SrinivasanPillayMD

Psychiatry • Cambridge, MA

Assistant Professor (Part-Time): Harvard Medical School

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Office
One Mifflin Place
Suite 400
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone+1 617-794-1509

Fax+1 617-674-7701
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Education & Training

Univ Natal- Fac MedClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1997 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top 20 Movers and Shakers in Leadership development in The World (Training Industry) NeuroBusiness Group, 2013
Motivational Book of The Year: 2010 (Books for a Better Life) 2011
One of the Top5 Health Books of The Year (Men's Health) 2011
Travel Awardee ADAA/ACNP, 2005
Career Development Award ADAA, 2004
Research Colloquium: Advanced Track APA, 2004
NIDA-I-START Award 2004
Young Investigators Award NARSAD, 2002
Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators APA, 2001
Psychiatry Resident of the Year Janssen/APA, 1999
Nominated as 1999 Janssen Clinical Scholar 1999
Laughlin Award McLean Hospital, 1999
Kaplen Award Harvard Medical School, 1999
Organon/Excellence in Psychiatry Residency Award 1998
Lilly Fellowship Award Society of Biological Psychiatry, 1998
Fellowship Award American Psychoanalytic Association, 1998
Laughlin Fellowship Award American College of Psychiatry, 1998
Special mention award APA/Lilly Fellowship, 1998
Lilly Resident Research Award American Psychiatric Association, 1997
Outstanding Resident Award Upjohn/NIMH, 1997
Stepping Stones Award Program American Association of Geriatric Psychiatrists, 1997
New Investigator Award for NCDEU award NIMH, 1994
Semi-Finalist North American Open Poetry Competition, 1994
Awarded a Research Fellowship in the Mood, Anxiety and Trauma Disorders Program Psychopharmacology Service and the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 1993
Awarded the Medical Research Council Fellowship Neurochemistry Unit at the University of Stellenbosch, 1992
Top Student at Medical School 1990
Medal for Best Student in Psychiatry South African Society of Psychiatrists, 1990
Smith and Nephew Medal for Best Student in Orthopedics 1990
Upjohn Award for Best Student in Community Health/Primary Care 1990
First class passes in Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry 1990
Ford Foundation Scholarship in Pathology 1986
Certificate of Merit in Psychology 1985
Placed in the Top 20 National Science Olympiad (SA), 1984
Placed 6th in South Africa in final year of high school 1984
Archimedes Prize for most promising student in high school 1984
Placed in the Top 15 National English Olympiad (SA), 1983
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

