Mirela Loftus MD PhD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Connecticut SOM

64 Double Hill RdBethlehem, CT 06751
Phone+1 860-707-3347

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Summary

Dr. Mirela Loftus is a psychiatrist in Bethlehem, CT and is affiliated with Hartford Hospital. She received her medical degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and has been in practice 25 years. She specializes in child & adolescent psychiatry. She has 2 publications and 40 citings.

Education & Training

Institute of Living/Hartford HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005 - 2006
University of ConnecticutResidency, Psychiatry, 2001 - 2004
UC DavisPhD, Neuroscience , 1994 - 2001
Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyClass of 1992

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2025 - 2028
CT State Medical License 2005 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

15 citations
Pharmacogenomics: an Update for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Lisa B. Namerow, Sophia A. Walker, Mirela Loftus, Jeffrey R. Bishop, Gualberto Ruaño
Current Psychiatry Reports. 2020-05-06
32 citations
An analysis of atrophy in the medial mammillary nucleus following hippocampal and fornix lesions in humans and nonhuman primates.
Mirela Loftus, Rob Knight, David G. Amaral
Experimental Neurology. 2000-05-01