Guarda, Angela S., M.D.

Associate Professor
Director, Eating Disorders Program

Main Office Address

Meyer 101
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-5371

Phone: 410-955-3863
Fax: 410-955-6155

E-mail: AGuarda@jhmi.edu

Administrative Assistant

Linda Ryan
Phone: 410-955-3863
E-mail: lryan@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

• Eating Disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia)
• Predictors of outcome in the treatment of eating disorders
• PET neuroimaging of mu-opioid receptors in bulimia

Click here for Hopkins Psychiatry Newsletter article about Dr. Guarda's work

Selected Publications

Guarda, A.S., Coughlin, J.W., Cummings, M., Marinilli, A.S., Haug, N.A., Boucher, M., & Heinberg, L.F. Chewing and spitting in eating disorders and its relationship to binge eating. Eating Behaviors: An International Journal, 2004, 5, 231-239.  

Guarda, A.S. & Redgrave, G.W. Eating Disorders: Detection, Assessment, and Treatment in Primary Care. Advanced Studies in Medicine, 2004, 4(9), 468-475.

Bencherif , B., Guarda, A.S., Colantuoni, C., Ravert , H.T., Dannals, R.F., & Frost, J.J. Regional Mu Opioid Receptor Binding in Insular Cortex is Decreased in Bulimia Nervosa and is Inversely Correlated with Fasting Behavior. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005, 46(8),1349-51.

Marinilli, A., Guarda, A.S., Heinberg, L.J., & DiClemente, C.C. Development of the Eating Disorder Recovery Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. International Journal of Eating Disorders  2006 Jul;39(5):376-84.

Redgrave, G.W., Coughlin J.W., Heinberg, L. J. & Guarda, A.S.  First-degree relative history of alcoholism in eating disorder inpatients: relationship to eating and substance use psychopathology. Eating Behaviors 2007 Jan;8(1):15-22.

Guarda, A.S., Marinilli Pinto A., Couglin J., Hussain S., Haug N.A., & Heinberg L.J. Perceived Coercion and Change in Perceived Need for Admission in Hospitalized Eating Disorder Patients. Am J Psychiatry 2007; Jan;164:108–114.