![]() | Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Phone: (410) 955-9573
Deborah Pollard
Sally Hopkins |
Education
1988 | B.A. | Yale University |
1992 | M.D. | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
1993 | Internship | Francis Scott Key Medical Center (Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center) |
1994-96 | Psychiatry Residency | Johns Hopkins Hospital |
Professional Interests
Neuropsychiatry, Huntington’s disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted living, long term care.
Selected Publications
Samus QM, Mayer L, Onyike CU, Brandt J, Baker A, McNabney M, Rabins PV, Lyketsos CG, and Rosenblatt A. Correlates of functional dependence among recently-admitted assisted living residents with and without dementia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (in press).
Huntington Study Group TREND-HD Investigators. Randomized controlled trial of ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid in Huntington disease: the TREND-HD study. Arch Neurol. 2008 Dec;65(12):1582-9.
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 Jul;56(7):1361-3.
Brandt J, Inscore AB, Ward J, Shpritz B, Rosenblatt A, Margolis RL, Ross CA. Neuropsychological deficits in Huntington’s disease gene carriers and correlates of early “conversion.” Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, in press.
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 Oct;9(8):558-64.
Tighe SK, Leoutsakos JS, Carlson M, 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 Jun;23(6):586-91
Rosenblatt A, Samus QM,Onyike CU,Baker AS, McNabney M, Mayer LS, MD, Brandt J,Lyketsos CG. Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors in Assisted Living: Patterns of Use and Association with Retention. Int. J. Geriatric Psych, 23(2):178-84. Feb, 2008.






