Lopez-Ibor JJ, Sartorius N (eds.), WPA series, Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry, vol 5, John Wiley and Sons LTD, 2002.

Presentations, Most Recent:

McDonough-Ryan P, Shear PK, DelBello MP, Ris D, Strakowski SM: Academic and cognitive abilities in children of parents with bipolar disorder: a test on the nonverbal learning disability model. International Neuropsychological Society, Chicago, IL, February, 2001.

DelBello MP, Zimmerman ME, Getz GE, Strakowski SM: MRI analysis of adolescents with bipolar disorder, Biol Psychiatry, 49:20S, 2001.

Adler CM, Strakowksi SM, Holland SK, Schmithorst V, DelBello MP, Tuchfarber MJ: Neurophysiology of working memory in bipolar disorder: an fMRI study. Biol Psychiatry, 49:44S, 2001.

Strakowski SM, Adler CM, Holland SK, DelBello MP, Schmithorst V: Neural activation during facial affect recognition in euthymic bipolar disorder. Biol Psychiatry, 49:81S, 2001.

Lopez-Larson M, DelBello MP, Zimmerman ME, Strakowski SM: MRI characterization of frontal subregions in patients with bipolar disorder, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May, 2001.

Soutullo CA, DelBello MP, Mcdonough-Ryan P, Pereda T, McElroy SL, Strakowski SM: Early symptoms in children of bipolar parents vs. controls, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May, 2001.

Cecil KM, Ball WS, DelBello MP, Strakowski SM: Orbital frontal metabolite changes in bipolar disorder: A Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Bipolar Disord, 3 Suppl 1:30, 2001.

DelBello MP, Rosenberg HL, Hudepohl AM, Strakowski SM: Quetiapine as adjunctive treatment for adolescent mania. Bipolar Disord, 3 Suppl 1: 33, 2001.

McDonough-Ryan P, DelBello MP, Shear PK, Ris MD, Strakowski SM: Neuropsychological functioning in children of parents with bipolar disorder. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, August, 2001.

Kowatch RA, DelBello MP, Wilke M, McConville BJ: fMRI study of affect recognition in bipolar children and controls, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 2001.

DelBello MP, Cecil KM, Soutullo CA, McDonough-Ryan P, Schwiers ML, Strakowski SM: Neurobiological characterization of children at risk for bipolar disorder, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 2001.

DelBello MP, Rosenberg HL, Shear PK, Schwiers ML, Strakowski SM: Quetiapine for the treatment of adolescent mania, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 2001.

DelBello MP, Kowatch RA, Warner J, Rappaport K, Daniels J, Foster KD, Nelson D, Strakowski SM: Topiramate treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder: a retrospective chart review, American Psychiatric Association, Institute on Psychiatric Services, Orlando, FL, October, 2001.

DelBello MP, Rosenberg HL, Wilhoit SR, Seshadri V, Strakowski SM: Safety, tolerability and efficacy of quetiapine as adjunctive treatment for bipolar adolescents with mania, American Psychiatric Association, Institute on Psychiatric Services, Orlando, FL, October, 2001.

DelBello MP, Schwiers ML, Rosenberg HL, Strakowski SM: Quetiapine as adjunctive treatment for adolescent mania. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, December, 2001.

DelBello MP, Zimmerman ME, Getz GE, Strakowski SM: MRI analysis of structural neuroanatomic abnormalities in adolescents with bipolar disorder. American College of Neuropsychopharmaology, December, 2001.

Shear PK, DelBello MP, Rosenberg HL, Strakowski SM: Parent ratings of executive functioning in adolescents with bipolar disorder. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, February, 2002.

Rosenberg HL, Sax KW, DelBello MP, Adler CM, Shear PK, Strakowski SM: Cognitive effects of D-amphetamine exposure. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, February, 2002.

Jak A, Shear PK, Zimmerman ME, Getz GE, DelBello MP, Strakowski SM: Brain structural correlates of memory in bipolar disorder. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, February, 2002.

DelBello MP, Kowatch RA, Warner J, Rappaport K, Daniels J, Foster KD, Nelson D, Strakowski SM: Topiramate treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder: a retrospective chart review. Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2002.

DelBello MP, Kowatch RA, Warner J, Rappaport K, Daniels J, Foster KD, Nelson D, Strakowski SM: Topiramate treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder: a retrospective chart review. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 18-23, 2002.

Fleck DE, Henricks, WL, DelBello MP, Strakowski SM: Ethnic differences in antipsychotic use following bipolar disorder onset. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2002.

DelBello MP, Schwiers ML, Rosenberg HL, Strakowski SM: Quetiapine as adjunctive treatment for adolescent mania. College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists Annual Meeting, April, 2002.

DelBello MP, Schwiers ML, Rosenberg HL, Strakowski SM: Quetiapine as adjunctive treatment for adolescent mania. Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologium, Montreal, Canada, June, 2002.

DelBello MP, Adler CM, Mills NP, Kowatch RA, Strakowski SM. FMRI study of the Continuous Performance Test in bipolar disorder. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October, 2002.

DelBello MP, Miller AN, Warner J, Rosenberg HL, Strakowski SM: Olanzapine treatment for adolescent bipolar disorder. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October, 2002.

Kowatch RA, Wilke M, Mills NP, DelBello MP, Holland SK, Strakowski SM: An fMRI study of affect discrimination in bipolar children and normal controls. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2002.

DelBello MP, Adler CM, Mills NP, Holland SK, Strakowski SM: FMRI study of the Continuous Performance Test in unmedicated manic adolescents with bipolar disorder. American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, December, 2002.

Jak, AJ, Shear PK, Rosenberg HL, DelBello MP, Strakowski SM: Intellectual functioning in children with bipolar disorder. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August, 2002.