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Joseph P. McEvoy, MD, is currently the I. Clark Case Distinguished Chair in Psychotic Disorders at the Medical College of Georgia, after retiring as Professor Emeritus from Duke University Medical Center in July of 2013. Dr. McEvoy also serves as the Director of Public Psychiatry for the Partnership between the Medical College of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. His research has focused on the biology and treatment of severe and persistent mental disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder). Dr. McEvoy edited the Expert Consensus Guidelines for the Treatment of Schizophrenia in
1996 and 1999. He served as Co‐Principal Investigator and Project Medical Officer for the CATIE Schizophrenia trials and for several subsequent trials through the NIMH‐funded Schizophrenia Trials Network, as well as for the industry‐supported Comparison of Atypicals for First Episode (CAFÉ) trial. He recently served as Principal Investigator for the ACLAIMS (A Comparison of Long‐Acting Injected Medications for Schizophrenia) trial. He is the author of more than 200 scholarly publications, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
Joseph P. McEvoy, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behavior Medical College of Georgia Phone: 919.829.9295 Email: jmcevoy@gru.edu
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