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UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY

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NAMELynne Fenton, MD

CURRENT POSITIONResearch FellowMedical Director, Student Mental Health ServiceCURRENT ACADEMIC RANK

Instructor

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATIONDEGREE

(if applicable)YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY

University of California, Davis CA BS 1978-1982 GeneticsChicago Medical School, Chicago IL MD 1982-1986 Medicine

Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago IL (residency) 1986-1990Physical Medicine andRehabilitation

University of Colorado Denver (residency) 2005-2008 PsychiatryUniversity of Colorado Denver (fellowship) 2008-2010 Brain Imaging

A. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS, AND HONORS

Appointments and Positions:

Medical Director, Student Mental Health ServiceUniversity of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus7-2009 present

Research Fellow/InstructorResearch and Development ServiceVA Eastern Colorado Health Care System7-2008 - present

Research Fellow/Instructor, Department of PsychiatryUniversity of Colorado Denver School of Medicine7-2008-present

Colorado Psychiatric Society Junior Trustee2009-present

Colorado Psychiatric Society Early Career Psychiatrists Trustee2008-2009

Physician, private practicePhysical Medicine and RehabilitationDenver, CO1994-2005

Medical AcupuncturistMile High Spine and RehabilitationGreenwood Village, CO2001-2002, and 2004-2005

Physician, Colorado Rehabilitation and Occupational MedicineAurora, CO

1993-1994


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Chief of Physical Medicine, United States Air ForceSan Antonio, TX1990-1993

Staff Physiatrist, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical CenterSan Antonio, TX

1990-1993

Honors:

Associate Investigator Award for training in research from the Department of Veterans Affairs2008-2011

PRITE Award2006, 2007

Medal of Commendation, United States Air Force1993

Scholl Fellowship Award for research in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

1990

Licensure and Certification:

State of Colorado Medical Licenseissued 1993

American Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyBoard-certified 2009

American Board of Electrodiagnostic MedicineCertified 1992

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Board-certified 1991

B. TEACHING ACTIVITIES

(limited to psychiatry-related teaching)

Supervision:

Psychiatry Residents:weekly supervision of six R2 residents, 1-hour per resident 2007- 2008supervision of R1-R4 residents in outpatient clinic, 4 hours per week 2007- 2008inpatient and consult-liaison call, supervision of R2 and R3 residents 2008 - presentStudent Mental Health Service, supervision of R4 and R3 residents, 2009 - present

Lectures:

"Pain Diagnosis and Treatment", 2006, 2008University of Colorado, R2 Consult-Liaison Psychiatry class

"Somatoform Disorders", 2006, 2008University of Colorado, R2 Consult-Liaison Psychiatry class

"CATIE", 2007, 2008, 2009University of Colorado, R3 Evidence-based Medicine course

"STEP-BD", 2007, 2008, 2009University of Colorado, R3 Evidence-based Medicine course

"STAR*D", 2007, 2008, 2009University of Colorado, R3 Evidence-based Medicine course


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Courses:

Psychiatry Board and PRITE Review CourseDeveloped and co-taught 10 session weekly course for R1-R4 residents,

8/2007-10/2007Psychopharmacology for Non-Prescribing Clinicians

Developed and taught weekly course for social work interns9/2007-3/2008

R-3 Evidence-Based MedicineCo-taught weekly 90 minute course for R3 residents

Axis-II Disorders4 lecture series, part of R-1 introductory lectures1/2009, 4/2009

Student Mental HealthNew 5 week course for R-4 residents to begin 2010

R4 Clinical Rotation in Student Mental Health

One-half day per week2009 - present

Presentations:

Grand Rounds: "Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, and Chronic Pain"University of Colorado, Department of Psychiatry9/28/2005

Poster presentation: "Psychotherapy for Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders"Junior Faculty Poster Show, University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry

3/2007

Grand Rounds: Student Mental Health a Developmental PerspectiveUniversity of Colorado, Department of Psychiatry10/11/2009

C. CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

Medical Director, Student Mental Health ServiceUniversity of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

2009 presentmedication and psychotherapy for 15-20 graduate students per weekcoordination of team of four mental health clinicianssupervision of R4 and R3 residents who treat studentslectures, outreach to students, administrators and faculty

Psychiatrist5-10 general psychiatry patients, medication and psychotherapy2008 - present


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D. SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapter:

"Psychotherapy in Neuropsychiatric Disorders"in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, ed. Arciniegas, D.B and Filley, C.M. (in press)

Papers:

Roth EJ. Fenton LL. Gaebler-Spira DJ. Frost FS. Yarkony GM. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome inacute traumatic quadriplegia: case reports and literature review. Archives of Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation. 72(6):417-20, 1991 May.

Green D. Lee MY. Lim AC. Chmiel JS. Vetter M. Pang T. Chen D. Fenton L. Yarkony GM. Meyer PR Jr.Prevention of thromboembolism after spinal cord injury using low-molecular-weight heparin. Annalsof Internal Medicine. 113(8):571-4, 1990 Oct 15.

Geary GG. Fenton L. Cheng G. Smith GT. Siu B. McNamara JJ. Failure of pretreatment with

propranolol to reduce the zone of myocardial infarction after 2 hours of coronary occlusion in theprimate heart. American Journal of Cardiology. 52(5):615-20, 1983 Sep 1.

Current Research Projects:

Reward Processing in Schizophrenia: the Effects of Aripiprazole and Risperidone.A functional MRI investigation.2008-present

False Pattern Recognition in Schizophrenia. Involvement of the dopaminergic reward system.2009 - present.

Functional MRI Correlates of Overeating in Schizophrenia Treated with Olanzapine.2009 - present

E. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Associate Investigator Award, Department of Veterans AffairsSchizophrenia Research Department2008-2010

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