Faculty

Ariel G Gildengers, MD

Ariel G Gildengers, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213

Education & Training

MD
Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School
Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
Geriatric Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC
Geriatric Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC

Specialty Certifications

Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Geriatric Psychiatry)

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Member, International Society for Bipolar Disorders

Selected Honors & Awards

Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors, Inc.
Best Paper Award from the International Society for Bipolar Disorder (2nd place),

Research Interests

Alzheimer's disease/related dementias; Lithium and neuroprotection; Bipolar disorder & aging
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Gildengers AG, Stoehr GP, Ran X, Jacobsen E, Teverovsky E, Chang CH, Ganguli M. Anticholinergic drug burden and risk of incident MCI and dementia a population-based study. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2023 Jan-Mar 01:37(1):20-27 PMID 36706325 PMC 9974875
  2. Young RC, Mulsant BH, Sajatovic M, Gildengers AG, Gyulai L, Al-Jurdi RK, Beyer J, Evans J, Banerjee S, Greenberg R, Marino P, Kunik ME, Chen P, Barrett M, Schulberg HC, Bruce ML, Reynolds CF, Alexopoulos, GS: GERI-BD: A randomized, double-blind controlled trial of lithium and divalproex in the treatment of mania in older patients with bipolar disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2017; 174(11) 1086-1093
  3. Gildengers AG, Butters MA Aizenstein HJ, Marron MM, Emanuel J, Anderson SJ, Weissfeld, LA, Becker JT, Lopez OL, Mulsant BH, Reynolds CF III: Longer lithium exposure is associated with better white matter integrity in older adults with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord. 2015; 17(3):248-56
  4. Gildengers AG, Butters MA, Albert SM, Anderson SJ, Dew MA, Erickson KI, Garand L, Karp JF, Lockovich MH, Morse JQ, Reynolds CF III: The design and implementation of an intervention development study: retaining cognition while avoiding late-life depression (ReCALL). Am J Geriatr Psych. 2016 Jun;24(6):444-54 PMID: 27066730
  5. Gildengers AG, Chung KH, Huang SH, Aizenstein HJ, Tsai SY: Neuroprogressive effects of lifetime illness duration in older adults with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disord. 2014; 16(6):617-23 PMCID: 24716786

Clinical Interests

Geriatric psychiatry; Alzheimer's disease/related dementias; Mood disorders

Education Interests

Medical student & resident education; Research mentoring