Christopher W. Tjoa, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Attending Physician Psychiatry - GI clinic, Department of Psychiatry, HUP & Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Community Behavioral Health
801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Education:
B.S. (Neurophysiologic Sciences)
SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2003.
M.D.
SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2007.
Permanent linkB.S. (Neurophysiologic Sciences)
SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2003.
M.D.
SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2007.
Selected Publications
Stewart, RE, Wolk, CB, Neimark, GN, Viyas, R, Young, J, Tjoa CW, Kampman, K, Jones, DT, Mandell, D.: It's not just the money: The role of treatment ideology in publicly funded substance use disorder treatment. The Journal of Substance Use Treatment 120: 108176, January 2021.Neimark, GN, Tjoa CW: Treating Fentanyl Withdrawal. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 47: 614-615, 2020.
Antulov R, Carone DA, Bruce J, Yella V, Dwyer MG, Tjoa CW, Benedict RH, Zivadinov R. : Regionally distinct white matter lesions do not contribute to regional gray matter atrophy in patients with multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimaging 21(3): 210-218, 2011 Notes: doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00482.x.
Magland JF, Tjoa CW, Childress AR. : Spatio-temporal activity in real time (STAR): Optimization of regional fMRI feedback. Neuroimage 55(3): 1044-1053, 2011.
Tjoa C, Pare E, Kim DR: Unipolar depression during pregnancy: Nonpharmacologic treatment options. Women’s Health (London, England) 6(4): 565-576, 2010.
Tjoa CW, Benedict RH, Dwyer MG, Carone DA, Zivadinov R: Regional specificity of magnetization transfer imaging in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimaging 18(2): 130-136, 2008.
Zivadinov R, Grop A, Sharma J, Bratina A, Tjoa CW, Dwyer M, Zorzon M. : Reproducibility and accuracy of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging techniques of whole-brain atrophy measurement in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimaging 15(1): 27-36, 2005.
Tjoa CW, Benedict RH, Weinstock-Guttman B, Fabiano AJ, Bakshi R. : MRI T2 hypointensity of the dentate nucleus is related to ambulatory impairment in multiple sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 234(1-2): 17-24, 2005.
Benedict RH, Weinstock-Guttman B, Fishman I, Sharma J, Tjoa CW, Bakshi R. : Prediction of neuropsychological impairment in multiple sclerosis: Comparison of conventional magnetic resonance imaging measures of atrophy and lesion burden. Archives of Neurology 61(2): 226-230, 2004.
Bermel RA, Sharma J, Tjoa CW, Puli SR, Bakshi R. : A semiautomated measure of whole-brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 208(1-2): 57-65, 2003.