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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.

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.

Sosa, MZP; de la Vega-Sánchez, D; Sanz-Gómez, S; Giner, L; Melvin, G; Sánchez-Gómez, A; Guija, JA; Oquendo, MA: Suicide Risk Among Cannabis, Heroin and Cocaine Users. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-025-01460-y.

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

Lin, T; Tang, M; Bauermeister, JA; Tran, JT; Kautz, M; Donnelly, H; Webster, J; Wolfe, JR; Ben-Nathan, J; Arcamano, A; Oquendo, MA; Brown, G; Mandell, D; Mowery, D; Brown, LA : Moderating Effects of Coping Strategies on the Associations Between Stigma and Depression Among Emerging Adult Sexual Minorities. Journal of Affective Disorders 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119843

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.

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