The University of Chicago Medical Center :: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Elliot S. Gershon, MD

Address:	5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 3077, Rm M344A Chicago, Illinois 60637
Phone:	773-834-2660
Patient Calls:	773-834-2660
Fax:	773-834-3562
Email:	egershon@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu
Laboratory Website:	http://bluegenes.bsd.uchicago.edu/Gershon-Liu.jsp

Harvard Medical School, MD, 1965
Massachusetts Mental Health Center (Harvard) 1966-69
Postdoctoral Research, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Program, 1969-71
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1977

Director of Training Program in Psychiatric Genetics (T32 grant from NIMH)
Co-Course-Director (Asst. Prof. Kristen Jacobson is Course Director) PSYC 46900 and 4700 (Multidisciplinary Approaches to Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

Christian SL, Brune CW, Sudi J, Kumar RA, Liu S, Karamohamed S Badner JA, Matsui S, Conroy J, McQuaid D, Gergel J, Hatchwell E, Gilliam TC, Gershon ES, Nowak NJ, Dobyns WB, Cook Jr EH. Novel submicroscopic chromosomal abnormalities detected in autism spectrum disorder. Biol Psychiatry 2008; 63(12):1111-1117
Shi J, Badner JA, Gershon ES, Liu C. Allelic association of G72/G30 with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a comprehensive meta-analysis. Schizophr Res 2008; 98(1-3):89-97
Zhang D, Cheng L, Qian Y, Alliey-Rodriguez N, Kelsoe JR, Greenwood T, Nievergelt C, Barrett TB, McKinney R, Schork N, Smith EN, Bloss C, Nurnberger J, Edenberg HJ, Foroud T, Sheftner W, Lawson WB, Nwulia EA, Hipolito M, Coryell W, Rice J, Byerley W, McMahon F, Schulze TG, Berrettini W, Potash JB, Belmonte PL, Zandi PP, McInnis MG, Zöllner S, Craig D, Szelinger S, Koller D, Christian SL, Liu C, Gershon ES. (2008) Singleton deletions throughout the genome increase risk of bipolar disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print]