Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Northwestern University 1996 - 1997
  • Residency Training, Psychiatry, Duke University 1992 - 1996
  • M.D., University of Virginia 1992
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2014 - 2021
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2008 - 2013
  • Consulting Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 1999 - 2008
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Duke Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP): Communities Caring for Seniors awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2015 - 2020
  • Acute and Continuation Treatment in Late Life Mania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2011
  • NIH State of the Science Conference on Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2008 - 2010
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Holsinger, Tracey, Brenda L. Plassman, Karen M. Stechuchak, James R. Burke, Cynthia J. Coffman, and John W. Williams. “Stability of Diagnoses of Cognitive Impairment, Not Dementia in a Veterans Affairs Primary Care Population.” J Am Geriatr Soc 63, no. 6 (June 2015): 1105–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13455.
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    • Holsinger, T., B. L. Plassman, and K. M. Stechuchak. “The Mini-Cog had sensitivity similar to the longer 3MS for detecting cognitive impairment or dementia.” Annals of Internal Medicine 157, no. 8 (October 16, 2012). https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-8-201210160-02008.
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    • Holsinger, Tracey, Brenda L. Plassman, Karen M. Stechuchak, James R. Burke, Cynthia J. Coffman, and John W. Williams. “Screening for cognitive impairment: comparing the performance of four instruments in primary care.” J Am Geriatr Soc 60, no. 6 (June 2012): 1027–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03967.x.
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    • Gharacholou, S Michael, Kimberly J. Reid, Suzanne V. Arnold, John Spertus, Michael W. Rich, Patricia A. Pellikka, Mandeep Singh, et al. “Cognitive impairment and outcomes in older adult survivors of acute myocardial infarction: findings from the translational research investigating underlying disparities in acute myocardial infarction patients' health status registry.” Am Heart J 162, no. 5 (November 2011): 860-869.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2011.08.005.
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    • Holsinger, Tracey, Malaz Boustani, David Abbot, and John W. Williams. “Acceptability of dementia screening in primary care patients.” Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 26, no. 4 (April 2011): 373–79. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2536.
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    • Plassman, Brenda L., John W. Williams, James R. Burke, Tracey Holsinger, and Sophiya Benjamin. “Systematic review: factors associated with risk for and possible prevention of cognitive decline in later life.” Ann Intern Med 153, no. 3 (August 3, 2010): 182–93. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-153-3-201008030-00258.
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    • Goforth, H. W., and T. Holsinger. “Response to effect of the first ECT in a series by C. Kellner, MD [5].” Journal of Ect 23, no. 3 (September 1, 2007): 209. https://doi.org/10.1097/yct.0b013e31811ff2f2.
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    • Holsinger, T., and J. W. Williams. “Screening for dementia in primary care.” Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management 14, no. 9 (September 1, 2007): 515–23.
    • Holsinger, Tracey, Janie Deveau, Malaz Boustani, and John W. Williams. “Does this patient have dementia?” Jama 297, no. 21 (June 6, 2007): 2391–2404. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.297.21.2391.
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    • Holsinger, Tracey, Michael Helms, and Brenda Plassman. “Intelligence in early adulthood and life span up to 65 years later in male elderly twins.” Age Ageing 36, no. 3 (May 2007): 286–91. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afm016.
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    • Goforth, Harold W., and Tracey Holsinger. “Rapid relief of severe major depressive disorder by use of preoperative ketamine and electroconvulsive therapy.” J Ect 23, no. 1 (March 2007): 23–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.yct.0000263257.44539.23.
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    • Williams, John W., Martha Gerrity, Tracey Holsinger, Steve Dobscha, Bradley Gaynes, and Allen Dietrich. “Systematic review of multifaceted interventions to improve depression care.” Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29, no. 2 (March 2007): 91–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.12.003.
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    • Williams, John W., and Tracey Holsinger. “St John's for depression, worts and all.” Bmj 330, no. 7500 (May 14, 2005): E350–51. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7500.E350.
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    • Holsinger, Tracey, David C. Steffens, Caroline Phillips, Michael J. Helms, Richard J. Havlik, John C. S. Breitner, Jack M. Guralnik, and Brenda L. Plassman. “Head injury in early adulthood and the lifetime risk of depression.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 59, no. 1 (January 2002): 17–22. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.59.1.17.
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    • Krystal, A. D., T. Holsinger, R. D. Weiner, and C. E. Coffey. “Prediction of the utility of a switch from unilateral to bilateral ECT in the elderly using treatment 2 ictal EEG indices.” J Ect 16, no. 4 (December 2000): 327–37. https://doi.org/10.1097/00124509-200012000-00002.
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    • Capehart, B. P., and T. Holsinger. “Olanzapine on trial.” Am J Psychiatry 155, no. 1 (January 1998): 152. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.155.1.152.
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    • Krystal, A. D., C. E. Coffey, R. D. Weiner, and T. Holsinger. “Changes in seizure threshold over the course of electroconvulsive therapy affect therapeutic response and are detected by ictal EEG ratings.” J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 10, no. 2 (1998): 178–86. https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.10.2.178.
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    • Krystal, A. D., R. D. Weiner, D. Gassert, W. V. McCall, C. E. Coffey, T. Sibert, and T. Holsinger. “The relative ability of three ictal EEG frequency bands to differentiate ECT seizures on the basis of electrode placement, stimulus intensity, and therapeutic response.” Convuls Ther 12, no. 1 (March 1996): 13–24.
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    • Koenig, H. G., P. Pappas, T. Holsinger, and J. R. Bachar. “Assessing diagnostic approaches to depression in medically ill older adults: how reliably can mental health professionals make judgments about the cause of symptoms?” J Am Geriatr Soc 43, no. 5 (May 1995): 472–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb06091.x.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • PSYCHTRY 222C: Geriatric Psychiatry 2022
  • PSYCHTRY 222C: Geriatric Psychiatry 2021
  • PSYCHTRY 222C: Geriatric Psychiatry 2020

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