Eric J. Lenze, M.D. Dr. Lenze is part of the Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research in Late-life Mood Disorders, where he focuses on treatment studies in late life Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Additionally, he carries out clinical research in disabled rehabilitating elderly populations.

Positions

• Consulting Staff, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital
• Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA

Education

• B.A., 1990, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Biology and Philosophy M.D., 1994, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Medicine

Relevant Publications

• Reynolds CF, Dew MA, Pollock BG, Mulsant BH, Frank E, Miller MD, Houck PR, Mazumdar S, Butters MA, Stack JA, Schlernitzauer MA, Whyte EM, Gildengers A, Karp JF, Lenze EJ, Szanto K, Bensasi S, Kupfer DJ: Maintenance treatment of major depression in old age. N Engl J Med, 354:1130-1138, 2006.
• Munin MC, Begley AE, Skidmore ER, Lenze EJ: Influence of rehabilitation site on hip fracture recovery in community dwelling subjects at six-month follow-up. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, in press.
• Drayer RA, Mulsant BH, Lenze EJ, Rollman BL, Dew MA, Kelleher K, Karp JF, Begley A, Schulberg HC, Reynolds CF: Somatic symptoms of depression in elderly patients with medical comorbidities. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, in press.
• Blank S, Lenze EJ, Mulsant BH, Dew MA, Karp JF, Shear MK, Houck PR, Miller MD, Pollock BG, Tracey B, Reynolds CF: Outcomes of late-life anxiety disorders during 32 weeks of citalopram treatment. J Clin Psychiatry, in press.
• Tew JD, Mulsant BH, Houck PR, Lenze EJ, Whyte EM, Miller MD, Stack JA, Bensasi S, Reynolds CF: Impact of prior treatment exposure on response to antidepressant treatment in late-life. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, in press.