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Matthew J. Friedman, M.D.
Title(s):
Professor of Psychiatry and of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Executive Director
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Department(s):
Psychiatry
Education:
Dartmouth College, AB 1961
Einstein College of Medicine, PHD 1967
U. Kentucky, MD 1969
Programs:
Neuroscience Center at Dartmouth
Websites:
http://dms.dartmouth.edu/pharm-tox
http://dms.dartmouth.edu/ncd/
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov
Contact Information:
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Dartmouth Medical School HB 7900 Hanover NH 03755 |
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Office: National Center for PTSD Phone: 802-296-5132 Fax: 802-296-5135 Email: matthew.j.friedman@dartmouth.edu Assistant: Jan Clark Asst. Phone: 802-296-5132 Asst. Email: jan.clark@dartmouth.edu |
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Selected Publications: |
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Friedman MJ, Keane TM & Resick PA (editors) Handbook of PTSD: Science and Practice. New York, Guilford Publications, 2007 Friedman MJ, Marmar C, BakerD, Sikes C & Farfel G Randomized double-blind comparison of sertraline and placebo for post-traumtic stress disorder in a department of veterans affairs setting. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 68: 711-720, 2007 Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Engel CC, Foa EB, Shea T et al Cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in women: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American medical Association 297: 820-830, 2007 Friedman MJ, Jalowiec JJ, McHugo GM, Wang S & McDonagh A Adult sexual abuse is associated with elevated neurohormone levels among women with PTSD due to childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Traumatic Stress 20: 611-617,2007 Bursztajn S, Falls WA, Berman SA & Friedman MJ Cell proliferation in the brains of NMDAR NRI transgenic mice. Brain Research 1172: 10-20, 2007 |
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Professional Interests:
Dr. Matthew J. Friedman received his Ph.D. in pharmacology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1967. He then received an M.D. at the University of Kentucky, Lexington where he also had a post-doctoral fellowship, served on the faculty of the Department of Pharmacology and had a rotating internship. His residency in psychiatry was at the Massachusetts General Hospital (1970-1972) and at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (1972-1973). He joined the Dartmouth faculty in Psychiatry in 1973 and in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1976. His major clinical assignment has been at the VA Medical Center, White River Junction, where he served as staff psychiatrist (1973-1978), and Chief of Psychiatry (1978-1989). He has been Executive Director of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Professor of Psychiatry and of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School. He has worked with PTSD patients as a clinician and researcher for thirty-five years and has published extensively on stress and PTSD, biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and clinical outcome studies on depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and chemical dependency. He has over 200 publications, including seventeen books and monographs. Listed in The Best Doctors in America, he is a Distinguished Lifetime Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, past-president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Chair of the scientific advisory board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and has served on many VA, DoD and NIMH research, education and policy committees. He has received many honors including the ISTSS Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.
Courses Taught:
Lecture medical students in SBM on PTSD
Teach seminars to psychiatry residents on the neurobiology and pharmacological treatment of PTSD.
Grant Information:
Re-Engineering Systems for Primary Care Treatment of PTSD ($1,242,100) 2007-2009. VA HSR&D. Schnurr PP & Friedman MJ, co-principal investigators
PTSD/TBI Clinical Consortium Study Site Award ($1,500,000) 2008-2013. DoD CDMRP. McAllister TW & Friedman MJ, co-principal investigators
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