Dr. Jess G. Fiedorowicz

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University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Psychiatry
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2009
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Translational Biomedicine
Graduate StudentAppointed: 2008
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Psychiatry
Assistant Clerkship DirectorAppointed: 2008
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Psychiatry
Fourth Year Elective Co-DirectorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

200 Hawkins Drive
W278 GH
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 384-9267
Fax: (319) 353-8656
Pager: (319) 356-7000, ext. 1077
jess-fiedorowicz@uiowa.edu

Qualifications

M.S., University of Iowa, Clinical Investigation, 2007.
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., Psychiatry, 2007.
Postdoctoral Fellowship (T32), University of Iowa, Clinical Neurobiology of the Major Psychoses, 2007.
Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Psychiatry, 2005.
Transitional Year Internship, St. Luke's Medical Center, 2002.
M.D. with Honors in Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medicine, 2001.
B.A., Summa cum Laude, Marquette University, Psychology (Major), Biology and Philosophy (Minors), 1997.

Expertise and Research Interests

1. Cardiovascular risk in bipolar disorders
2. Adverse cardiovascular and metabolic complications of psychotropic medications
3. Affective disorders and lipid metabolism
4. Suicide and suicide risk assessment
5. Phenomenology

Other Expertise

1. Practice in General Adult Psychiatry with clinical interest in combination psychotherapy and medication management for patients with affective and anxiety disorders
2. Advocate for single payer, national health insurance

Future Research

1. Cardiovascular and metabolic complications of antipsychotics
2. Predictors of vascular dysfunction in affective disorders
3. Pharmacogenetic predictors of adverse effects of antipsychotics

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Affective Disorders, Depression, Neurobiology, Neuropsychiatry, Pharmacogenetics, Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Schizophrenia, Suicide.

Additional Terms:

Bipolar Disorder, Cardiovascular Risk, Metabolic Syndrome.

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Neuropsychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association
Iowa Medical Society
Iowa Psychiatric Society
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service
Physicians for a National Health Care Program
Society for Clinical and Translational Science

Honors and Awards

2010, Travel Awardee, Psychiatric Research Society
2008, Travel Awardee, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2008, Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
2008-2009, John W. Clancy Faculty Award for Inpatient Teaching, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa
2008-2009, Psychiatry Clerkship Educator of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa
2007, Career Development Institute for Psychiatry, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Stanford University
2007-2008, John W. Clancy Faculty Award for Inpatient Teaching, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa
2006, Poster Session Award Winner, Iowa Scholars In Clinical Investigation Program, University of Iowa, Research Week
2005-2007, Clinical Research Award, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Loan Repayment Program
2005, Distinguished Service Award, House Staff Council, Johns Hopkins Hospital
2004, Dean's Leadership Award, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
2004, 2nd Place, Resident Paper Competition, Journal of Psychiatric Practice
2004-2005, Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University
2004-2005, Vice President and Treasurer, House Staff Council, Johns Hopkins Hospital
2003, Administrative Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University
2003-2004, Secretary, House Staff Council, Johns Hopkins Hospital
2002-2003, Psychiatry Representative, House Staff Council, Johns Hopkins Hospital
2001, Psychiatry Student-of-the-Year, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin
2000, Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical College of Wisconsin
1998, Medical Student Research Day Poster Presentation Award, Medical College of Wisconsin
1996, Phi Beta Kappa, Marquette University
1996, Alpha Sigma Nu, Marquette University
1996, Psi Chi, Marquette University
1996, Phi Sigma Tau, Marquette University

Previous Positions

2007-2008, Associate, University of Iowa, Roy A. and Lucille J. Carver College of Medicine, Psychiatry
2005-2007, Student, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Iowa Scholars in Clinical Investigation Program (K30)
2005-2007, Physician, State of Iowa, Department of Corrections
2005-2007, Fellow Associate, University of Iowa, Roy A. and Lucille J. Carver College of Medicine, Psychiatry

