AlexanderSZwilMD

Psychiatry • Philadelphia, PA

Geriatric Psychiatry, Pain Medicine

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Office
3535 Market St
# 3
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-573-3308
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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Geriatric Psychiatry, 1990 - 1991
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 1987 - 1991
Abington Memorial HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1985
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 1992 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1985 - 2024
NC State Medical License 2021 - 2022
DE State Medical License 1997 - 2013
VT State Medical License 1996 - 1998
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

153 citations
Psychiatric aspects of temporal lobe epilepsy before and after anterior temporal lobectomy
Guila Glosser, Alexander S Zwil, David Glosser, Michael J. O'Connor, Michael R. Sperling> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2000 Jan 1
29 citations
ECT in the treatment of patients with neurological and somatic disease.
Alexander S. Zwil, Rodney J. Pelchat> ;International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 1994 Mar 1
16 citations
Ultra-rapid cycling bipolar affective disorder following a closed-head injury
Alexander S. Zwil, Thomas W. McAllister, Ivan Cohen, Lisa R. Halpern> ;Brain Injury. 1993 Mar 1
2 citations
Organic and psychological sequelae of traumatic brain injury: the postconcussional syndrome in clinical practice.
Alexander S. Zwil, M. Elizabeth Sandel, Edward Kim> ;New Directions for Mental Health Services. 1993 Mar 1
10 citations
The expression of bipolar affective disorders in brain injured patients.
Alexander S. Zwil, Thomas W. McAllister, Eric Raimo> ;International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 1992 Dec 1
351 citations
Facial emotion discrimination: II. Behavioral findings in depression.
Ruben C. Gur, Roland J. Erwin, Raquel E. Gur, Alexander S. Zwil, Carolyn Heimberg, Helena C. Kraemer> ;Psychiatry Research. 1992 Jun 1
14 citations
Safety and Efficacy of ECT in Depressed Patients with Organic Brain Disease: Review of a Clinical Experience.
Alexander S. Zwil, Thomas W. McAllister, Trevor R. P. Price> ;Convulsive Therapy. 1992 Jan 1
6 citations
Prospective Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Presence of Intracranial Tumor.
Alexander S. Zwil, Margaret Ann Bowring, Trevor R. P. Price, Kenneth L. Goetz, Jeffrey B. Greenbarg, Gwen Kane-Wanger> ;Convulsive Therapy. 1990 Jan 1
Transient postictal psychosis associated with a course of ECT.
Zwil, A. S., Pomerantz, A.> ;Convuls Ther. 1997 Mar
Treatment of organic bipolar mood disorders in Parkinson's disease.
Kim, E., Zwil, A. S., McAllister, T. W., Glosser, D. S., Stern, M., Hurtig, H.> ;J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1994
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Hospital Affiliations

Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Good Shepherd Penn PartnersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania