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Principal Investigators Susan E. Swedo, M.D.   Dr. Swedo is currently Chief Pediatrics & Developmental Neuroscience Branch, at the NIMH. Dr. Swedo received her M.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and served her residency at Children�s Memorial Hospital at Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Swedo began her career as a practicing pediatrician in Chicago, where she served as Chief of Adolescent Medicine at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. She moved to the Washington area in 1986 and joined the staff of the Child Psychiatry Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, where she conducted research on the pharmacological treatment of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder. Research Interests The Pediatrics and Developmental Neuroscience Branch is comprised of a clinical research team investigating the causes and treatment of pediatric and neuropsychiatric disorders such as childhood-onset anxiety disorders, affective disorders, and movement disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome. Dr. Swedo and her NIMH team were the first to identify a new subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with strep (PANDAS). Not only has this work resulted in several new and prevention strategies, but it also led to a patent on a biological marker to help identify children at risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders. Representative Selected Recent Publications: Swedo S, Leonard HL, Garvey M, et al.: Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections: Clinical description of the first 50 cases. Am J Psychiatry, 155:264-271, 1998. Garvey MA, Perlmutter SJ, Allen AJ, et al.: A Pilot Study of penicillin prophylaxis for neuropsychiatric exacerbations triggered by streptococcal infections. Biol Psychiatry, 45:1564-1571, 1999. Perlmutter SJ, Leitman SF, Garvey MA, et al.: Therapeutic plasma exchange and IVIG for OCD and tic disorders in childhood. Lancet, 354:1153-1158, 1999. Snider L, Swedo SE. Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. JAMA, 284(24):3104-3106, 2000. Address:   Phone: 1-800-411-1222 Email Dr. Swedo Fax:   Lab Web Site: http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/pdn/     Principal Investigators Scientists & Clinicians DIRP Labs and Branches DIRP Research Areas Staff Scientists/Clinicians Office of the Scientific Director Site Map Participate in Research Contact Us Careers in Research What’s New Functional MRI Core Magnetic Resonance Core Magnetoencephalography Core Microarray Core Non-Human Primate Core Scientific and Statistical Computing Core Transgenic Core Veterinary Medicine Resources (Staff only) Office of the Scientific Director Office of the Clinical Director Office of Fellowship Training Office of Technology Transfer Administrative Services Branch Administrative Services

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