Shirlene Sampson, M.D.

Minnesota

Medical School

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Graduate School

M.Sc., Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie Medical School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Internship

Internal Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

General Internship Rotation, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Medical Psychiatry/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Neuropsychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Certifications

Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Academic Rank

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Interests

• Neuropsychiatry
• Consultation-Liaison psychiatry (psychiatry in the medically ill) — special interest in the treatment of delirium and depression in the medically ill
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation
• Depression
• Biological therapies for treatment-resistant depression including transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy
• Neuroimaging in psychiatry
• Mood changes with isotretinoin use

Professional Highlights

• President, Association of Convulsive Therapy, 2008-2010
• Vice-President, Association of Convulsive Therapy, 2007-2008

Publications

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Research

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