Academic Title
Affiliation
Major Area(s) of Study
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry UCSD Experimental Psychopathology
     
E-mail
Phone
Address
zdaskalakis@health.ucsd.edu 858-534-1568 Biomedical Sciences Building / 9500 Gilman Drive / La Jolla, CA 92093-0603
Graduate Institution

Queen’s University (MD), University of Toronto (PhD)

Research Description

Jeff Daskalakis’s research focusses on neurophysiological and treatment studies using transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (rTMS) and magnetic seizure therapy (MST).

Representative Publications

  • Blumberger DM, Vila-Rodriguez F, Thorpe KE, Feffer K, Noda Y, Giacobbe P, Knyahnytska Y, Kennedy SH, Lam RW, Daskalakis ZJ, Downar J. Effectiveness of theta burst versus high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with depression (THREE-D): a randomised non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2018 Apr 28;391(10131):1683-1692. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30295-2. Epub 2018 Apr 26. PMID: 29726344

  • Sun Y, Farzan F, Mulsant BH, Rajji TK, Fitzgerald PB, Barr MS, Downar J, Wong W, Blumberger DM, Daskalakis ZJ. Predicting Remission of Suicidal Ideation Following Magnetic Seizure Therapy in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression, JAMA Psychiatry, 2016 Apr 1;73(4):337-45. PMID: 26981889

  • Daskalakis ZJ, Christensen BK, Fitzgerald PB, Chen R. Dysfunctional neural plasticity in patients with schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008;65(4):378-385. PMID: 18391126

Collaborators

Dr. Daniel Blumberger / Dr. Tarek Rajji / Dr. Faranak Farzan / Dr. Daphne Voineskos