Owen Wolkowitz

MD

Co-director, Depression Clinic, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics
Psychiatrist
Lover of art, music, dogs and cooking

About me

Dr. Owen Wolkowitz is an attending psychiatrist at the UCSF Depression Clinic, which he co-directs.

In his research, Wolkowitz studies how stress and hormones affect the brain.

Wolkowitz earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed a psychiatry residency at Stanford Health Care, followed by a fellowship in psychopharmacology at the National Institute of Mental Health.

Wolkowitz serves on the board of directors of the National Network of Depression Centers.

  • Education

    University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1979

  • Residencies

    Stanford Health Care, Psychiatry, 1983

  • Fellowship

    National Institute of Mental Health, Psychopharmacology, 1986

  • Board Certifications

    Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry/Neurology-Psychiatry

  • Academic Title

    Professor

I look for new approaches to treating vexing psychiatric problems and to understanding mental illnesses as whole-body problems.

Conditions I specialize in

Selected research

Decorative Caduceus

Cellular Aging and Neurobiology of Depression Study

We are conducting an eight week longitudinal study to learn if blood levels of certain naturally occurring compounds and genetic markers differ between patients with depression and healthy adults who are not depresse...

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