Journal of Clinical Epigenetics Open Access

Nagy A Youssef

Biography

Dr. Nagy A. Youssef is an Associate Professor at the Medical Colleague of Georgia (MCG), Augusta University. His primary research interest include mechanistic and therapeutic innovation for treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders specifically in mood disorders, PTSD, and suicide prevention. His methodology and therapeutics within these areas include brain stimulation and modulation and genomics. He has conducted many research studies as the principal investigator or co-investigator, and has presented his research in many scientific peer-reviewed journals, published abstracts, and lectured nationally and internationally. His clinical training included medical school at Cairo University (Egypt); and psychiatry residency and postgraduate fellowship at the University of South Alabama and Yale University. He also completed a postgraduate research fellowship at both Durham VA and Duke University. He was on the faculty at Duke University before moving to Augusta. He serves the scientific community in many capacities as Editor-in-Chief of the JPBD and is an editorial board member of several scientific journals. He also held several offices including a member of the Board of Directors and Committee Chairman of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists for 10 years, and co-chaired several scientific conferences.