Alexis G McCathern, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Alexis McCathern, MD

Expertise & Interests

Clinical Interests

Child and adolescent psychiatry; Transitional age youth

Education Interests

Medical student and resident education; Physician wellbeing

Selected Publications

  1. Mathai, D., McCathern, A., Guzick, A., Schneider, S., Weinzimmer, S., Cepeda, S., Garcia-Romeu, A., and Storch, E. (2021) Parental Attitudes Toward Use of Ketamine in Adolescent Mood Disorders and Suicidality. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 31(8), 553-561. doi:10.1089/cap.2021.0078
  2. Salisbury, D., McCathern, A., Coffman, B., Murphy, T., Haigh, S. (2018) Complex mismatch negativity to tone pair deviants in long-term schizophrenia and in the first-episode schizophrenia spectrum, Schizophrenia Research, 191, 18-24, doi:10.1016/j.schres.2017.04.044.
  3. McCathern, A., Mathai, D., Cho, R., Goodman, W., & Storch, A. (2020). Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 20(10), 1029-1036. doi:10.1080/14737175.2020.1798232

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Residency
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Member, Pennsylvania Medical Society