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Alexander S. Zwil

Penn Medicine Clinician of Psychiatry
Director, Brain Injury and Behavior Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Consultant in Neuropsychiatry, Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Psychiatry

Contact information
Penn Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic, 3535 Market Street, Rm 2018
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155733308
Education:
B.A. (Biology)
New York University, 1974.
M.D.
Temple University School of Medicine, 1984.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, 1984-1985.
Post-graduate Training in Experimental Neuropharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1985-1987.
Resident in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1987-1990.
Fellow in Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1990-1991.
Course in Basic Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Course Director: Robert Sadoff, MD), 1999-2000.
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Selected Publications

Glosser, Guila, Zwil, Alexander S., Glosser, David S., O’Connor, Michael J. and Sperling, M.R.: ??? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 68: 53-58, 2000.

Zwil, Alexander S. and Pomerantz, Andrew: Transient postictal psychosis associated with a course of ECT. Convulsive Therapy 13(1): 32-36, March 1997.

Sandel, M. Elizabeth and Zwil, Alexander S.: Psychopharmacologic treatment for affective disorders after traumatic brain injury. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 8(4): 743-762, 1997.

Sandel, M. Elizabeth, Zwil, Alexander S., and Fugate, L.: An interdisciplinary perspective on the agitated brain injured patient. NeuroRehabilitation 5: 299-308, 1995.

Kile LB, Zwil AS, McAllister TW, Sandel ME and Williams K: Partial human Kluver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) following diffuse brain injury. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 7: 404, 1995.

Jones KT, Zwil AS, McAllister T, Rodgers C and Brennan S: Mania secondary to antidepressant medications in brain-injured patients. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 7: 404, 1995.

Zwil, Alexander S.: Invited Review of: The Neurobehavioral Treatment of Epilepsy by Mostofsky, D.I., Loyning Y. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. Hillsdale, Lawrence Eribaum Associates, 1993, 7(2): 269-270, 1995.

Zwil AS, Glosser G, Plummer CE, Wilson G, Sperling MR, and O'Connor MJ.: Prospective psychiatric assessment before and after a temporal lobectomy. Epilepsia Suppl 4: 134, 1995.

Zwil AS, Nardozzi LJ, Gibson WC and Tabby D: Subcortical etiologies among patients at a dementia evaluation center. American Neuropsychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Newport, RI July 1994.

Kim, Edward, Zwil, Alexander S., McAllister, Thomas W., Glosser, David S., Stern, M. and Hurtig, Howard: ??? The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 6(2): 181-184, 1994.

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