Paul Desan, MD, PhD
Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine
Titles
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Director, Psychiatric Consultation Service
- Director, Yale Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, Psychiatry
Education & Training
- ResidentMassachusetts General Hospital (1997)
- MDYale University (1993)
- FellowStanford University Medical Center (1990)
- Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of Colorado (1987)
- PhDHarvard Medical School (1984)
- ABPrinceton University (1977)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Roger Coleman Award: Connecticut Psychiatric Society (2016)
- Best Original Research (in the journal Psychosomatics): Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2012)
- Award for Service: Connecticut Psychiatry Society (2011)
Publications
- Desan P. Informed Decision-Making in the Emergency Department. 2021, 435-440. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52520-0_43.
- Desan P, Lee H, Zimbrean P, Sledge W. New Models of Psychiatric Consultation in the General Medical Hospital: Liaison Psychiatry Is Back. Psychiatric Annals 2017, 47: 355-361. DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20170524-01.
- Zimbrean P, Desan P. Transplant Psychiatry Curriculum- A Model for Integrating Outpatient Consultation Into Psychosomatic Medicine Teaching. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 2016, 85: 89-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.223.
- Sledge WH, Gueorguieva R, Desan P, Bozzo JE, Dorset J, Lee HB. Multidisciplinary Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Service: Impact on Length of Stay for Medical Inpatients. Psychotherapy And Psychosomatics 2015, 84: 208-216. PMID: 26022134, DOI: 10.1159/000379757.
- Rosenblum D, Desan P. Poster 352 Transient Global Amnesia from Intrathecal Baclofen‐ A Case Report. PM&R 2014, 6: s308-s308. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.08.731.
- Desan P, Zimbrean P, Lee H, Sledge W. Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services for the General Hospital of the Future. 2014, 157-181. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0688-8_10.
- Oren DA, Koziorowski M, Desan PH. SAD and the Not-So-Single Photoreceptors. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2013, 170: 1403-1412. PMID: 23929223, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13010111.
- Desan PH, Zimbrean PC, Weinstein AJ, Bozzo JE, Sledge WH. Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services Reduce Length of Stay for Admissions to an Inpatient Medical Team. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2011, 52: 513-520. PMID: 22054620, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.06.002.
- Sledge W, Zimbrean P, Desan P, Bozzo J. P01-399 - Behavioral intervention team: A multidisciplinary approach to co-morbidity in hospital level care. European Psychiatry 2011, 26: 402. DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72110-1.
- Oren D, Desan P. Light and non-visual photoreception. 2009, 131-142. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199544288.003.0008.
- Frantsve L, Sledge W, Kerns R, Desan P. Behavioral Medicine. 2008, 2027-2046. DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch95.
- Desan P, Oren D. Is Seasonal Affective Disorder a Disorder of Circadian Rhythms? CNS Spectrums 2001, 6: 487-501. PMID: 15744212, DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900008038.
- Desan P, Oren D, Malison R, Price L, Rosenbaum J, Smoller J, Charney D, Gelernter J. Genetic polymorphism at the CLOCK gene locus and major depression. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 2000, 96: 418-421. PMID: 10898925, DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<418::aid-ajmg34>3.0.co;2-s.
Departments and Programs
Titles
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry
- Director, Psychiatric Consultation Service
- Director, Yale Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, Psychiatry
Education & Training
- ResidentMassachusetts General Hospital (1997)
- MDYale University (1993)
- FellowStanford University Medical Center (1990)
- Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of Colorado (1987)
- PhDHarvard Medical School (1984)
- ABPrinceton University (1977)
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Roger Coleman Award: Connecticut Psychiatric Society (2016)
- Best Original Research (in the journal Psychosomatics): Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2012)
- Award for Service: Connecticut Psychiatry Society (2011)
Publications
- Desan P. Informed Decision-Making in the Emergency Department. 2021, 435-440. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52520-0_43.
- Desan P, Lee H, Zimbrean P, Sledge W. New Models of Psychiatric Consultation in the General Medical Hospital: Liaison Psychiatry Is Back. Psychiatric Annals 2017, 47: 355-361. DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20170524-01.
- Zimbrean P, Desan P. Transplant Psychiatry Curriculum- A Model for Integrating Outpatient Consultation Into Psychosomatic Medicine Teaching. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research 2016, 85: 89-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.223.
- Sledge WH, Gueorguieva R, Desan P, Bozzo JE, Dorset J, Lee HB. Multidisciplinary Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Service: Impact on Length of Stay for Medical Inpatients. Psychotherapy And Psychosomatics 2015, 84: 208-216. PMID: 26022134, DOI: 10.1159/000379757.
- Rosenblum D, Desan P. Poster 352 Transient Global Amnesia from Intrathecal Baclofen‐ A Case Report. PM&R 2014, 6: s308-s308. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.08.731.
- Desan P, Zimbrean P, Lee H, Sledge W. Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services for the General Hospital of the Future. 2014, 157-181. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0688-8_10.
- Oren DA, Koziorowski M, Desan PH. SAD and the Not-So-Single Photoreceptors. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2013, 170: 1403-1412. PMID: 23929223, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13010111.
- Desan PH, Zimbrean PC, Weinstein AJ, Bozzo JE, Sledge WH. Proactive Psychiatric Consultation Services Reduce Length of Stay for Admissions to an Inpatient Medical Team. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2011, 52: 513-520. PMID: 22054620, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.06.002.
- Sledge W, Zimbrean P, Desan P, Bozzo J. P01-399 - Behavioral intervention team: A multidisciplinary approach to co-morbidity in hospital level care. European Psychiatry 2011, 26: 402. DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72110-1.
- Oren D, Desan P. Light and non-visual photoreception. 2009, 131-142. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199544288.003.0008.
- Frantsve L, Sledge W, Kerns R, Desan P. Behavioral Medicine. 2008, 2027-2046. DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch95.
- Desan P, Oren D. Is Seasonal Affective Disorder a Disorder of Circadian Rhythms? CNS Spectrums 2001, 6: 487-501. PMID: 15744212, DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900008038.
- Desan P, Oren D, Malison R, Price L, Rosenbaum J, Smoller J, Charney D, Gelernter J. Genetic polymorphism at the CLOCK gene locus and major depression. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 2000, 96: 418-421. PMID: 10898925, DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3<418::aid-ajmg34>3.0.co;2-s.
Departments and Programs