Barry W. Rovner, MD
Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Professor, Neurology

Contact Dr. Rovner

900 Walnut Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 503-1254
(215) 503-1992 (fax)

Medical School
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (1980)

Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (1984)

Fellowship
Neuropsychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (1985)

Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certified in Psychiatry
Added Qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry

University Appointment
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Professor, Neurology

Hospital Appointment
Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry

Research and Clinical Interests
Investigational Drug Trials for Alzheimer's disease. Preventing Depression and Disability in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Publications

1. Sociocultural influences on diabetes self-management behaviors in older African Americans
2. Improving Function in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. A Randomized Clinical Trial
3. Association between depression and functional vision loss in persons 20 years of age or older in the United States, NHANES 2005-2008
4. Update on depression and age-related macular degeneration
5. Cognitive and noncognitive determinants of everyday activities in a racially diverse population of older persons receiving health services
6. Racial differences in the recognition of cognitive dysfunction in older persons
7. Trial of a behavioral intervention to increase dilated fundus examinations in African-Americans aged over 65 years with diabetes
8. Psychological and cognitive determinants of vision function in age-related macular degeneration
9. Improving function in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Design and methods of a randomized clinical trial
10. Depression despite anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment of age-related macular degeneration
11. Mental status examination in primary care: A review
12. Variability in depressive symptoms predicts cognitive decline in age-related macular degeneration
13. Effects of Depressive Symptoms on Health Behavior Practices Among Older Adults With Vision Loss
14. Activity loss is associated with cognitive decline in age-related macular degeneration
15. Depression in age-related macular degeneration
16. Preventing late-life depression in age-related macular degeneration
17. American Psychiatric Association practice guideline for the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Second edition.
18. Preventing depression in age-related macular degeneration
19. Dissatisfaction with performance of valued activities predicts depression in age-related macular degeneration
20. Vision loss and depression in the elderly

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