Jayaram, Geetha, MBBS, MBA

Associate Professor
Physician Advisor
Co-Director, Short Stay Unit

Main Office Address

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Meyer 4-181
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410-955-2237
Fax: 410-614-8761

E-mail: gjayara1@jhmi.edu

Education

Professional Interests

Dr. Geetha Jayaram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.  She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management.  She has an MBA and is interested in health services research. Dr. Jayaram has presented at many national and international meetings and has lectured throughout the country. She is involved in patient care, teaching and research. Her administrative focus is to improve the quality of health care for patients.

Articles in the Psychiatry Department Newsletter about Dr. Jayaram's work:

An Eye on Suicide (Spring 2009)

Not Your Usual Summer Vacation Story  (Spring/Summer 2005)

Selected Publications

Illness and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among South Asian Americans:  Results of a Pilot Study.  Asian Journal  of Psychiatry. (In Press)

Jayaram G., Culture and Safety in the Psychiatric Emergency Department. Cambridge University Press.  Emergency Psychiatry. Edited by Arjun Chanmugam, Patrick Triplett and Gabor Kelen (In press).          

Horn PJ, Reti IM, Jayaram G.  Transdermal selegiline in patients receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy. Psychosomatics. 2010;(51):176-178

Jayaram G, Sporney H, Perticone P. The utility of 15 minute checks in inpatient settings and its effectiveness. Psychiatry. 2010;(7):46-49

Jayaram G., Daniel D., Steinwachs D., Samuels J.  Identifying and Reducing Medication Errors in Psychiatry: Creating a culture of safety through an adverse event reporting mechanism. Journal  of Psychiatric Practice. March 2011. Vol. 17, Issue 2. Pg 81-88.