Publications

  • Fiedorowicz JG, Palagummi NM, Behrendtsen O, Coryell WH (2010) Cholesterol and affective morbidity, Psychiatry Research, 175, 78-81
  • Murray DP, Weiner M, Prabhakar M, Fiedorowicz JG (2009) Mania and mortality: Why the excess cardiovascular risk in bipolar disorder?, Current Psychiatry Reports, 11 (6), 475-480
  • Prabhakar M, Murray DM, Fiedorowicz JG, Managing cardiovascular risk with antipsychotics, www.athero.org, 9 Nov 2009
  • Koleva HK, Fiedorowicz JG, Online shopping in bipolar disorder, www.internetandpsychiatry.com, 2 Oct 2009
  • Coryell W, Leon A, Solomon D, Fiedorowicz JG, Judd L, Judd L, Keller M (2009) Does major depression change with age?, Psychological Medicine, 39 (10), 1689-1695
  • Coryell W, Solomon DA, Fiedorowicz J, Schettler PJ, Judd LL, Solomon DA (2009) Anxiety and outcome in bipolar disorder, American Journal of Psychiatry, 166 (11), 1238-1243
  • Beglinger LJ, Adams WH, Paulson H, Fiedorowicz JG, Langbehn DR, Duff K, Leserman A, Paulsen JS (2009) A randomized controlled trial of atomoxetine for cognitive dysfunction in early Huntington disease, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 29, 484-487
  • Fiedorowicz J, Concerns about conflict of interest apply to Grassley, too, The Des Moines Sunday Register, 30P, 7 Jun 2009
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Coryell WH (2009) Does course of illness differ for bipolar disorder with panic? (abstract), Bipolar Disorders, 11 (Suppl. 1), 38
  • Koleva HK, Erickson MA, Vanderlip ER, Tansey J, Mac J, Fiedorowicz JG (2009) Edema associated with quetiapine, Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 21 (2), 77-80
  • Thurston NL, Fiedorowicz JG (2009) Improvement of paradoxical vocal cord dysfunction with integrated psychiatric care, Psychosomatics, 50 (3), 282-284
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Leon AC, Keller MB, Solomon DA, Rice JP, Coryell WH (2009) Do risk factors for suicidal behavior differ by affective disorder polarity?, Psychological Medicine, 39 (5), 763-771
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Cigurupati RB (2009) The Internet in suicide prevention and promotion In Sher L, Vilens A (eds), Internet and Suicide, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 1-12 pages, ISBN=978-160741077 (bookchapter)
  • Weldon KM, Merchant KAS, Fiedorowicz JG (2009) Suicide in middle-aged adults: Renewed attention to an otherwise forgotten group, The Iowa Psychiatrist, 18 (1), 1,4
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Solomon D, Endicott J, Leon AC, Li C, Rice JP, Coryell WH (2009) Manic/hypomanic symptom burden predicts cardiovascular mortality with bipolar disorder in the collaborative depression study, Psychosomatic Medicine, 71 (6), 598-606
  • Solomon DA, Leon AC, Endicott J, Coryell WH, Li C, Fiedorowicz JG, Keller MB (2009) An empirical typology of bipolar I mood episodes, British Journal of Psychiatry, 195, 525-530
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Warren L, Weiner M, he metabolic syndrome and bipolar disorders: Associations and implications, www.athero.org and www.metabolic-syndrome-institute.org, 8 Nov 2008
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Kijewski V, Hotsenpiller G, Philibert R (2008) Can affective instability complicate neuropsychiatric assessment?, Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 20, 232-235
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Im KB (2008) Is chlorpromazine safe? (letter response), Current Psychiatry, 7 (9), 11
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Epping EA, Flaum M (2008) Toward defining schizophrenia as a more useful clinical concept, Current Psychiatry Reports, 10 (4), 344-351
  • Im KB, Fiedorowicz JG (2008) Did internet-purchased diet pills cause serotonin syndrome?, Current Psychiatry, 7 (7), 67-70, 77-78
  • Huang AS, Fiedorowicz JG, Swartz KL, Educational strategies to prevent adolescent suicide, www.mentalhealthresourcefoundation.org, 5 Jun 2008
  • Coryell W, Fiedorowicz J, Zimmerman M, Young E (2008) HPA-axis hyperactivity and mortality in psychotic depressive disorder: Preliminatry findings., Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33 (5), 654-658
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Mair D, Clark G, Why psychiatrists overwhelmingly favor single payer, The Iowa Psychiatrist, 17(2), 5-6, May 2008
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Fiedorowicz DD, An unheard majority for national health insurance, Iowa City Press-Citizen, 15A, 5 Apr 2008
  • Beglinger LJ, Adams WH, Paulson H, Duff K, Fiedorowicz JG, Hanson JM, Ramza N, Langbehn DR, Paulsen JS (2008) Assessment of inattention and executive dysfunction in early Huntington's disease: The atomoxetine pilot trial (abstract)., Neurotherapeutics, 5 (2), 375
  • Fiedorowicz JG (2008) The human frontal lobes: Functions and disorders, second edition (book review), Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196 (2), 174-175.
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Palagummi NM, Forman-Hoffman VL, Miller DD, Haynes WG (2008) Increased prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk factors in bipolar disorder, Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 20 (3), 131-137
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Takezawa K, Robinson RG (2007) Risk factors and correlates of poststroke depression following discontinuation of antidepressants, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 19 (4), 399-405
