Eydie L Moses-Kolko, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Telepsychiatry
  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Women & Reproductive Health
Eydie L Moses-Kolko, MD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Perinatal mood disorders; Culturally sensitive patient engagement; Medication decision making in pregnancy

Clinical Interests

Prediction of perinatal mood & anxiety disorders; Perinatal psychiatry

Education Interests

Women's mental health; Resident education

Selected Publications

  1. Moses-Kolko EL, Straub L, Fung K, Huybrechts KF. Synthesizing cohort study results to promote knowledge transfer of safety data regarding gestational antidepressant exposure and offspring congenital anomalies: A test of concept. Birth Defects Res. 2025 Jun;117(6):e2496. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.2496. PMID: 40552704; PMCID: PMC12186466.
  2. Wisner KL, Sit DK, McShea, Luther JF, Eng HF, Dills JL, Moses-Kolko EL, Wisniewski SR. Telephone-based depression care management for postpartum women: A randomized controlled trial J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Aug 8.
  3. Moses-Kolko EL, Horner MS, Phillips ML, Hipwell AE, Swain JE. In search of neural endophenotypes of postpartum psychopathology and disrupted maternal caregiving. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 2014; 26(10): 665-684. PMID 25059408
  4. Moses-Kolko EL, Forbes EE, Stepp S, Fraser D, Keenan KE, Guyer AE, Chase HW, Phillips ML, Zevallos CR, Guo C, Hipwell AE. The influence of motherhood on neural systems for reward processing in low income, minority, young women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, April 2016 (66): 130-137
  5. Hipwell AE, Guo C, Phillips ML, Swain JE, Moses-Kolko EL. Right frontoinsular cortex and subcortical activity to infant cry is associated with maternal mental state talk. Journal of Neuroscience, 16 September 2015, 35(37): 12725-12732. PMID: 26377462; PMCID: PMC4571605
  6. Nagle-Yang S, Gallaher Miles A, Gores AM, Moses-Kolko E. Preventing perinatal suicide and overdose: Innovative care models and evidence-based strategies. Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. Sept 2025.
  7. Moses-Kolko EL, Li R, Gopalan P, Poerschke R, Schlesinger AB. Impact of colocated behavioral health on OB-GYN clinicians' rate of perinatal behavioral health diagnosis and psychotropic prescription. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2023/09/01/ 2023;84:18-24. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.05.004
  8. Moses-Kolko EL, Hipwell AE. First-onset postpartum psychiatric disorders portend high 1-year unnatural-cause mortality risk. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2016 173(6): 559-561.
  9. Moses-Kolko EL, Berga SL, Kalro B, Sit DK, Wisner KL Transdermal estradiol for postpartum depression: a promising treatment option. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2009;52(3):516-29. PMID 19661765.
  10. Moses-Kolko EL, Bogen D, Perel J, Wisner KL, Bregar A, Uhl K, Levin B. Neonatal signs after in utero selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure, author reply. JAMA. 2005;294: 2300-2301.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
MD, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Residency
Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
Postdoctoral
Clinical Research, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Marce Society of North America
  • Member, Organization for Teratology Information Services

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