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Maria A. Oquendo

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.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine and Psychiatry, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1984-1985.
Resident in Psychiatry , Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center , 1985-1988.
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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.

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.

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.

Gibbons, C; Lang Duong, MB; Chiu, RY; Crits-Christoph, P; Gallop, R; Mandell, D; Barg, O; Newman, CF; Brown, LA; Oquendo, MA: A cohort study of engagement in telehealth psychotherapy versus in-person services. Psychotherapy Research July 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2024.2375231.

Oquendo, MA; Galfalvy, HC; Choo, TH; Herzog, S; Burke, AK; Sublette, ME; Mann, JJ; Stanley, BH : Occurrence and characteristics of suicidal ideation in psychiatrically healthy individuals based on ecological momentary assessment. Molecular Psychiatry May 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02560-2.

Brown, GK; Wolk, CB; Green, KL; Nezir, F; Mowery, DL; Gallop, R; Reilly, ME; Stanley, B; Mandell, DS; Oquendo, MA; Jager-Hyman S: Safety Planning Intervention and Follow-up: A Telehealth Service Model for Suicidal Individuals in Emergency Department Settings: Study Design and Protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials 140, March 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107492.

Oquendo, MA; Wall, M; Wang, S; Olfson, M; Blanco, C: Lifetime Suicide Attempts in Otherwise Psychiatrically Healthy Individuals. JAMA Psychiatry February 2024 Notes: doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.5672.

Stockton, MA; Mazinyo, EW; Mlanjeni, L; Nogemane, K; Ngcelwane, N; Sweetland, AC; Basaraba, C; Bezuidenhout, C; Sansbury, G; Lovero, KL; Gouveia, ML; Dos Santos, PF; Feliciano, P; Fumo, W; Suleman, A; Oquendo, MA; Grobler, C; Wall, MM; Nobatyi, P; Medina-Marino, A; Wainberg, ML: An Ultra-Brief Proxy Measure for Early Mental and Substance Use Disorders and Suicide Risk Case Detection at the Community and Household Level: An Efficient and Feasible Clinical and Population-level Service Needs Screening Tool. European Society of Medicine 11(10), January 2024 Notes: DOI: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i10.4381.

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