Matthew Macaluso, D.O. is Professor of Psychiatry and Bee McWane Reid Endowed Chair in Mood Disorders at the University of Alabama at Birmingham-Heersink School of Medicine.[1]
Early life and career
editMatthew Macaluso graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University. He earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Macaluso completed his residency training in psychiatry and fellowship in psychopharmacology research under Sheldon Preskorn, M.D. at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) in 2009.
From 2009 to 2020, Macaluso was on faculty at KUMC and served as director of residency training. Macaluso was also a founding leader of the KU-Wichita Center for Clinical Research. In 2020, Macaluso was recruited to UAB as Professor and Clinical Director of the UAB Depression and Suicide Center.[2] In 2020, he was appointed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama as Bee McWane Reid Endowed Chair in Mood Disorders. In 2022, Macaluso became Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs at UAB.
Macaluso has contributed most in the area of novel treatment development as well as psychopharmacology education. His work helps train clinicians on the process of developing new medication treatments, evaluating the literature and how to introduce new medications and devices into the treatment of their patients.[3][4]
Awards
edit- 2015 Early Career Achievement in Medicine Award from the University of Kansas Alumni Association [5]
- 2019 Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
- 2020 Innovation Award as presented by the Wichita Business Journal
References
edit- ^ "Matthew Macaluso". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences" (PDF). 8 August 2024.
- ^ Powell, Valerie. "Vice Chairs - Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology". www.uab.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Overcoming medication nonadherence in schizophrenia: Strategies that can reduce harm | MDedge Psychiatry". www.mdedge.com. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Early Career Achievement Alumni Awards". www.kumc.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-30.