Karam Radwan, M.D., ABPN, CCST

Education & Training

• The University of Damascus- M.D., 1997
• PGY-1 PGY III, General Adult Psychiatry, The University of Missouri, 1999-2002
• PGY IV Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Northwestern University, 2002-2003
• PGY V  Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The University of Michigan, 2003-2004
• Board Certified, American  Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ( Adult, General)
• Board Certified, American  Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ( Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, Consultant, The General Medical Council, UK

Clinical Interests

• Personality Disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Adoption and early attachment deregulation
• Sleep Disorders in Children
• PTSD

Research Interests

• Neurobiology of emotion and empathy
• Physiological substrates of interpersonal relations
• Attachment theory-driven psychotherapy
• Efficacy of psychodynamic treatment in children
• The use of Omega-3 in prevention and treatment of mental illness
• Neuro Psycho Oncology
• Insight Promoting Psychotherapy
• Cultural sensitivity and Insight in Mental illness

Teaching

• Director, Fundamental of Psychopathology Course.
• Director, Ethics and Career Development Course.
• Co-Director Family Therapy Course and Supervision.
• Multidisciplinary Case Conference for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Medical Students.
• Joined Journal Club with Developmental Pediatric and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Psychiatric education for pediatrician.

Society Memberships

• Member, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• Member, Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Trial Network CAPTN

Selected Publications

• Treating Attachment Disorders: From Theory to Therapy, Journal of the American Academyof Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 42(12):1530-1531, December 2003. Radwan, Karam M.D. Hirsch, Sharon L M.D.
• Aripiprazole and Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome. Journal of the American Academy  of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 43(12):1457-1458, December 2004.
• Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 44(2):203-204, February 2005.
• Naaman, S., Radwan, K., Fergusson, D., Johnson, S. (2009) Status of Psychological Trials in Breast Cancer Patients:  A Report of Three Meta-Analyses.  Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes.

Selected Conferences & Presentations

• Attachment Theory from Theory to Neurobiology, Grand Round
• Attachment Theory from Theory to Therapy, Grand Round
• Attachment  Focus Therapy, World Psychiatric Organization, Middle East
• Trauma and War, Iraqi Children and refugees, UNICEF, Syria
• Workshop on Evidence Based Treatment, UNICEF Middle East
• Assessment of Suicide in Children and Adolescent