Christian G. Kohler
Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Neuropsychiatrist, Brain Behavior Clinic , University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Director of Neuropsychiatry/Schizophrenia Research Center, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Psychosis Evaluation and Recovery Center, UPENN
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Neuropsychiatry Program
3400 Spruce Street
10th Floor, Gates Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
10th Floor, Gates Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156140161
Fax: 2156627903
Fax: 2156627903
Email:
kohler@upenn.edu
kohler@upenn.edu
Education:
M.D.
Innsbruck University, Austria, 1985.
M.D.
Innsbruck University, Austria, 1985.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident in Psychiatry, Wright State University, Dayton OH , 1986-1990.
Resident in Neurology , University of Cincinnati, OH , 1990-1993.
Fellow in Neuropsychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA , 1994-1997.
Permanent linkResident in Psychiatry, Wright State University, Dayton OH , 1986-1990.
Resident in Neurology , University of Cincinnati, OH , 1990-1993.
Fellow in Neuropsychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA , 1994-1997.
Description of Research Expertise
SchizophreniaEarly Psychosis
Social Cognition
Comprehensive Treatment
Description of Itmat Expertise
schizophreniaat-risk adolescents
social cognition
sleep
Selected Publications
Bilker WB, Brensinger C, Kurtz MM, Kohler CG, Gur RC, Siegel SJ, Gur RE: Development of an abbreviated schizophrenia quality of life scale using a new method. Neuropsychopharmacology 28: 773-7, April 2003.Gur RE, McGrath C, Chan RM, Schroeder L, Turner T, Turetsky BI, Kohler C, Alsop D, Maldjian J, Ragland JD, Gur RC. : An fMRI study of facial emotion processing in patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry 159(12): 1992-1999, December 2002.
Kohler CG, Moberg PJ, Gur RE, O’Connor MJ, Sperling MR, Doty RL: Olfactory dysfunction in schizophrenia and temporal lobe epilepsy Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, Behavioral Neurology 14: 83-88, 2001.
Kohler CG, Carran MA, Bilker W, O’Connor MJ, Sperling MR: Association of fear auras with mood and anxiety disorders following temporal lobectomy. Epilepsia 42: 674-81, 2001.
Ragland JD, Gur RC, Raz J, Schroeder L, Smith RJ, Kohler CG, Alavi A, Gur RE.: Effect of schizophrenia on frontotemporal activity during word encoding and recognition: a PET cerebral blood flow study. American Journal of Psychiatry 158: 1114-25, 2001.