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Gholson Lyon, MD, Psychiatry, Salt Lake City, UT

Gholson James Lyon MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry


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  • 3838 S 700 E Ste 101Salt Lake City, UT 84106

  • Phone+1 646-872-1219

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Summary

  • Dr. Gholson Lyon, based in Salt Lake City, UT, specializes in Psychiatry with a subspecialty in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He holds a B.A. in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College, an M.Phil in Genetics from Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Rockefeller University. He completed his medical education at Weill Cornell Medicine, followed by a residency in Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital and a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Education & Training

  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007 - 2009
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2007
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
    Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 2004
  • Rockefeller University
    Rockefeller UniversityPh.D., Chemical Biology, 1999 - 2003
  • Christ’s College, University of Cambridge
    Christ’s College, University of CambridgeM.Phil, Genetics, 1996 - 1997

Certifications & Licensure

  • UT State Medical License
    UT State Medical License 2009 - 2028
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2005 - 2026
  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Young Investigator Award Sage Bionetworks Commons Congress, 2012
  • Research Award APIRE/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals M.D./ Ph.D., 2009
  • Resident Award AACAP Outstanding Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Lifetime Prevalence, Age of Risk, and Etiology of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Tourette Syndrome  
    Hirschtritt ME, Lee PC, Pauls DL, Dion Y, Grados MA, Illmann C, King RA, Sandor P, McMahon WM, Lyon GJ, Cath DC, Kurlan R, Robertson MM, Osiecki L, Scharf JM, Mathews ..., JAMA Psychiatry, 1/11/2015
  • SeqMule: automated pipeline for analysis of human exome/genome sequencing data  
    Guo Y, Ding X, Shen Y, Lyon GJ, Wang K, Scientific Reports, 1/1/2015
  • Cut the Hype Accuracy and Standards Come First  
    Lyon GJ, Frontline Genomics Medicine, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • De novo and somatic indel variant analysis of whole genome and exome capture sequencing experiments with Scalpel
    H. Fang; E. Grabowska; K. Arora; V. Vacic; M. Zody; I. Iossifov; J. O’ Rawe; G. Lyon; M. Wigler; M. Schatz; G. Narzisi, an Fang at American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2015
  • Scikit-ribo: Accurate A-site prediction and robust modeling of translation control from Riboseq and RNAseq data
    Han Fang, Max Doerfel, Yifei Huang, Gholson J. Lyon, Michael C. Schatz, Han Fang at CSHL Meeting Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics, 1/1/2015
  • Large pedigrees in human sequencing studies: toward a more resolved and accurate picture of genetic disease
    Lyon GJ and O’Rawe J, CSHL In- House Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1/1/2015

Lectures

  • Optimized sequencing leading to new human genetic syndromes involving transcription, translation, and protein degradation 
    Pohang, South Korea - 1/1/2015
  • TAF1 Syndrome 
    Seoul, Korea - 1/1/2015
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    Seoul, Korea - 1/1/2015

Other

Press Mentions

  • New Study Uncovers a Mechanism of Sleep in Zebrafish
    New Study Uncovers a Mechanism of Sleep in ZebrafishNovember 21st, 2021
  • Research Team Publishes Findings from Study of TAF1 Syndrome
    Research Team Publishes Findings from Study of TAF1 SyndromeNovember 21st, 2019
  • IBR Receives $1.95 Million NIH Grant for Research on Rare Diseases
    IBR Receives $1.95 Million NIH Grant for Research on Rare DiseasesNovember 5th, 2019

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