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Jenny Paola Rodriguez Alzate

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Attending Physician, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Parkinson's disease and Movement disorder Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Attending Physician , Department of Psychiatry, Geriatric Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director , Academic Metting educational series
Medical Director, Outpatient Psychiatry Services , Department of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
Site Director, University of Pennsylvania health System Psychiatry Residency Program
Department: Psychiatry

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Office: 2157466701
Education
M.D. (Medical Doctor )
Universidad Colegio Mayor Nuestra Senora Del Rosario, 2007.
Post-Graduate Training
USMLE, US Medical Boards Course , Kaplan, Colombia , 2007-2009.
Observer-ship in Psychiatry , Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami William J. Harrington Training Program for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009-2012.
Resident in Psychiatry , Department of psychiatry, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital , 2012-2016.
Fellow in Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital , 2016-2017.
Neuromodulation intensive ECT course , Medical University of South Carolina, 2017-2017.
Master of Health Care Innovation (MHCI), University of Pennsylvania, Medical ethics and Health care polices , 2022-2025.
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Selected Publications

Zachary P. Rosenthal 1 , Joseph B. Majeski 2, Ala Somarowthu3, Davin K. Quinn4, Britta E. Lindquist5, Mary E. Putt 6, Antoneta Karaj 6, Chris G. Favilla7, Wesley B. Baker3, Golkoo Hosseini 8, Jenny P. Rodriguez8, Mario A. Cristancho8,9, Yvette I. Sheline 7,8,9,10, C. William Shuttleworth11, Christopher C. Abbott 4, Arjun G. Yodh 2 & EthanM. Goldberg 3,7,12: Electroconvulsive therapy generates a postictal wave of spreading depolarization in mice and humans. Nature communications May 2025.

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