Maria A. Oquendo
Maria A. Oquendo | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, 1980,Tufts University MD, 1984,Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons PhD, 2010,Universidad Autonoma de Madrid |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Columbia University |
Maria A. Oquendois an American psychiatrist. Oquendo is the chair of the Department of Psychiatry in thePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.In 2016, she became the first Latina to be electedpresidentof theAmerican Psychiatric Association.
Early life and education
[edit]Oquendo graduated fromTufts Universityin 1980 and received hermedical degreefrom theColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeonsin 1984. She then completed her residency in Psychiatry at thePayne Whitney Psychiatric Clinicin the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.[1]
Career
[edit]Columbia University
[edit]Upon completing her formal education, Oquendo joined the faculty at Columbia University and co-established the Oquendo-Gould-Stanley-Posner classification system to identify sub-categories of suicidal behavior.[2]In 2003, Oquendo and her colleagues were commissioned by theFood and Drug Administrationto develop a classification system to examine suicide-related events in the data. Oquendo first proposed suicidal behavior should be its own diagnostic category in 2008 and successfully argued its addition to the DSM-5's appendix in 2013.[3]
By 2007, Oquendo was appointed the director of research clinics at Columbia and vice chair for education and training.[4]As a result of her research, Oquendo was awarded the Gerald Klerman Award from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Simon Bolivar Award, and the National Hispanic Medical Association Hispanic Health Leadership Award.[5]In September 2014, Milton Wainberg and Oquendo launched a fellowship program to promote international training in mental health implementation research in Mozambique.[6]During the same year, she was announced as president-elect of theAmerican Psychiatric Association(APA),[7]and subsequently became their first Latina president in 2016.[8]
University of Pennsylvania
[edit]Oquendo left Columbia in 2017 to become the new chair of the Department of Psychiatry in thePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.[9]While serving in this role, she was elected a Member of theNational Academy of Medicine.[10]Oquendo was also awarded the 2018 Delores Shockley Minority Mentoring Award by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology for "successfully mentoring young scientists from underrepresented groups in the field of neuropsychopharmacology and related disciplines."[11]
References
[edit]- ^"MARIA A. OQUENDO".upenn.edu.RetrievedJune 4,2021.
- ^Bernstein, Carole (January 9, 2019)."Tangling with the Science of Suicide".Newswire.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^Oquendo, Maria A.; Baca-Garcia, Enrique (June 2, 2014)."Suicidal behavior disorder as a diagnostic entity in the DSM-5 classification system: advantages outweigh limitations".World Psychiatry.13(2): 128–130.doi:10.1002/wps.20116.PMC4102277.PMID24890057.
- ^"Penn Medicine Announces Appointment of Maria A. Oquendo, MD, as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry".Penn Medicine. March 8, 2016.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^"Psychiatry Residency Program Visiting Professor Maria A. Oquendo, MD".Bergen New Bridge Medical Center.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^"Mozambique's First Fellows in Psychiatric Research Training Come to Columbia University Medical Center".Columbia University. October 10, 2014.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^"HONORS AND AWARDS 2014-2015".Columbia University. October 14, 2015. p. 14.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^Yarmolinsky, Rachel (May 18, 2016)."Dr. Maria A. Oquendo Inducted First Latina President of the American Psychiatric Association".Columbia University.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^"Penn Medicine Announces Appointment of Maria A. Oquendo, MD, as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry".University of Pennsylvania. March 8, 2016.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^"National Academy of Medicine Elects 80 New Members".National Academy of Medicine. October 16, 2017.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
- ^"Maria A. Oquendo: Delores Shockley Minority Mentoring Award".University of Pennsylvania. January 15, 2019.RetrievedJune 15,2021.
External links
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