Daniel Varon, MD

Faculty

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

3811 O'Hara St.

Pittsburgh

15213

Assistant

Mary Anne Hall

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

Psychiatry and Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina

Geriatric Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC

Board Certification

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

Member, American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry

Member, American Academy of Neurology

Selected Research Publications & Products

Varon D, Barker W, Loewenstein D, Greig M, Bohorquez A, Santos I, Shen Q, Harper M, Vallejo-Luces T, Duara R; Visual rating and volumetric measurement of medial temporal atrophy in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) cohort: baseline diagnosis and the prediction of MCI outcome. Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Feb;30(2):192-200.
Duara R, Loewenstein DA, Shen Q, Barker W, Varon D, Greig MT, Curiel R, Agron J, Santos I, Potter H. The utility of age-specific cut-offs for visual rating of medial temporal atrophy in classifying Alzheimer's disease, MCI and cognitively normal elderly subjects. Front Aging Neurosci. 2013 Sep 18;5:47.
Loewenstein DA, Greig MT, Schinka JA, Barker W, Shen Q, Potter E, Raj A, Brooks L, Varon D, Schoenberg M, Banko J, Potter H, Duara R. An investigation of PreMCI: Subtypes and longitudinal outcomes. Alzheimers Dement. 2012 May;8(3):172-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.03.002.
Duara R, Loewenstein DA, Shen Q, Barker W, Potter E, Varon D, Heurlin K, Vandenberghe R, Buckley C. Amyloid positron emission tomography with (18)F-flutemetamol and structural magnetic resonance imaging in the classification of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2012 Nov 22.doi:pii: S1552-5260(12)00025-8.
Varon D, Loewenstein DA, Potter E, Greig MT et al. Minimal Atrophy of the Entorhinal Cortex and Hippocampus: Progression of Cognitive Impairment. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2011;31(4):276-83.

Neurocognitive disorders; Neuropsychiatric conditions

Selected Clinical Publications & Products

Andreescu C, Varon D. Amnestic Disorders and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Editors: Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock, Pedro Ruiz. Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Philadelphia :Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017.
Andreescu C, Varon D. New research on anxiety disorders in the elderly and an update on evidence-based treatments. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 Jul;17(7):53.
Duara R, Loewenstein DA, Wright C, Crocco E, Varon D. Mild Cognitive Impairment. Quinn JF Editor. Dementia. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014: 75-95.Duara R, Loewenstein DA, Wright C, Crocco E, Varon D. Mild Cognitive Impairment. Quinn JF Editor. Dementia. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014: 75-95.

Medical student & resident education