Title(s):
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Frontotemporal Dementia Program
Co-Director, Frontotemporal Dementia and Young-Onset Dementias Clinic
Co-Director, Frontotemporal Dementia and Young-Onset Dementias Clinic
Appointment Phone:
410-502-2981
Primary Location:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Behavioral Medicine, Cognitive Disorders, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Dementia, Disorders of Executive Function, Disorders of Social Cognition, Frontotemporal Dementias, Neuropsychiatry, Primary Aphasias, Prion Diseases, Psychiatry, Young-Onset Dementias
Education and Experience
Training
- College of Medicine (Enugu )/ (1991)
Residencies
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore MD)/ Psychiatry (2000)
Fellowships
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore MD)/ Psychiatric Epidemiology (2002)
- University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (Baltimore MD)/ Pharmacology Research Fellow (1996)
Certifications
- Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (2004)
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
550 Building on North Broadway Room Suite 305
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-6509
Appointment Phone: 410-502-2981
Fax: 410-502-3755
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Department / Division
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
Centers/Institutes
Centers / Institutes
- Alzheimer Disease Research Center
- Frontotemporal Dementia and Young-Onset Dementias Clinic
- Johns Hopkins Memory and Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Center
Bio
Biography
Dr. Onyike is specialized in neuropsychiatry and focuses on the care of individuals who have mid- and late-life dementias. He is principal investigator or co-investigator of studies focused on the epidemiology and treatment of the frontotemporal dementias, dementia care, apathy and the neuropsychiatry of ALS. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimers Association in Maryland, and on the associations Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, and is active in professional and public education programs pertaining to dementia.
Physician Title
Director, Frontotemporal Dementia Program
Co-Director, Frontotemporal Dementia and Young-Onset Dementias Clinic
Co-Director, Frontotemporal Dementia and Young-Onset Dementias Clinic
Awards and Honors
Board of Directors, Alzheimers Association of Greater Maryland
Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, Alzheimers Association of Greater Maryland
World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Aphasia and Cognitive Disorders
Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, Alzheimers Association of Greater Maryland
World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Aphasia and Cognitive Disorders
Expertise
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Behavioral Medicine
- Cognitive Disorders
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Dementia
- Disorders of Executive Function
- Disorders of Social Cognition
- Frontotemporal Dementias
- Neuropsychiatry
- Primary Aphasias
- Prion Diseases
- Psychiatry
- Young-Onset Dementias
Research
Research and Publications
Onyike CU, Bonner JO, Lyketsos CG, Treisman GJ. Mania during treatment of chronic hepatitis C with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Am J Psychiatry 2004, 161(3):429-435.
Politis AM, Vozzella S, Mayer LS, Onyike CU, Baker AS, Lyketsos CG. A randomized, controlled, clinical trial of activity therapy for apathy in patients with dementia residing in long-term care. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2004, 19:1087-1094.
Rosenberg PB, Onyike CU, Katz IR, Porsteinsson AP, Mintzer JE, Schneider LS, Rabins PV, Meinert CL, Martin BK, Lyketsos CB for the Depression in Alzheimer Disease Study-2: Clinical application of operationalized criteria for "Depression of Alzheimer Disease". Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 20:119-127.
Lyketsos CG, Toone L, Tschanz J, Rabins PV, Steinberg M, Onyike CU, Corcoran C, Norton M, Zandi P, Breitner JCS, Welsh-Bohmer K and the Cache County Study Group. A Population-based Study of Medical Co-morbidity in Early Dementia and Cognitive Impairment No Dementia (CIND): Association with Functional and Cognitive Impairment. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 13:656-664.
Maust DT, Onyike CU, Sheppard JME, Mayer LS, Samus QM, Brandt J, Rabins PV, Lyketsos CG, Rosenblatt A. Predictors of Caregiver Unawareness and Non-treatment of Dementia among Residents of Assisted Living Facilities: The Maryland Assisted Living Study (MD-AL). Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2006, 14(8):668-675.
Onyike CU. Cerebrovascular Disease and Dementia. Int Review Psychiatry 2006, 18(5):423-431.
Lee HB, Onyike CU. The Cerebrovascular Disease Basis of Psychiatric Syndromes: A model for the Power of Disease Reasoning in Psychiatry. (Editorial) Int Review Psychiatry 2006, 18(5):391-393.
