Lyketsos, Constantine G., M.D., M.H.S.

The Elizabeth Plank Althouse Professor Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Vice Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Co-Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry Director, Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center Main Office Address The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center 5300 Alpha Commons Drive Alpha Commons Building, 4th Floor Baltimore, MD 21224 E-mail: kostas@jhmi.edu Joan Nicaise, Executive Assistant E-mail: jnicais1@jhmi.edu Phone: 410-550-0062 Fax: 410-550-1407 Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center For Clinic Appointment Phone: 410-550-6337 Fax: 410-550-5992

Education

Professional Interests

• Psychiatric disorders in old age, and in patients with coarse brain disease (neuropsychiatry)
• Dementia, Alzheimer's, stroke, traumatic brain injury, HIV/AIDS
• Mood disorders in the above
• Epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, and clinical trials
• Assisted Living and nursing home research

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Selected Publications

Steffens DC, Otey E, Alexopoulos GS, Butters MA, Cuthbert B, Ganguli M, Geda Y, Hendrie HC, Krishnan RR, Kumar A, Lopez OL, Lyketsos CG, et al. Perspectives on Depression, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Cognitive Decline. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2006; 63:130-138.  

Lyketsos CG, Colenda C, Beck C, Blank K, Doriaswamy M, Kalunian D, Yaffe K. Position statement of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry regarding principles of care for patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2006;14(7):561-72. 

Rosenberg PR, Johnston D, Lyketsos CG. A Clinical Approach to Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Am J Psychiatry 2006; 163(11): 1884-1890. 

Schneider LS, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, Davis SM, Hsiao JK, Ismail MS, Lebowitz BD, Lyketsos CG, Ryan JM, Stroup TS, Sultzer DL, Weintraub D, Lieberman JA, for the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness Alzheimers Disease (CATIE-AD) investigators. Effectiveness of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs for Patients with Alzheimers Disease. N Engl J Med 2006 Oct 12;355(15):1525-38.  

Lyketsos CG. Lessons from Neuropsychiatry. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2006; 18(4): 445-449.