Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., Ph.D.

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Ruth Meltzer Professor of Psychiatry
Chairman of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Psychiatrist-in-Chief , University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Psychiatry

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3535 Market Street
Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS
Tufts University, summa cum laude, 1980.
MD
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1984.
PhD
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, summa cum laude, 2010.
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Selected Publications

Tran, JT; Webster, JL; Wolfe, JR; Ben Nathan, J; Mayinja, L; Kautz, M; Oquendo, MA; Brown, GK; Mandell, D; Mowery, D; Bauermeister, JA; Brown, LA : Experiences of Peer Mentoring Sexual and Gender Diverse Emerging Adults Who are at Risk for Suicide: A Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Formative Research 2025 Notes: http://doi.org/10.2196/67814.

Connolly Gibbons, MB; Tyler, J; Crits-Christopher, P; Cristancho, M; Galbraith, J; Chiu, RY; Duong, LA; Oquendo, MA : A Multifaceted Outpatient Treatment Model for Mood and Anxiety Disorders Designed to Optimize Both Treatment Outcomes and Access to Care. Psychotherapy 2025.

Mucavele, J; Nhancupe, N; Monteiro, GER; Miambo, RD; Gouveia, L; Pondja, A; Sousa, IM; Bickler, SW; Benson, CA; Schooley, RT; Schmidt, V; Ruether, C; Stelzle, D; Prazeres da Costa, C; Suade, L; Wainberg, ML; Oquendo, MA; Winkler, AS; Noormahomed, EV; Zambézia Cysticercosis Working Group : Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis in people from Mocuba district, Zambézia province: A Mozambican community-based study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013083

Na, PJ; Shin, J; Kwak, HR; Lee, J; Jester, D; Bandara, P; Kim, JY; Moutier, C; Pietrzak, RH; Oquendo, MA; Jeste, DV : Social Determinants of Health and Suicide-Related Outcomes – A Review of Meta-Analyses. JAMA Psychiatry 2025 Notes: doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.4241.

Tran, JT; Webster, J; Wolfe, JR; Ben Nathan, J; Mayinja, L; Kautz, M; Oquendo, MA; Brown, GK; Mandell, D; Mowery, D; Bauermeister, JA; Brown, L: Experiences of Peer Mentoring Sexual and Gender Minority Emerging Adults Who Are at Risk for Suicide: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Formative Research 2025 Notes: http://doi.org/10.2196/67814.

Massinga, LJ; Greene, MC; Duarte, CS; Mandlate, F; Santos, PF; Gouveia, L; Oquendo, MA; Mello, MF; Wainberg, ML : Screening for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Mozambique: Validation of the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fifth Edition (PC-PTSD-5). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001806.

Smith, A; Artese, A; Oquendo, MA; Bhugra, D; Moura, HF; Liebrenz, M : “Sleepy Joe”, “el loco”, and evolving debates about mental health and democratic leadership in the Americas. Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.100992

Donnelly, HK; Brown, GK; Green, KL; Vurgun, U; Hwang, S; Schriver, E; Steinberg, M; Reilly, M; Mehta, H; Labouliere, C; Oquendo, MA; Mandell, M; Mowery, DL : Exploring the potential of large language models for automated safety plan scoring in outpatient mental health settings. medRxiv 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.26.25324610.

Moran, P; Chandler, A; Dudgeon, P; Kirtley, OJ; Knipe, D; Pirkis, J; Sinyor, M; Allister, R; Ansloos, J; Ball, MA; Chan, LF; Darwin, L; Derry, KL; Heney, V; Hetrick, S; Li, A; Machado, DB; McAllister, E; McDaid, D; Mehra, I; Niederkrotenthaler, T; Nock, MK; O’Keefe, VM; Oquendo, MA; Osafo, J; Patel, V; Pathare, S; Peltier, S; Roberts, T; Robinson, J; Shand, F; Stirling, F; Stoor, JPA; Swingler, N; Turecki, G; Venkatesh, S; Waitoki, W; Wright, M; Yip, PSF; Spoelma, MJ; Kapur, N; O’Connor, RC; Christensen, H: The Lancet Commission on Self-Harm. The Lancet October 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01121-8.

Smith, A; Hachen, S; Oquendo, MA; Bhugra, D; Ventriglio, A; Liebrenz, M: Ethics beyond Goldwater? Analyzing policies from American medical organizations on public communications from physicians in the digital age. Research Square August 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4750590/v1.

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