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. Are medical students being taught invasive skills using simulation?
2. Psychometrics of the scale of attitudes toward physician-pharmacist collaboration: A study with medical students
3. A four factor model of systems-based practices in psychiatry
4. The devil is in the third year: A longitudinal study of erosion of empathy in medical school
5. Barriers to recovery and recommendations for change: The pennsylvania consensus conference on psychiatry's role
6. The tipping point from private practice to publicly funded settings for early- and mid-career psychiatrists
7. Psychiatric evaluation of adults: Second edition
8. Empathy in medical students as related to specialty interest, personality, and perceptions of mother and father
9. Medical symptoms associated with tobacco smoking with and without marijuana abuse among crack cocaine-dependent patients
10. ACGME research requirements for residents in psychiatry.
11. Relationship of serum prolactin with severity of drug use and treatment outcome in cocaine dependence
12. Academic performance of psychiatrists compared to other specialists before, during, and after medical school
13. Pre-treatment measures of impulsivity, aggression and sensation seeking are associated with treatment outcome for African-American cocaine-dependent patients
14. Differences in peripheral noradrenergic function among actively drinking and abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals
15. Comparison of Pretreatment Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes for Alcohol-, Cocaine-, and Multisubstance-Dependent Patients
16. Relationship between seroton in transporter gene polymorphisms and platelet serotonin transporter sites among African-American cocaine-dependent individuals and healthy volunteers
17. Relationship of Aggression, Sensation Seeking, and Impulsivity, with Severity of Cocaine Use
18. A Comparison of Smoking Habits among Medical and Nursing Students
19. High- and low-structure treatments for substance dependen Role of learned helplessness
20. Tobacco Smoking: Current Concepts in Etiology and Treatment

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