PaulJAmbrosiniMD

Psychiatry • Penllyn, PA

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Emeritus Professor, Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine

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Office
527 Penllyn Pike
Penllyn, PA 19422
Phone+1 215-970-8537

Fax+1 888-655-0678
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Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)/New York State Psychiatric InstituteFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1981 - 1983
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia)Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1979 - 1981
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)/WestchesterResidency, Psychiatry, 1976 - 1979
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1988 - 2024
OH State Medical License 1985 - 1992
NY State Medical License 1977 - 1992
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child Psychiatry

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

12 citations
Tourette syndrome associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The impact of tics and psychopharmacological treatment options.
Olumide O. Oluwabusi, Susan Parke, Paul J. Ambrosini> ;World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics. 2016 Feb 8
39 citations
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder characteristics: II. Clinical correlates of irritable mood
Paul J. Ambrosini, David S. Bennett, Josephine Elia> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2013 Feb 15
32 citations
Synthetic cannabinoid-induced psychosis: two adolescent cases.
Olumide O. Oluwabusi, Liudmila Lobach, Umair Akhtar, Branden Youngman, Paul J. Ambrosini> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2012 Oct 19
21 citations
What can ADHD without comorbidity teach us about comorbidity
Toshinobu Takeda, Paul J. Ambrosini, Rachel deBerardinis, Josephine Elia> ;Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2012 Mar 1
31 citations
Parental ADHD status and its association with proband ADHD subtype and severity.
Toshinobu Takeda, Kory Stotesbery, Thomas J. Power, Paul J. Ambrosini, Wade H. Berrettini, Hakon Hakonarson, Josephine Elia> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2010 Dec 1
32 citations
ADHD latent class clusters: DSM-IV subtypes and comorbidity.
Josephine Elia, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos, Kelly L. Bolton, Paul J. Ambrosini, Wade H. Berrettini, Maximilian Muenke> ;Psychiatry Research. 2009 Dec 30
37 citations
Nocturnal enuresis: a suggestive endophenotype marker for a subgroup of inattentive attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Josephine Elia, Toshinobu Takeda, Rachel deBerardinis, Judy Burke, Jennifer Accardo, Paul J. Ambrosini, Nathan J. Blum, Lawrence W. Brown, Francesca Lantieri, Wade H. ...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2009 Aug 1
29 citations
Candidate gene analysis in an on-going genome-wide association study of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: suggestive association signals in ADRA1A.
Josephine Elia, Mario Capasso, Zafar Zaheer, Francesca Lantieri, Paul J. Ambrosini, Wade H. Berrettini, Marcella Devoto, Hakon Hakonarson> ;Psychiatric Genetics. 2009 Jun 1
105 citations
ADHD characteristics: I. Concurrent co-morbidity patterns in children & adolescents
Josephine Elia, Paul J. Ambrosini, Wade H. Berrettini> ;Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 2008 Jul 3
13 citations
Sertraline in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder.
Craig L. Donnelly, Karen Dineen Wagner, Moira A. Rynn, Paul Ambrosini, Phyllis Landau, Ruoyong Yang, Christopher Wohlberg> ;Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2006 Oct 1
38 citations
Cardiovascular effects of mixed amphetamine salts extended release in the treatment of school-aged children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Richard Donner, M. Alex Michaels, Paul J. Ambrosini> ;Biological Psychiatry. 2007 Mar 1
15 citations
Long-Term Sertraline Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder
Moira A. Rynn, Karen Dineen Wagner, Craig L. Donnelly, Paul J. Ambrosini, Christopher Wohlberg, Phyllis Landau, Ruoyong Yang> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2006 Mar 22
6 citations
A community assessment, open-label study of the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of mixed amphetamine salts extended release in school-age children with ADHD.
Paul J. Ambrosini, Floyd R. Sallee, Frank A. Lopez, Li Shi, M. Alex Michaels> ;Current Medical Research and Opinion. 2006 Jan 18
102 citations
Gender differences in adolescent depression: do symptoms differ for boys and girls?
David S. Bennett, Paul J. Ambrosini, Diana Kudes, Claudia Metz, Harris Rabinovich> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2005 Dec 1
15 citations
Psychotropic prescription practices in child psychiatric inpatients 9 years old and younger.
Manoj Lekhwani, Chand Nair, Ilia Nikhinson, Paul J. Ambrosini> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2004 Jul 5
293 citations
Efficacy of sertraline in the treatment of children and adolescents with major depressive disorder: two randomized controlled trials.
Karen Dineen Wagner, Paul J. Ambrosini, Moira A. Rynn, Christopher Wohlberg, Ruoyong Yang, Michael S. Greenbaum, Ann Childress, Craig L. Donnelly, Deborah Deas> ;JAMA. 2003 Aug 27
49th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 22-27 October 2002, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Paul J. Ambrosini, J Elia, Moira A. Rynn> ;Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 2003 Apr 1
34 citations
Taxonicity of adolescent melancholia: a categorical or dimensional construct?
Paul J. Ambrosini, David S. Bennett, Charles M. Cleland, Nick Haslam> ;Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2002 Jul 1
11 citations
Childhood depression: pharmacological therapy/treatment (pharmacotherapy of childhood depression).
Karen Dineen Wagner, Paul J. Ambrosini> ;Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 2001 Feb 1
39 citations
A Review of Pharmacotherapy of Major Depression in Children and Adolescents
Paul J. Ambrosini> ;Psychiatric Services. 2000 May 1
482 citations
Historical Development and Present Status of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS)
Paul J. Ambrosini> ;Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2000 Jan 1
2 citations
Prolactin secretion in depressed children.
Antonio Y. Hardan, Boris Birmaher, D.E. Williamson, Ronald E. Dahl, Paul J. Ambrosini, Harris Rabinovich, Neal D. Ryan> ;Biological Psychiatry. 1999 Aug 15
68 citations
Multicenter open-label sertraline study in adolescent outpatients with major depression.
Paul J. Ambrosini, Karen Dineen Wagner, Joseph Biederman, Ira D. Glick, Claire Tan, Josephine Elia, Joan R. Hebeler, Harris Rabinovich, James E. Lock, Daniel A. Geller> ;Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1999 May 1
4 citations
Does guanfacine cause hallucinations in children
Veena Luthra, Dimitri Markov, Paul J. Ambrosini> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 1999 Jan 1
8 citations
Increased plasma valproate concentrations when coadministered with guanfacine
Paul J. Ambrosini, Roomana M. Sheikh> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 1998 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Friends HospitalPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania