Michael J. Vergare, MD
Daniel Lieberman Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sr. Vice President, Academic Affairs, Thomas Jefferson University
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Contact Dr. Vergare

833 Chestnut Street, Suite 210
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-6912
(215) 955-5431
(215) 923-8219 (fax)

Medical School
Hahnemann Medical College, Pennsylvania, PA (1971)

Residency
Hahnemann Hospital, Pennsylvania, PA (1975)

Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certified in Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association, Administrative Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Geriatric Psychiatry

University Appointment
Daniel Lieberman Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Thomas Jefferson Univeristy

Publications

1. The devil is in the third year: A longitudinal study of erosion of empathy in medical school
2. Barriers to recovery and recommendations for change: The pennsylvania consensus conference on psychiatry's role
3. The tipping point from private practice to publicly funded settings for early- and mid-career psychiatrists
4. Psychiatric evaluation of adults: Second edition
5. Empathy in medical students as related to specialty interest, personality, and perceptions of mother and father
6. Medical symptoms associated with tobacco smoking with and without marijuana abuse among crack cocaine-dependent patients
7. Relationship of serum prolactin with severity of drug use and treatment outcome in cocaine dependence
8. Academic performance of psychiatrists compared to other specialists before, during, and after medical school
9. Pre-treatment measures of impulsivity, aggression and sensation seeking are associated with treatment outcome for African-American cocaine-dependent patients
10. Differences in peripheral noradrenergic function among actively drinking and abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals
11. Comparison of Pretreatment Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes for Alcohol-, Cocaine-, and Multisubstance-Dependent Patients
12. Relationship between seroton in transporter gene polymorphisms and platelet serotonin transporter sites among African-American cocaine-dependent individuals and healthy volunteers
13. Relationship of Aggression, Sensation Seeking, and Impulsivity, with Severity of Cocaine Use
14. A Comparison of Smoking Habits among Medical and Nursing Students
15. High- and low-structure treatments for substance dependence: Role of learned helplessness
16. Tobacco Smoking: Current Concepts in Etiology and Treatment
17. Nicotine dependence and treatment outcome among African American cocaine-dependent patients
18. Changes in plasma noradrenaline and serotonin levels and craving during alcohol withdrawal
19. Differences in platelet serotonin transporter sites between African-American tobacco smokers and non-smokers
20. Seasonal variations in the binding of [3H]paroxetine to the platelet serotonin transporter sites in African-American cocaine-dependent patients and healthy volunteers

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