Leroi I, Samus QM, Rosenblatt A, Onyike CU, Brandt J, Baker AS, Rabins P, Lyketsos C. A comparison of small and large assisted living facilities for the diagnosis and care of dementia: the Maryland Assisted Living Study. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2007, 22:224-232.
Onyike CU, Sheppard J-ME, Tschanz JT, Norton MC, Green RC, Steinberg M, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Breitner JC, Lyketsos CG. Epidemiology of Apathy in Older Adults: the Cache County Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2007, 15(5):365-375.
Lyketsos CG, Samus QM, Baker A, McNabney M, Onyike CU, Mayer LS, Brandt J, Rabins P, Rosenblatt A. Effect of Dementia and Treatment of Dementia on Time to Discharge from Assisted Living Facilities: The Maryland Assisted Living Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007, 55:1031-1037.
Tighe SK, Leoutsakos JM, Carlson MC, Onyike CU, Samus Q, Baker A, Brandt J, Rabins PV, Mayer L, Rosenblatt A, Lyketsos CG. The association between activity participation and time to discharge in the assisted living setting. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2008, 23(6):586-91.
Rosenblatt A, Samus QM, Onyike CU, Baker AS, McNabney M, Mayer LS, Brandt J, Lyketsos CG. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in assisted living: patterns of use and association with retention. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2008, 23(2):178-84.
Samus QM, Mayer L, Baker A, McNabney M, Brandt J, Onyike CU, Rabins PV, Lyketsos CG, Rosenblatt A. Characteristics and outcomes for assisted living residents with dementia: comparing dementia-specific care units with non-dementia-specific care units. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008, 56(7):1361-3.
Onyike CU. Neuroleptic discontinuation during dementia care: a recent trial and its implications for practice. Nat Clin Pract Neurol 2008, 4(10):528-9.
de Medeiros K, Rosenberg PB, Baker AS, Onyike CU. Improper sexual behaviors in elders with dementia living in residential care. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2008, 26(4):370-7.
Rao V, Spiro JR, Handel S, Onyike CU. Clinical correlates of personality changes associated with traumatic brain injury. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2008, 20(1):118-9.
McNabney MK, Samus QM, Lyketsos CG, Brandt J, Onyike CU, Baker A, Rosenblatt A. The spectrum of medical illness and medication use among residents of assisted living facilities in central Maryland. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008, 9(8):558-64.
Appleby BS, Onyike CU. Early detection of periodic sharp wave complexes on EEG by independent component analysis in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J Clin Neurophysiol 2008, 25(4):239.
Robert P, Onyike CU, Leentjens AF, Dujardin K, Aalten P, Starkstein S, Verhey FR, Yessavage J, Clement JP, Drapier D, Bayle F, Benoit M, Boyer P, Lorca PM, Thibaut F, Gauthier S, Grossberg G, Vellas B, Byrne J. Proposed diagnostic criteria for apathy in Alzheimer''s disease and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Eur Psychiatry 2009, 24(2):98-104.
Appleby BS, Appleby KK, Crain BJ, Onyike CU, Wallin MT, Rabins PV. Characteristics of established and proposed sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease variants. Arch Neurol 2009, 66(2):208-15.
Politis AM, Vozzella S, Mayer LS, Onyike CU, Baker AS, Lyketsos CG. A randomized, controlled, clinical trial of activity therapy for apathy in patients with dementia residing in long-term care. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2004, 19:1087-1094.
Rosenberg PB, Onyike CU, Katz IR, Porsteinsson AP, Mintzer JE, Schneider LS, Rabins PV, Meinert CL, Martin BK, Lyketsos CB for the Depression in Alzheimer Disease Study-2: Clinical application of operationalized criteria for "Depression of Alzheimer Disease". Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 20:119-127.
Lyketsos CG, Toone L, Tschanz J, Rabins PV, Steinberg M, Onyike CU, Corcoran C, Norton M, Zandi P, Breitner JCS, Welsh-Bohmer K and the Cache County Study Group. A Population-based Study of Medical Co-morbidity in Early Dementia and Cognitive Impairment No Dementia (CIND): Association with Functional and Cognitive Impairment. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry 2005, 13:656-664.
Maust DT, Onyike CU, Sheppard JME, Mayer LS, Samus QM, Brandt J, Rabins PV, Lyketsos CG, Rosenblatt A. Predictors of Caregiver Unawareness and Non-treatment of Dementia among Residents of Assisted Living Facilities: The Maryland Assisted Living Study (MD-AL). Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2006, 14(8):668-675.