26 citations
Cannabis and motor function: fMRI changes following 28 days of discontinuation.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Jadwiga Rogowska, Gen Kanayama, Staci A. Gruber, Norah S. Simpson, Harrison G. Pope, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd> ;Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2008 Feb 1
48 citations
Recognition of happy facial affect in panic disorder: an fMRI study.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Jadwiga Rogowska, Staci A. Gruber, Norah S. Simpson, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd> ;Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 2007 Jan 1
94 citations
fMRI of fearful facial affect recognition in panic disorder: the cingulate gyrus-amygdala connection.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Staci A. Gruber, Jadwiga Rogowska, Norah S. Simpson, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2006 Aug 1
24 citations
Basal ganglia volumetric studies in affective disorder: what did we learn in the last 15 years?
Raphael M. Bonelli, Hans-Peter Kapfhammer, Srinivasan S. Pillay, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd> ;Journal of Neural Transmission. 2006 Feb 1
35 citations
Neurophysiology of motor function following cannabis discontinuation in chronic cannabis smokers: an fMRI study.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Jadwiga Rogowska, Gen Kanayama, Duk In Jon, Staci A. Gruber, Norah S. Simpson, Monisha Cherayil, Harrison G. Pope, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd> ;Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2004 Dec 7
257 citations
Hippocampal volume in primary unipolar major depression: a magnetic resonance imaging study
Khashayar Vakili, Srinivasan S. Pillay, Beny Lafer, Maurizio Fava, Perry F. Renshaw, Christina M Bonello-Cintron, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd> ;Biological Psychiatry. 2000 Jun 1
6 citations
Tuberculous pancreatic abscess in HIV-positive patients. A report of 3 cases and a review of the literature.
Jena Gp, Manoharan Gr, Mbete Dl, Srinivasan S. Pillay> ;South African Journal of Surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Chirurgie. 1999 Aug 1
63 citations
A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study of caudate and lenticular nucleus gray matter volume in primary unipolar major depression: relationship to treatment re...
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Perry F. Renshaw, Christina M. Bonello, Beny Lafer, Maurizio Fava, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd> ;Psychiatry Research. 1998 Dec 14
Psychotic acts: the question of meaning.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, J. Alexander Bodkin, Edward R. Shapiro> ;Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 1998 Jan 1
63 citations
A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study of cerebral and cerebellar gray matter volume in primary unipolar major depression: Relationship to treatment response ...
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, Christina M. Bonello, Beny Lafer, Maurizio Fava, Perry F. Renshaw> ;Biological Psychiatry. 1997 Jul 15
83 citations
Basal ganglia choline levels in depression and response to fluoxetine treatment: An in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
Perry F. Renshaw, Beny Lafer, Suzann M. Babb, Maurizio Fava, Andrew L. Stoll, James D. Christensen, Constance M. Moore, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, Christina M. Bonello,...> ;Biological Psychiatry. 1997 Apr 15
11 citations
Psychiatric disorder in a South African general hospital: Prevalence in medical, surgical, and gynecological wards
Margaret G. Nair, Srinivasan S. Pillay> ;General Hospital Psychiatry. 1997 Mar 1
22 citations
EEG abnormalities before clozapine therapy predict a good clinical response to clozapine.
Srinivasan S. Pillay, Andrew L. Stoll, Michelle K. Weiss, Mauricio Tohen, Carlos A. Zarate, Michael D. Banov, Jonathan O. Cole> ;Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 1996 Mar 1
Methylphenidate augmentation of serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors: a case series.
Stoll AL, Pillay SS, Diamond L, Workum SB, Cole JO> ;J Clin Psychiatry. 1996-02-01
32 citations
Age-related MRI abnormalities in bipolar illness: A clinical study
Bryan T. Woods, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, David J. Mikulis, Srinivasan S. Pillay> ;Biological Psychiatry. 1995 Dec 15
46 citations
Is There a Relationship Between Clozapine and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?: A Retrospective Chart Review
S. Nassir Ghaemi, Carlos A. Zarate, Anand P. Popli, Srinivasan S. Pillay, Jonathan O. Cole> ;Comprehensive Psychiatry. 1995 Jul 1
4 citations
Occurrence of seizures related to psychotropic medication among psychiatric inpatients.
Popli Ap, Kando Jc, Srinivasan S. Pillay, Mauricio Tohen, Jonathan O. Cole> ;Psychiatric Services. 1995 May 1
44 citations
Choline ingestion increases the resonance of choline-containing compounds in human brain: An in vivo proton magnetic resonance study
Andrew L. Stoll, Perry F. Renshaw, Enrico De Micheli, Richard J. Wurtman, Srinivasan S. Pillay, Bruce M. Cohen> ;Biological Psychiatry. 1995 Feb 1
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Journal Articles

A Case for Conscious Capitalism: Conscious leadership Through The Lens of Brain Science
Pillay S, Sisodia R, The Ivey Business Journal, 9/1/2011
Persistent fMRI changes in chronic cannabis users following 28 days of discontinuation
Pillay SS, Rogowska J, Gruber SA, Simpson N, Yurgelun-Todd, DA, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1/1/2008
fMRI of Fearful Facial Affect Recognition in Panic Disorder
Pillay SS, Rogowska J, Gruber S, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Journal of Affective Disorders, 1/1/2006
Recognition of Happy Facial Affect in Panic Disorder
Pillay SS, Rogowska J, Gruber S, Yurgelun-Todd DA, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 1/1/2006
Psychotic Acts: The Question of Meaning
Pillay SS, Bodkin A, Shapiro E, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 1/1/1998
Psychiatric disorder in a South African general hospital Prevalence in medical, surgical, and gynecological wards
Nair MG, Pillay SS, Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 1/1/1997
Methylphenidate augmentation of serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors: a case series
Stoll AL, Pillay SS, Diamond L, Workum SB, Cole JO, J Clin Psychiatry, 1/1/1996
"Is there a relationship between clozapine and obsessive-compulsive disorder?" A retrospective chart review
Ghaemi SN, Zarate CA, Jr., Popli AP, Pillay SS, Cole JO, Compr Psychiatry, 1/1/1995
Occurrence of seizures related to psychotropic medication among psychiatric inpatients
Popli AP, Kando JC, Pillay SS, Tohen M, Cole JO, Psychiatr Serv, 1/1/1995
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Press Mentions

Seeking the Moral President: Why Do We Look for Faultless Leaders?December 22nd, 2015
Infosec’s Human FaceApril 28th, 2015
Here's the Trick Olympic Athletes Use to Achieve Their GoalsJanuary 28th, 2015
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McLean Hospitalhttp://www.mcleanhospital.org

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