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Moser DJ, Hynes SM, Beglinger LJ, Schultz SK, Ellingrod VL (2007) LA Allelic Heterozygosity of the 5HTTLPR Polymorphism is associated with higher cognitive function and lower interpersonal sensitivity, Psychiatric Genetics, 17 (1), 3-4
  • Robinson RG, Paradiso S, Mizrahi R, Fiedorowicz JG, Kouzoukas DE, Moser DJ (2007) Neuropsychological correlates of normal variation in emotional response to visual stimuli, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195 (2), 112-118
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Coryell WH (2007) Cholesterol and suicide attempts: A prospective study of depressed inpatients, Psychiatry Research, 152, 11-20
  • Robinson RG, Fiedorowicz JG (2006) Anxiety In Coffey CE, McAllister TW, Silver J (eds), Guide to Neuropsychiatric Therapeutics, Philadelphia, PA, Lippencott Williams & Wilkins, 138-169 pages, ISBN=078179935X (bookchapter)
  • Jones AM, Paradiso S, Fiedorowicz J, Jorge R, Robinson RG (2006) Sub-regions of the human anterior cingulate cortex and alexithymia (abstract), Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 18 (2), 274
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Jorge RE, Paradiso S, Robinson RG (2006) Anatomic correlates of alexithymia in patients following traumatic brain injury (abstract), Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 18 (2), 282
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Swartz KL (Jul 2004) The role of monoamine oxidase inhibitors in current psychiatric practice, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 10 (4), 239-48
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Elucidation of the neuronal-vascular coupling mechanism and the subsequent role of neural activity on oscillations in cerebral blood flow, Thesis, Milwaukee, WI, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2001
  • Leon AC, Solomon DA, Li C, Fiedorowicz JG, Coryell W, Endicott J, Keller MB, The Risk of Suicide and Suicide Attempts Associated with Antidepressants: A 27-Year Observational Study, Submitted
  • Fiedorowicz JG, He J, Merikangas KR, The association between mood and anxiety disorders with vascular diseases and risk factors in a nationally-representative sample, Submitted
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Weldon K, Bergus G, A model for suicide risk assessment, The Journal of Family Practice, In Press
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Black DW, How to differentiate bipolar symptoms from borderline personality disorder?, Current Psychiatry, In Press
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Neurobiology of Mental Illness, 3rd edition (book review), Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Submitted
  • Solomon DA, Leon AC, Coryell WH, Endicott J, Li C, Fiedorowicz JG, Boyken L, The longitudinal course of bipolar I disorder: Duration of mood episodes, Archives of General Psychiatry, In Press
  • Coryell W, Fiedorowicz J, Solomon D, Endicott J, Age transitions in the course of bipolar I disorder, Psychological Medicine, In Press
  • Weiner M, Warren L, Fiedorowicz JG, Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in bipolar disorder, Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, In Press
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Haynes WG, Circulating cholesterol, depression, and suicide: chicken or egg?, Current Psychiatry, In Press
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Hale N, Spector AA, Coryell WH, Neuroticism but not omega-3 fatty acid levels correlate with responsiveness to escitalopram, Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, In Press
  • Ostracher MJ, Leon AC, Nierenberg AA, Solomon DA, Li C, Fiedorowicz JG, Coryell W, Keller MB, Impact of alcohol misuse on recovery from affective states in bipolar disorder: A 25 year prospective longitudinal follow up study, Submitted
  • Gorman JM, Leon AC, Endicott J, Li C, Coryell W, Fiedorowicz JG, Solomon DA, Judd L, Schettler P, Keller MB, Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the collaborative depression study, Submitted
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Depression and heart disease In Amos JJ, Robinson RG (eds), , Psychosomatic Medicine: An Introduction to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, Submitted (bookchapter)
  • Fiedorowicz JG, Black DW, Coryell WH, Suicide and mental morbidity In Shrivastava A (eds), , Handbook of Suicide Behavior, London, UK, Royal College of Psychiatrists, In Press (bookchapter)

Funding Received

  • Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Iowa: Antipsychotics and blood vessel function in bipolar disorders, 2009 to 2009.
  • Institute for Clinical and Translational Science: Pilot Grant, 2009 to 2010.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Antipsychotics and blood vessel function in bipolar disorders, 2009 to 2014.
  • Nellie Ball Trust Research Fund: A research data management infrastructure for the study of cardiovascular effects of antipsychotic medications, 2008 to 2009.
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD): Are symptom burden or treatment exposure relevant to vascular (dys)function in affective disorders?, 2008 to 2010.
  • Nellie Ball Trust Research Fund: Identifying patients at increased risk of heart disease from antipsychotic medications, 2007 to 2009.
  • University of Iowa General Clinical Research Center: Cardiovascular complications of first-line, second-generation antipsychotics, 2007 to 2008.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Spanish: (Functional, Functional, Functional)

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Last Updated: 12/19/2009

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