Deborah B Leiderman MD MA

CNS Drug and Neurology Consultant

PO Box 396McLean, VA 22101

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Education & Training

Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Neurology, 1988 - 1990
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurology, 1983 - 1986
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (San Francisco)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1982

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1983 - 2028
VA State Medical License 2001 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1988 - 2010
MI State Medical License 1993 - 1997
AZ State Medical License 1987 - 1996
PA State Medical License 1983 - 1988
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Psychedelic Drugs as Therapeutics: No Illusions About the Challenges.
Edward M. Sellers, Deborah B. Leiderman
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2018-04-01
24 citations
Studies with psychedelic drugs in human volunteers
Edward M. Sellers, Myroslava K. Romach, Deborah B. Leiderman
Neuropharmacology. 2017-11-21
33 citations
Abuse liability measures for use in analgesic clinical trials in patients with pain: IMMPACT recommendations
Alec B. O'Connor, Dennis C. Turk, Robert H. Dworkin, Nathaniel P. Katz, Robert D. Colucci
Pain. 2013-11-01