Onyike CU. Cerebrovascular Disease and Dementia. Int Review Psychiatry 2006, 18(5):423-431.
Lee HB, Onyike CU. The Cerebrovascular Disease Basis of Psychiatric Syndromes: A model for the Power of Disease Reasoning in Psychiatry. (Editorial) Int Review Psychiatry 2006, 18(5):391-393.
Leroi I, Samus QM, Rosenblatt A, Onyike CU, Brandt J, Baker AS, Rabins P, Lyketsos C. A comparison of small and large assisted living facilities for the diagnosis and care of dementia: the Maryland Assisted Living Study. Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 2007, 22:224-232.
Onyike CU, Sheppard J-ME, Tschanz JT, Norton MC, Green RC, Steinberg M, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Breitner JC, Lyketsos CG. Epidemiology of Apathy in Older Adults: the Cache County Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2007, 15(5):365-375.
Lyketsos CG, Samus QM, Baker A, McNabney M, Onyike CU, Mayer LS, Brandt J, Rabins P, Rosenblatt A. Effect of Dementia and Treatment of Dementia on Time to Discharge from Assisted Living Facilities: The Maryland Assisted Living Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2007, 55:1031-1037.
Tighe SK, Leoutsakos JM, Carlson MC, Onyike CU, Samus Q, Baker A, Brandt J, Rabins PV, Mayer L, Rosenblatt A, Lyketsos CG. The association between activity participation and time to discharge in the assisted living setting. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2008, 23(6):586-91.
Rosenblatt A, Samus QM, Onyike CU, Baker AS, McNabney M, Mayer LS, Brandt J, Lyketsos CG. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in assisted living: patterns of use and association with retention. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2008, 23(2):178-84.
Samus QM, Mayer L, Baker A, McNabney M, Brandt J, Onyike CU, Rabins PV, Lyketsos CG, Rosenblatt A. Characteristics and outcomes for assisted living residents with dementia: comparing dementia-specific care units with non-dementia-specific care units. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008, 56(7):1361-3.
Onyike CU. Neuroleptic discontinuation during dementia care: a recent trial and its implications for practice. Nat Clin Pract Neurol 2008, 4(10):528-9.
de Medeiros K, Rosenberg PB, Baker AS, Onyike CU. Improper sexual behaviors in elders with dementia living in residential care. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2008, 26(4):370-7.
Rao V, Spiro JR, Handel S, Onyike CU. Clinical correlates of personality changes associated with traumatic brain injury. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2008, 20(1):118-9.
McNabney MK, Samus QM, Lyketsos CG, Brandt J, Onyike CU, Baker A, Rosenblatt A. The spectrum of medical illness and medication use among residents of assisted living facilities in central Maryland. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2008, 9(8):558-64.
Appleby BS, Onyike CU. Early detection of periodic sharp wave complexes on EEG by independent component analysis in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J Clin Neurophysiol 2008, 25(4):239.
Robert P, Onyike CU, Leentjens AF, Dujardin K, Aalten P, Starkstein S, Verhey FR, Yessavage J, Clement JP, Drapier D, Bayle F, Benoit M, Boyer P, Lorca PM, Thibaut F, Gauthier S, Grossberg G, Vellas B, Byrne J. Proposed diagnostic criteria for apathy in Alzheimer''s disease and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Eur Psychiatry 2009, 24(2):98-104.
Appleby BS, Appleby KK, Crain BJ, Onyike CU, Wallin MT, Rabins PV. Characteristics of established and proposed sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease variants. Arch Neurol 2009, 66(2):208-15.
Research Interests
- Social cognition, life participation and burden of care in the frontotemporal dementias
- Treatment trials in the frontotemporal dementias
- Clinicopathologic correlation in the frontotemporal dementias
- Epidemiology and nosology of the frontotemporal dementias, primary aphasias and related disorders
- Cognition and behavior in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Languages
- English
- Igbo
Memberships
American Psychiatric Association
Maryland Psychiatric Society
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Neuropsychiatric Association
International Neuropsychological Society
International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
Maryland Psychiatric Society
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Neuropsychiatric Association
International Neuropsychological Society
International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
Clinical Trials
- memantine
- frontotemporal dementia
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