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Lorrin Koran, MD, Psychiatry, Stanford, CA, Stanford Health Care

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Psychiatry • Stanford, CA

Psychopharmacology

Emeritus Faculty, Academic Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Stanford University Medical Center

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Summary

  • Dr. Lorrin Koran is a psychiatrist in Stanford, CA and is affiliated with Stanford Health Care. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 51 years. He specializes in psychopharmacology and is experienced in depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, obsessive-compulasive disorder, and cognitive behavioral therapy. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 1967 - 1970
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1966 - 1967
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1966
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityB.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1958 - 1962

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1967 - 2026
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Outstanding Achievement Award Northern California Psychiatric Society, 2004
  • Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2003
  • Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2002
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Excoriation (Skin Picking) disorder in Adults: A Cross-Cultural Survey of Israeli Jewish and Arab Samples  
    Leibovici V, Koran LM, Murad S, Siam I, Odlaug BL, Mandelkoren U, Feldman-Weiss V, Keuthen NJ, Comp Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
  • Treating Compulsive Buying Disorder  
    Koran LM, Aboujaoude E, Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry; Eating and Other Impulse Control Disorders Section, 1/1/2014
  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of topiramate for pathological gambling  
    Berlin HA, Braun A, Simeon D, Koran L, Potenza MN, McElroy S, Fong T, Pallanti S, Hollander E, World J Biol Psychiatry, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters

  • American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Model Psychopharmacology Curriculum, for Training Directors and Teachers of Psychopharmacology in Psychiatric Residency Programs 
    Chapter: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 
    Goodman W, Koran LMASCP, Brentwood, TNEdition 9th,2017
  • American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Model Psychopharmacology Curriculum, for Training Directors and Teachers of Psychopharmacology in Psychiatric Residency Programs 
    Chapter: Generalized Anxiety Disorder. 
    Lydiard RB, Koran LMASCP, Brentwood, TNEdition 9th,2017
  • American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Model Psychopharmacology Curriculum, for Training Directors and Teachers of Psychopharmacology in Psychiatric Residency Programs 
    Chapter: Treatment of Panic Disorder. 
    Lydiard RB, Koran LMASCP, Brentwood, TNEdition 9th,2017
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Citalopram for compulsive shopping disorder: a double-blind study.
    Koran LM, Chuong HW, Bullock KD, Smith SC, Eur Neuropsychopharmacology, 1/1/2002
  • High-dose sertraline strategy in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) acute treatment non-responders.
    Koran LM, Ninan PT, Austin C, Eur Neuropsychopharmacology, 1/1/2002
  • Citalopram treatment of compulsive shopping: An open-label study.
    Koran LM, Bullock KD, Hartston HJ, Elliott MA, D'Andrea V, Eur Neuropsychopharmacology, 1/1/2001
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Lectures

  • Comparing the Italian and U.S. Mental Health Systems 
    Florence, Italy - 1/1/1991
  • Medicine, Psychiatry and Art in Renaissance Florence 
    Florence, Italy - 1/1/1991

Other

  • Update on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. From the 54th Annual Meeting of the Northern California Psychiatry Society. 
    Koran LM, Audio-Digest Psychiatry
    www.audiodigest.org
    1/7/2014
  • Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 
    Koran LM, Simpson HB, Guideline Watch, American Psychiatric Association
    http://www.Psychiatryonline.org/content.aspx?bookid=28&sectionid=40634994
    1/1/2013
  • Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: An Update for the Clinician 
    Koran LM, American Psychiatric Association CME Focus
    www.focus.psychiatryonline.org
    1/1/2007
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Grant Support

  • Pulse Loaded, IV Clomipramine In Unresponsive OCDNational Center For Research Resources1998–2005
  • Pulse Loaded, I.V. Clomipramine In Unresponsive OCDNational Center For Research Resources2004
  • Pulse Loaded IV Clomipramine In Obsessive Compulsive DISNational Center For Research Resources2000–2001
  • Pulse Loaded IV Clomipramine In Unresponsive OCDNational Institute Of Mental Health1999–2001
  • Intravenous Versus Oral Clomipramine In Obsessive Compulsive DisorderNational Center For Research Resources1996–1999

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Lorrin Koran, Dr. Lorrin Koran, MD, Dr. L Koran, Dr. Lorrin Michael Koran