SunilDharamdasKhushalaniMD

Psychiatry • Morristown, NJ

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Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Office
465 South Street
Suite 204
Morristown, NJ 07960
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Education & Training

New York University School of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry, 1993 - 1997
Seth G.S. Medical CollegeClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2021 - 2023
DE State Medical License 2021 - 2023
MD State Medical License 2000 - 2022
VA State Medical License 2021 - 2022
DC State Medical License 2021 - 2022
PA State Medical License 1997 - 2022
NC State Medical License 2021 - 2022
GA State Medical License 1997 - 2001
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:Baltimore Area Castle Connolly, 2012
Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore Castle Connolly, 2012

Clinical Trials

A Double-Blind Trial of Adjunctive Valacyclovir to Improve Cognition in Early Phase Schizophrenia Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 26
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Challenges and Advances in the Field of Addiction Psychiatry.
Sunil Khushalani, George Kolodner, Christopher Welsh> ;The Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Screening for and Management of Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults in Primary Care.
Rajat Duggirala, Sunil Khushalani, Todd Palmer, Nicole Brandt, Abhilash Desai> ;Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 2022 Feb 1
10 citations
Experiences of Persons With Serious Mental Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Faith Dickerson, Emily Katsafanas, Theresa Newman, Andrea Origoni, Kelly C. Rowe, Amalia Squire, Rita S. Ziemann, Sunil Khushalani, Robert H. Yolken> ;Psychiatric Services. 2021 Jun 30
8 citations
Randomized controlled trial of an adjunctive sulforaphane nutraceutical in schizophrenia.
Faith Dickerson, Andrea Origoni, Emily Katsafanas, Amalia Squire, Theresa Newman, Jed W. Fahey, Jian Chun Xiao, Cassie Stallings, Joshana Goga, Sunil Khushalani, Rober...> ;Schizophrenia Research. 2021 Apr 8
13 citations
Risk factors for natural cause mortality in a cohort of 1494 persons with serious mental illness.
Faith Dickerson, Andrea Origoni, Kelly C. Rowe, Emily Katsafanas, Theresa Newman, Rita S. Ziemann, Amalia Squire, Sunil Khushalani, Cassie Stallings, Gail L. Daumit, R...> ;Psychiatry Research. 2021 Apr 1
8 citations
Exposure to Epstein Barr virus and cognitive functioning in individuals with schizophrenia.
Faith Dickerson, Emily Katsafanas, Andrea Origoni, Amalia Squire, Sunil Khushalani, Theresa Newman, Kelly C. Rowe, Cassie Stallings, Christina L.G. Savage, Kevin Sween...> ;Schizophrenia Research. 2021 Jan 12
9 citations
Atypical Immune Response to Epstein-Barr Virus in Major Depressive Disorder
Lorraine Jones-Brando, Faith Dickerson, Glen Ford, Cassie Stallings, Andrea Origoni, Emily Katsafanas, Kevin Sweeney, Amalia Squire, Sunil Khushalani, Robert H. Yolken> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020 Mar 1
27 citations
Schizophrenia is Associated With an Aberrant Immune Response to Epstein–Barr Virus
Faith Dickerson, Lorraine Jones-Brando, Glen Ford, Giulio Genovese, Cassie Stallings, Andrea Origoni, Colm O'Dushlaine, Emily Katsafanas, Kevin Sweeney, Sunil Khushala...> ;Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2019 Sep 11
2 citations
Nitrated meat products are associated with suicide behavior in psychiatric patients
Faith Dickerson, Cassie Stallings, Andrea Origoni, Emily Katsafanas, Kevin Sweeney, Sunil Khushalani, Robert H. Yolken> ;Psychiatry Research. 2019 May 1
1 citations
Reducing opioid use for chronic pain in older adults.
Joshana Goga, Annie Michaels, Marc H. Zisselman, Antonio DePaolo, Sunil Khushalani, J. Ken Walters, Anita Poloway, Robert Roca, Matthew Kopp> ;American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2019 Apr 8
36 citations
Natural cause mortality in persons with serious mental illness.
Faith Dickerson, Andrea Origoni, J. Schroeder, M B Adamos, E. Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, C. L. G. Savage, L. A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, K M Sweeney, Robe...> ;Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2018 May 1
68 citations
Adjunctive probiotic microorganisms to prevent rehospitalization in patients with acute mania: A randomized controlled trial
Faith Dickerson, Maria Adamos, Emily Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, Andrea Origoni, Christina L.G. Savage, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, Kevin Sweeney, Jos...> ;Bipolar Disorders. 2018 Nov 1
17 citations
Clinical and Serological Predictors of Suicide in Schizophrenia and Major Mood Disorders.
