| Gonzalo Laje, M.D.
Dr. Laje is an associate clinical investigator working in the Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders program directed by Francis McMahon, M.D. His research interests are pharmacogenetics of mood and anxiety disorders and psychiatric and therapeutic aspects of genetic disorders. After completing his medical education at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, he moved to the U.S. and worked at the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Columbia University. He completed his training in general psychiatry at New York University/Bellevue Hospital in New York City, and his training in child and adolescent psychiatry through the combined program NIMH/Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Laje has been the recipient of multiple awards including: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Outstanding Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident; the AACAP Outstanding General Psychiatry Resident; the International Medical Graduate Mentorship Program in Psychiatry by the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT); the American Psychiatric Association – New York District Branch - Resident Research Award; the APA – Janssen Research Scholar on Severe Mental Illness and the NCDEU–NIMH New Investigator Award. He is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Medical Association. |
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