Faculty

Khaled Moussawi

Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Bioengineering

Contact Details

Bridgeside Point II, Room 224
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15219
Phone 412-383-3084
Email
Website
Translational Neuropsychiatry Through Neuromodulation Lab

Education & Training

MD
Medical University of South Carolina
PhD
Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina
Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Womens Hospital
Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Center
Behavioral Neurophysiology Neuroscience, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Selected Honors & Awards

Diversity Mentoring Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Career Development Award, American Neuropsychiatric Association

Research Interests

Neuromodulation: TMS, DBS, tFUS; Substance use disorders; Reward circuits
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Moussawi K, Kalivas PW & Lee JW. (2016) Abstinence from drug dependence after bilateral Globus Pallidus hypoxic ischemic injury. Biological Psychiatry. 80(9): e79e80.
  2. Moussawi K, Zhou W, Shen H, Reichel CM, See RE, Carr DB & Kalivas PW. (2011) Reversing cocaine-induced synaptic potentiation provides enduring protection from relapse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (1), 385-390.
  3. Moussawi K, Pacchioni A, Moran M, Olive MF, Gass JT, Lavin A & Kalivas PW. (2009) N-Acetylcysteine reverses cocaine-induced metaplasticity. Nature Neuroscience. 12, 182-189.

Psychiatry Residents Present Robust Research at the 5th Annual Psychiatry Research Pathway Symposium 

2022 PRP Symposium Participants

The Psychiatry Research Pathway (PRP) Symposium provides UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital residents engaged in research the opportunity to present their work to an audience of fellow residents, faculty mentors, T32 postdoctoral research program directors, and other members of our academic community. This year, seven residents presented current and/or future research, followed by Q&A and lively discussion among the...

Nature Medicine: Brain Lesions Disrupting Addiction Map to a Common Human Brain Circuit

Dr. Khaled Moussawi

Substance use disorder is a public health crisis for which new treatments are urgently needed. In rare cases, regional brain damage (for example, following a stroke) can lead to addiction remission, and such cases can be used to identify therapeutic targets for neuromodulation. A group of investigators, including Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Bioengineering), from Pitt...

Pitt Psychiatry Hosts a Tremendous Research “Half” Day

2021 Research Day

On June 9, 2021, the Department of Psychiatry held its 2nd virtual Research Day, featuring presentations on health equity research, a speed dat(a)ing session, a keynote address, and honors and awards. The event was billed as a Research “Half” Day, as we hope and expect for the second half of the event, a poster session, to occur in person. (Date: October 5, 2021. Stay tuned to our events page for details!) Below is...

The Department of Psychiatry Welcomes Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD, to the Faculty

Dr. Khaled Moussawi

We are pleased to announce that Khaled Moussawi, MD, PhD, has joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Moussawi joins Pitt Psychiatry from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, where he was a clinical/postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Moussawi received his MD, and a PhD in neuroscience, from the Medical University of South Carolina before completing residency training in...