Robert Hudak, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Consultation-Liaison
  • Telepsychiatry
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Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Obsessive compulsive disorder

Clinical Interests

Obsessive compulsive and related disorders; Autism spectrum disorders; Deep brain stimulation

Selected Publications

  1. Chase HW, Graur S, Versace A, Greenberg T, Bonar L, Hudak R, Quirk GJ, Greenberg BD, Rasmussen SA, Haber SN, Phillips ML. Neural mechanisms of persistent avoidance in OCD: A novel avoidance devaluation study. Neuroimage Clin. 2020 Aug 8;28:102404.
  2. Sha Z, Versace A, Edmiston EK, Fournier J, Graur S, Greenberg T, Santos JPL, Chase HW, Stiffler RS, Bonar L, Hudak R, Yendiki A, Greenberg BD, Rasmussen S, Liu H, Quirk G, Haber S, Phillips ML. Functional disruption in prefrontal-striatal network in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2020 Jun 30;300:111081.
  3. Sha Z, Edmiston EK, Versace A, Fournier JC, Graur S, Greenberg T, Lima Santos JP, Chase HW, Stiffler RS, Bonar L, Hudak R, Yendiki A, Greenberg BD, Rasmussen S, Liu H, Quirk G, Haber S, Phillips ML. Functional disruption of cerebello-thalamo-cortical networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020 Apr;5(4):438-447.
  4. Versace A, Graur S, Greenberg T, Lima Santos JP, Chase HW, Bonar L, Stiffler RS, Hudak R, Kim T, Yendiki A, Greenberg B, Rasmussen S, Liu H, Haber S, Phillips ML. Reduced focal fiber collinearity in the cingulum bundle in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 Jun;44(7):1182-1188.
  5. Walton, R.G., Hudak, R., Green-Waite, R.J. (1993) Adverse reactions to aspartame: Double blind challenge in patients from a vulnerable population. Biol. Psychiatry 34:13-17.
  6. Boure X, Sharma M, Hudak R. Biological Treatments for Obsessive Compulsive and related Disorders. J Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders. July 2015 (6) 7-26
  7. Gopalan P, Azzam PN, Hudak R. Pramipexole-induced obsessive compulsive symptoms in a patient with Parkinsons Disease and disgust sensitivity. Psychosomatics 2013 May-Jun;54(3):286-9
  8. Hudak R, Wisner KL. Diagnosis and Treatment of Postpartum Obsessions and Compulsions that Involve Infant Harm. American Journal of Psychiatry 2012 Apr 1;169(4):360-3
  9. Kondziolka, D., Hudak, R., Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder related skin picking with gamma knife radiosurgical anterior capsulotomies: a case report. J. Clin. Psychiatry 2008 Aug;69(8): 1337-40
  10. Hudak R, Gannon JM. Handbook of Psychiatric Disorders in Adults in the Primary Care Setting. Springer Nature Publishing. 2022
  11. Hudak R, Borue X, Sharma M. Biological Models and Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders for Adults. Wiley Handbook of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. (Abramowitz, McKay, Storch Eds). 2017 Wiley-Blackwell
  12. Hudak R, Gopalan P & Dougherty D. Treatment resistant obsessive compulsive disorder. In Management of Treatment Resistant Major Psychiatric Disorders (C. Nemeroff, Ed) Oxford University Press. 2012
  13. Hudak R, & Jacob R. Anxiety in the general medical setting. In Psychosomatic Medicine (Ackerman K, DiMartini A, (Eds) Oxford University Press 2015
  14. (Hudak R & Dougherty D, Eds) Clinical Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Adults and Children, Cambridge University Press. 2011

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
MD, Northeastern Ohio Universities, Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
Residency
Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University

Professional Affiliations

  • Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation of Western Pennsylvania
  • Member, International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation
  • Leader and Editor, OCD Accreditation Task Force, Specialty Pharmacy for Adult OCD, International Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Accreditation Task Force
  • Member, Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board, International Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Foundation

Selected Honors & Awards

  • Exemplary Teaching Service Award for Adult Faculty, Office of Residency Training, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
  • Exemplary Teaching Service Award for Adult Faculty - Outpatient Services, Office of Residency Training, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

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