Chisolm, Margaret S., M.D.

Education

Professional Interests

Dr. Chisolm’s academic mission as a clinician and educator is to demystify the practice of psychiatry and psychotherapy to patients and doctors.  As a scientist, Dr. Chisolm hopes to develop more effective interventions for substance-dependent patients, including nicotine and tobacco-dependent pregnant women.

Upon acceptance into the Miller-Coulsen Academy of Clinical Excellence, Dr. Chisolm shares her personal reflection on the role of professionalism and humanism in medical education. Watch

In this blog post, Dr. Chisolm describes a recent Medicine Grand Round that demonstrated clinical reasoning in a patient presenting with a psychiatric syndrome:
http://clinical-excellence.blogspot.com/ 

Selected Publications

Lyketsos C and Chisolm M*, “The trap of meaning: a public health tragedy,” JAMA.  302(4):432-433. July 2009. PMID: 19622823

Chisolm M*.  “Prescribing psychotherapy,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 54(2):168-175, Spring 2011. PMID: 21532131

Chisolm M*.  “Transitioning to academic psychiatry while maintaining balance:  working smarter, not harder,” Academic Psychiatry, 35(3): 165-167. May 2011. PMID: 21602437

Spencer L, Lyketsos C*, Samstad E, Dokey A, Rostov D, Chisolm M.  “A Suicidal Adult in Crisis:  An Unexpected Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder,” American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(9): 890-2, September 2011.PMID: 21890803

Peters M, Taylor J, Lyketsos C, Chisolm M.  “Beyond the DSM: The Perspectives of Psychiatry approach to patients,” The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorder, 2012:14(1):doi:10.4088/PCC.11m01233.