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William McCall, MD, Geriatrics, Augusta, GA

William Vaughn McCall MD


Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at Augusta University

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  • 997 St Sebastian WayGeorgia Regents Medical AssociatesAugusta, GA 30901

  • Phone+1 706-721-6597

  • Fax+1 706-721-6602

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Summary

  • Dr. McCall presently is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at Medical College of Georgia (MCG). Dr. McCall served as the Case Distinguished University Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at MCG at Augusta University from 2012-2024. He also served as Executive Vice Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs for MCG. He completed his medical degree and post-graduate psychiatric training at Duke University. He completed a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from Wake Forest University. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and sleep medicine. His research interests include depression, electroconvulsive therapy, quality of life, insomnia, suicide, and the autonomic nervous system. He received 22 years of research support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) through 2024, and is now site principal investigator for a new 5-year NIMH award on the topic of insomnia and suicide. He has more than 500 published items, including 280 peer-reviewed journal articles, with a Google Scholar H-index of 68. His papers in the American Journal of Psychiatry were twice picked by the Editors as among 7 “most interesting and important papers” published in that journal for the years 2017 and 2019. In 2023 he was ranked #46 in the world for scholarship on the topic of suicide (top 0.0055 %) out of 84,356 scholars published on the topic of suicide, and among the top 14 psychiatrists in the world, and the top 5 psychiatrists in the USA over the prior 10 years. He served as Editor of the Journal of ECT for 20 years and has been Past Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. He is presently on the Editorial Board of Sleep and the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. He has been the Past President of the Association for Convulsive Therapy, and a prior Director of the Board of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He previously was the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Wake

Education & Training

  • Duke University Hospital
    Duke University HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 1984 - 1989
  • Duke University School of Medicine
    Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 2012 - 2027
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1985 - 2026
  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 2013 - 2025
  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Sleep Medicine
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Sleep Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Works, Now Scientists Believe They Know How
    Electroconvulsive Therapy Works, Now Scientists Believe They Know HowAugust 7th, 2024
  • Trazodone Commonly Used off-Label for Insomnia
    Trazodone Commonly Used off-Label for InsomniaSeptember 20th, 2022
  • Annual Meeting 2021 Preliminary Program Guide
    Annual Meeting 2021 Preliminary Program GuideMarch 1st, 2021
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Grant Support

  • 7/8-Prolonging Remission In Depressed Elderly (PRIDE)National Institute Of Mental Health2009–2012
  • Hypnotics In The Treatment Of Psychiatric DisordersNational Center For Research Resources2006–2009
  • Hypnotics And The Treatment Of Psychiatric DisordersNational Institute Of Mental Health2005–2007
  • Optimization Of Electroconvulsive TherapyNational Center For Research Resources2004–2006
  • Optimization Of Electroconvulsive TherapyNational Institute Of Mental Health2001–2005
  • Geriatric Mental Health Academic AwardNational Institute Of Mental Health1999
  • Geriatric Mental Health Academic AwardNational Institute Of Mental Health1995–1998

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