Olaoluwa Okusaga, M.D.
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Olaoluwa Okusaga, M.D.
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
草榴社区入口
Houston, TX United States
- Staff Psychiatrist
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Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas United States
Education
- MBChB from Ogun State University
- 10/1999 - Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State Nigeria
- MPH from University of Edinburgh
- 12/2008 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Residency at Saint Elizabeths Hospital
- 06/2012 - Washington, District of Columbia United States
Certifications
- Board Certified
- #65408
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Professional Interests
- Schizophrenia Research
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Psychopharmacology
Professional Statement
My clinical expertise is in the psychopharmacological management of adult patients with difficult-to-treat schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders.Selected Publications
- Okusaga O, Yolken RH, Langenberg P, Lapidus M, Arling TA, Dickerson FB, Scrandis DA, Severance E, Cabassa JA, Balis T, Postolache TT "." J Affect Disord. 2011 Apr;130(1-2):220-5. Pubmed PMID:
- Boozalis T, Teixeira AL, Cho RY, Okusaga O. "." Front Public Health. 2018 Jan;22(5) Pubmed PMID:
- Okusaga O, Duncan E, Langenberg P, Brundin L, Fuchs D, Groer MW, Giegling I, Stearns-Yoder KA, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Brenner LA, Lowry CA, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. "." J Psychiatr Res. 2016 Jan;72:74-81. Pubmed PMID:
- Boozalis T, Devaraj S, Okusaga OO "." Psychiatr Q. 2019 Mar;90(1):101-110. Pubmed PMID:
- Xiu MH, Yang GG, Tan YL, Chen DC, Tan SP, Wang ZR, Yang FD, Okusaga O, Soares JC, Zhang XY "." Schizophr Res. 2014 Apr;156(1):9-14. Pubmed PMID:
- Okusaga O, Yolken RH, Langenberg P, Sleemi A, Kelly DL, Vaswani D, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Mohyuddin F, Groer MW, Rujescu D, Postolache TT "." World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Sep;14(7):509-15. Pubmed PMID:
- Okusaga O, Muravitskaja O, Fuchs D, Ashraf A, Hinman S, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Schiffman J, Hong E, Reeves G, Groer M, Dantzer R, Rujescu D, Postolache TT "." PLoS One. 2014 Jan;9(1) Pubmed PMID:
- Deng H, Kahlon RS, Mohite S, Amin PA, Zunta-Soares G, Colpo GD, Stertz L, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Soares JC, Okusaga OO. "." Psychiatr Q.. 2018 Mar;89(1):53-60. Pubmed PMID:
- Tangu K, Ifeanyi A, Velusamy M, Dar S, Shah N, Ezeobele IE, Okusaga OO. "." Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Jun;41(3):333-336. Pubmed PMID:
- Okusaga O, Fuchs D, Reeves G, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Groer M, Cook TB, Stearns-Yoder KA, Pandey JP, Kelly DL, Hoisington AJ, Lowry CA, Eaton WW, Brenner LA, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. "." Psychosom Med. 2016 Oct;78(8):931-939. Pubmed PMID:
- Okusaga O, Hamilton RG, Can A, Igbide A, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Reeves GM, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. "." AIMS Public Health. 2015 Jun;1(2):43-50. Pubmed PMID:
- Mohite S, Yang F, Amin PA, Zunta-Soares G, Colpo GD, Stertz L, Sharma AN, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Soares JC, Okusaga OO. "." PLoS One. 2017 Mar;12(3) Pubmed PMID:
- Okusaga O, Langenberg P, Sleemi A, Vaswani D, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Groer MW, Yolken RH, Rujescu D, Postolache TT "." Schizophr Res. 2011 Dec;133(1-3):150-5. Pubmed PMID:
Memberships
- American Psychiatric Association
- Society of Biological Psychiatry
- American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Member (07/2010)
Funding
- MEDVAMC Seed Award
- $50,000.00 (10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021) Grant funding from Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Antipsychotic-Induced Metabolic Syndrome (AIMS) in Schizophrenia: A Preliminary In Vitro Study of Alpha Lipoic Acid/Acetyl-L-Carnitine
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