Chair Professor of Neuroscience University of Palermo
(born 10/12/67)
Education
University of Buenos Aires (UBA) MD 1990
Ministry of National Public Health Specialty training in psychiatry 1995
Argentine Catholic University (UCA) PhD in Psychiatry 2008
Professional Experience
1991-1998 Psychiatrist Hospital Alvarez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1993-1994 Psychiatrist Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
1994-2004 Psychiatrist Center of Biological Psychiatry Buenos Aires
1995-1996 Chief of Psychiatric Residency Hospital Alvarez, Buenos Aires
1996-1998 Assistant Professor School of Medicine University of Buenos Aires
1998-2002 Assistant Professor of Neuroscience University of Palermo
2002- Chair Professor of Neuroscience University of Palermo
2004- Founding Director, Department of Neuroscience University of Palermo
2006 Invitee Psychiatrist International Mood Center University of California at San Diego
2007-2008 Invitee Psychiatrist McLean Hospital, Boston
Representative Distinctions & Awards
World Psychiatric Association, International Fellow Award, 1996
Argentine Psychiatric Association, National Award on Biological Psychiatry, 2002
Society of Biological Psychiatry, International Travel Award 2003
Reviewer Journal of Biological Psychiatry 2006
Reviewer Journal of Affective Disorders 2006
Reviewer Journal of Psychiatry Research 2008
Peer-reviewed publications
Pomilio AB, Vitale AA, Ciprian-Ollivier J, Cetkovih-Bakmas M, Gomez R, Vázquez GH. Ayahoasca: an experimental psicosis that mirrors the transmethylation hipótesis of schizophrenia. J Ethnopharmacol 1999 65 (1): 29-51.
Vázquez GH, Strejilevich S, Garcia Bonetto G, Cetkovich-Bakmas M, Zaratiegui R, Lagomarsino A, Goldchluk A, Kalina E, Herbst L, Gutierrez B. Argentine Consensus on the treatment of bipolar disorders Vertex 2005, Suppl XVI: 3-24.
Vázquez GH, Akiskal HS. The temperament evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego autoquestionnaire, Argentine version (TEMPS-A Buenos Aires). Vertex 2005 XVI (60): 89-94.
Vázquez GH, Spatz H. Possible relationships between platelet serotonin and response to antidepressants. Journal of Affective Disorders 2006, Vol 91 (Suppl 1) S59-S60
Akiskal H.S., Vázquez G.H. Widening the borders of bipolar disorders. Vertex 2006 XII: 340-346.
Vázquez G.H., Tondo, L. The Bipolar Spectrum: How far are we going? Journal of Affective Disorders 2007, 98: 173-175.
Vázquez G.H, Nassetta S, et al Validation of the TEMPS-A Buenos Aires, Spanish psychometric validation of affective temperaments in a population study of Argentina. Journal of Affective Disorders 2007, 100: 23-29.
Nasseta S., Vázquez G.H. Socio-demographic aspects of the temperaments evaluation according the argentine TEMPS-A. Vertex 2007 XVIII: 272-279.
Vázquez GH. The real impact of affective temperaments: New perspectives from Argentina. Annals of General Psychiatry, 2008, 7(suppl 1):S61
Vázquez GH, Khan C, et al Bipolar disorders and affective temperaments: A national family study testing the "endophenotype" and "subaffective" theses using the TEMPS-A Buenos Aires. Journal of Affective Disorders 2008 108: 25-32
