Andrew Krystal, MD
Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Dr. Krystal is the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry, Director of the Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders, Director of the UCSF Interventional Psychiatry Program and Co-Director of the TMS & Neuromodulation Clinic.

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He is Board Certified in Clinical Neurophysiology by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a pioneer in the application of computational modeling to the study of biomarker development using EEG in patients with depression and sleep disorders and application of biomarkers in treatment development clinical trials. He also has extensive experience in clinical and research personalization of therapies for the treatment of patients with mood disorders. He has been the principal investigator of more than 50 single-site and multi-site clinical trials.

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship Clinical Research Methodology Duke University 1993
  • Fellowship Sleep Disorders and Clinical Neurophysiology Duke University/NIMH 1992
  • Executive Chief Residency Psychiatry Duke University 1991
  • Residency Psychiatry Duke University 1991
  • M.D. Medicine Duke University 1987
  • M.S. Biomedical Engineering M.I.T. 1983
  • B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering M.I.T. 1983

Interests

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  • Sleep Medicine
  • Mood and Anxiety Spectrum Disorders
  • Biomarkers
  • EEG
  • Clinical Trials
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Pharmacology

Grants and Projects

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Publications (258)

Top publication keywords:
AnhedoniaSuicidal IdeationNarcolepsyElectroconvulsive TherapySleepElectroencephalographyDepressive Disorder, MajorPolysomnographyHypnotics and SedativesSleep StagesNarcotic AntagonistsDeep Brain StimulationWakefulnessSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSleep Wake Disorders

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