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 Clinical Expertise
SchizophreniaEarly Psychosis
Neuropsychiatry
Comprehensive Treatment
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.