Faith Dickerson, Andrea Origoni, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, Christina L.G. Savage, Kevin Sweeney, Emily Katsafanas, Holly C. Wilcox, Sunil Khushalani, ...> ;The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2018 Mar 1
1 citations
Ensuring a Safe, Trauma-Informed System of Care.
Sunil Khushalani, Victor Welzant> ;Focus. 2017 Oct 16
86 citations
Cigarette Smoking by Patients With Serious Mental Illness, 1999–2016: An Increasing Disparity
Faith Dickerson, Jennifer Schroeder, Emily Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, Andrea Origoni, Christina L.G. Savage, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Catherine R. Stallings, Kevin ...> ;Psychiatric Services. 2017 Sep 15
40 citations
Pathogen-mediated NMDA receptor autoimmunity and cellular barrier dysfunction in schizophrenia
Geetha Kannan, Kristin L. Gressitt, Shuojia Yang, Cassie Stallings, E. Katsafanas, L. A. B. Schweinfurth, C. L. G. Savage, M B Adamos, K M Sweeney, Andrea Origoni, Sun...> ;Translational Psychiatry. 2017 Aug 1
22 citations
The association between immune markers and recent suicide attempts in patients with serious mental illness: A pilot study
Faith Dickerson, Maria Adamos, Emily Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, Andrea Origoni, Christina L.G. Savage, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, Kevin Sweeney, Arm...> ;Psychiatry Research. 2017 Sep 1
97 citations
Probiotic normalization of Candida albicans in schizophrenia: A randomized, placebo-controlled, longitudinal pilot study.
Emily G. Severance, Kristin L. Gressitt, Cassie Stallings, Emily Katsafanas, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Christina L.G. Savage, Maria Adamos, Kevin Sweeney, Andrea Origon...> ;Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2017 May 1
38 citations
Suicide Attempts and Markers of Immune Response in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Faith Dickerson, Holly C. Wilcox, Maria Adamos, Emily Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, Andrea Origoni, Christina L.G. Savage, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, K...> ;Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2017 Apr 1
14 citations
The association among smoking, HSV-1 exposure, and cognitive functioning in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and non-psychiatric controls
Faith Dickerson, Maria Adamos, Emily Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, Andrea Origoni, Christina L.G. Savage, Jennifer Schroeder, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings...> ;Schizophrenia Research. 2016 Oct 1
29 citations
Individuals hospitalized with acute mania have increased exposure to antimicrobial medications.
Robert H. Yolken, Maria Adamos, Emily Katsafanas, Sunil Khushalani, Andrea Origoni, Christina L.G. Savage, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, Kevin Sweeney, Fa...> ;Bipolar Disorders. 2016 Aug 1
84 citations
Candida albicans exposures, sex specificity and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Emily G. Severance, Kristin L. Gressitt, Catherine R. Stallings, Emily Katsafanas, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Christina L.G. Savage, Maria Adamos, Kevin Sweeney, Andrea ...> ;NPJ Schizophrenia. 2016 May 4
31 citations
Mortality in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Clinical and serological predictors
Faith Dickerson, Andrea Origoni, Jennifer Schroeder, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Cassie Stallings, Christina L.G. Savage, Emily Katsafanas, Maria Banis, Sunil Khushalani,...> ;Schizophrenia Research. 2016 Jan 1
80 citations
Metagenomic Sequencing Indicates That the Oropharyngeal Phageome of Individuals With Schizophrenia Differs From That of Controls
Robert H. Yolken, Emily G. Severance, Sarven Sabunciyan, Kristin L. Gressitt, Ou Chen, Cassie Stallings, Andrea Origoni, Emily Katsafanas, Lucy A. B. Schweinfurth, Chr...> ;Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2015 Sep 1
25 citations
Immune alterations in acute bipolar depression
Faith Dickerson, E. Katsafanas, L. A. B. Schweinfurth, C. L. G. Savage, Cassie Stallings, Andrea Origoni, Sunil Khushalani, Erik P. Lillehoj, Robert H. Yolken> ;Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2015 Sep 1
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Journal Articles

Named Series: Brain, Behavior, Immunity and the Microbiome Probiotic Normalization of Candida Albicans in Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Longitudinal...
Faith B Dickerson, Robert H Yolken, Sunil Khushalani, ScienceDirect

Professional Memberships

American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM
Member
American Psychiatric Association - APA
Member

Hospital Affiliations

Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, New Jersey
Hackettstown Medical CenterHackettstown, New Jersey
Newton Medical CenterNewton, New Jersey
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains, New Jersey
Overlook Medical CenterSummit, New Jersey