Ziad Nahas , M.D.

Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry,
Medical Director, Brain Stimulation Laboratory,
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Phone: (843) 876-5142
Fax: (843) 792-5702
Email: nahasz@musc.edu

Education:

Research Interests:

• Brain Stimulation (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Deep Brain Stimulation)
• Neuroimaging of Neuropsychiatric Illnesses
• Neuroimaging and Brain Stimulation
• Personality DisordersMood disorders and Schizophrenia, Motivation

Selected Recent Publications:

Nahas Z, George MS, Horner MD, Markowitz JS, Owens SD, Li X, Lorberbaum J, McGurk S, DeVane L, Risch SC. Augmenting an Atypical Antipsychotic with a Cognitive Enhancer (Donepezil) Improves Regional Brain Activity In Schizophrenia Patients: A Double-blind Placebo Controlled BOLD phMRI Study. Neurocase, 2003,(9)3:274-282

Nahas Z, Chae JH, Lomarev M, Denslow S, Anderson B, Kapp R, Bohning D, George M. Vagus nerve stimulation and fMRI in treatment-resistant depression. Eur Psychiatry. 2002 May;17 Suppl 1:111

Nahas Z, Kozel FA, Li X, Anderson B, Left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment of depression in bipolar affective disorder: a pilot study of acute safety and efficacy. Bipolar Disord. 2003 Feb;5(1):40-7.