Roger Pitman
Emeritus Founding Director · Mass General Brigham
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
- 1974–1975
Forensic Psychiatry
- 1970–1974
Psychiatry
Research
Biological studies of post-traumatic stress disorder
Review · Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2012 · First of 8 authors · 1,124 citations
Neurobiological basis of failure to recall extinction memory in posttraumatic stress disorder
Biological Psychiatry · 2009 · 1,058 citations
Smaller hippocampal volume predicts pathologic vulnerability to psychological trauma
Nature Neuroscience · 2002 · Last of 7 authors · 1,024 citations
- SR
36 papers
16 papers
14 papers
7 papers
- AR
6 papers · 5 as a fellow
- DD
6 papers · 2 as a fellow
6 papers
6 papers
Grants
- 2004–2009
Prophylaxis of PTSD with Post-Trauma Propranolol
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $2.7M · Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1995–2008
Twin Study of Biologic Markers for PTSD
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $6.8M · Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2004–2006
General Clinical Research Center
National Center for Research Resources · M01
Project lead · $1.3K · Massachusetts General Hospital
- 1998–2002
Secondary Prevention of Ptsd with Propranolol
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $510.9K · Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical trials
- 2018–2019
Propranolol Reactivation Mismatch (PRM) Treatment for PTSD
Principal investigator · Unknown · Phase 4
Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2009–2015
Developing Memory Reconsolidation Blockers as Novel Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Treatments
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
Roger K. Pitman, MD
- 2007–2010
A Psychophysiologic Study of Weakening Traumatic Combat Memories With Post-Reactivation Propranolol
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2004–2008
Effect of Propranolol on Preventing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
Massachusetts General Hospital