Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., University of Alabama School of Medicine 2002
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Consulting Associate in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Physician Assistant Program, Community and Family Medicine 2013 - 2015
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Vaishnavi, S, Towle, A, and Gualtieri, T. "Complex Information Processing Abnormalities in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis." March 1, 2011.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Barkenbus, J, and Gualtieri, CT. "Higher Cognitively Functioning Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients Have a More Specific Pattern of Impairment on Neuropsychological Testing." March 2, 2010.  Link to Item

  • Journal Articles

    • Roy, D, Koliatsos, V, Vaishnavi, S, Han, D, and Rao, V. "Risk Factors for New-Onset Depression After First-Time Traumatic Brain Injury." Psychosomatics 59, no. 1 (January 2018): 47-57.  Full Text
    • Olson, MC, Maciel, A, Gariepy, JF, Cullors, A, Saldivar, J-S, Taylor, D, Centeno, J, Garces, JA, and Vaishnavi, S. "Clinical Impact of Pharmacogenetic-Guided Treatment for Patients Exhibiting Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial." The primary care companion for CNS disorders 19, no. 2 (March 16, 2017).  Full Text
    • Roy, D, Vaishnavi, S, Han, D, and Rao, V. "Correlates and Prevalence of Aggression at Six Months and One Year After First-Time Traumatic Brain Injury." The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 29, no. 4 (January 2017): 334-342.  Full Text
    • Vaishnavi, S, and Bilello, JA. "An Array of Serum Biomarkers May Predict Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depression Patients." JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES 27, no. 2 (2015): E199-E199.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Forbes, C, and Gualtieri, T. "Impulsivity, Apathy, and Executive Dysfunction in a Patient With Multiple Potential Etiologies." JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES 23, no. 2 (2011): 21-21.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, McCann, U, and Rao, V. "Sleep Disturbance after Traumatic Brain Injury." PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS 40, no. 11 (November 2010): 553-559.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rao, V, Rosenberg, P, Bertrand, M, Salehinia, S, Spiro, J, Vaishnavi, S, Rastogi, P, Noll, K, Schretlen, DJ, Brandt, J, Cornwell, E, Makley, M, and Miles, QS. "Aggression After Traumatic Brain Injury: Prevalence and Correlates." JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES 21, no. 4 (2009): 420-429.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Rao, V, and Fann, JR. "Neuropsychiatric Problems After Traumatic Brain Injury: Unraveling the Silent Epidemic." PSYCHOSOMATICS 50, no. 3 (2009): 198-205.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Rosenblatt, A, Rabins, P, Lyketsos, C, and Rao, V. "Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Training: The Johns Hopkins Model." JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES 21, no. 3 (2009): 335-341.  Link to Item
    • Rao, V, Spiro, J, Vaishnavi, S, Rastogi, P, Mielke, M, Noll, K, Cornwell, E, Schretlen, D, and Makley, M. "Prevalence and types of sleep disturbances acutely after traumatic brain injury." BRAIN INJURY 22, no. 5 (May 2008): 381-386.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Obst-Buckner, P, Brown, J, Vaishnavi, S, Schoenberg, H, Fancher, L, and Rao, V. "Case report of treatment of severe mood disorder in an inpatient setting: When less is more." GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY 30, no. 5 (2008): 485-487.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Alamy, S, Zhang, W, Connor, KM, and Davidson, JRT. "Quetiapine as monotherapy for social anxiety disorder: a placebo-controlled study." Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 31, no. 7 (October 1, 2007): 1464-1469.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Connor, K, and Davidson, JRT. "An abbreviated version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the CD-RISC2: Psychometric properties and applications in psychopharmacological trials." PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH 152, no. 2-3 (August 30, 2007): 293-297.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Connor, KM, Vaishnavi, S, Davidson, JRT, Sheehan, DV, and Sheehan, KH. "Perceived stress in anxiety disorders and the general population: A study of the Sheehan stress vulnerability scale." PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH 151, no. 3 (June 30, 2007): 249-254.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rao, V, Handel, S, Vaishnavi, S, Keach, S, Robbins, B, Spiro, J, Ward, J, and Berlin, F. "Psychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury: A case report." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 164, no. 5 (May 2007): 728-735.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Gadde, K, Alamy, S, Zhang, W, Connor, K, and Davidson, JRT. "Modafinil for atypical depression: Effects of open-label and double-blind discontinuation treatment (vol 26, pg 373, 2006)." JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 26, no. 5 (October 2006): 523-523.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, and Taylor, WD. "Neuroimaging in late-life depression." INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY 18, no. 5 (October 2006): 443-451.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Gadde, K, Alamy, S, Zhang, W, Connor, K, and Davidson, JRT. "Modafinil for atypical depression: effects of open-label and double-blind discontinuation treatment." J Clin Psychopharmacol 26, no. 4 (August 2006): 373-378.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Gadde, K, Alamy, S, Zhang, W, Connor, K, and Davidson, JRT. "Modafinil for atypical depression: Effects of open-label and double-blind discontinuation treatment." JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 26, no. 4 (August 2006): 373-378.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Payne, V, Connor, K, and Davidson, JRT. "A comparison of the sprint and caps assessment scales for posttraumatic stress disorder." DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY 23, no. 7 (2006): 437-440.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Chatterjee, A, and Vaishnavi, S. "Attention to location or sensation?." NEUROLOGY 56, no. 8 (April 24, 2001): A187-A187.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Calhoun, J, and Chatterjee, A. "Binding personal and peripersonal space: Evidence from tactile extinction." JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE 13, no. 2 (March 2001): 181-189.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Chatterjee, A, Ricci, R, Calhoun, J, and Vaishnavi, S. "Effort and awareness in unilateral spatial neglect." NEUROLOGY 54, no. 7 (April 11, 2000): A223-A224.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Calhoun, J, Southwood, MH, and Chatterjee, A. "Sensory and response interference by ipsilesional stimuli in tactile extinction." CORTEX 36, no. 1 (February 2000): 81-92.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Calhoun, J, and Chatterjee, A. "Binding personal and peripersonal space: Evidence from tactile extinction." JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (2000): 40-40.  Link to Item
    • Vaishnavi, S, Calhoun, J, and Chatterjee, A. "Crossmodal and sensorimotor integration in tactile awareness." NEUROLOGY 53, no. 7 (October 22, 1999): 1596-1598.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ricci, R, Vaishnavi, S, and Chatterjee, A. "A deficit of intermediate vision: Experimental observations and theoretical implications." NEUROCASE 5, no. 1 (1999): 1-12.  Link to Item
    • Chatterjee, A, Ricci, R, and Vaishnavi, S. "Pre-attentive processes in vision." NEUROLOGY 50, no. 4 (April 1998): A256-A257.  Link to Item
    • Simon, TJ, and Vaishnavi, S. "Subitizing and counting depend on different attentional mechanisms: Evidence from visual enumeration in afterimages." PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS 58, no. 6 (August 1996): 915-926.  Full Text  Link to Item

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