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Jay A. Salpekar, MD
Children's National Medical Center
Faculty, Psychiatry, Neurology & Epilepsy and Neurophysiology 
Principal Investigator, Children's Research Institute 
Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR)

George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Pediatrics

Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Clinical and Community Research (CCCR)
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010-2970

202-476-5980
jsalpeka@childrensnational.org


Education & Training
Institution & Location Degree Year(s) Field of Study
Washington University, St. Louis, MO AB 1989 Biology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO MD 1993 Medicine
Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Residency 1993-1996 Internship, Psychiatry
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT Fellowship 1996-1998 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry


Research Interests
Jay Salpekar, MD, is associate professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and director of Outpatient Psychiatry Services at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Salpekar received BA and MD degrees at Washington University in St. Louis. He did internship and residency training in general psychiatry at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and continued on to a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Yale University Child Study Center from 1996-1998. He has been on the full-time faculty at Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine since 1998. Dr. Salpekar is the director of the Neurobehavior Program at Children's Hospital, and serves as the psychiatry consultant for the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program and Movement Disorders Program at Children's Hospital. He has served as a journal reviewer and has frequently lectured and presented on issues of ADHD and neuropsychiatry in primary care, neurology, and psychiatry settings. Current research projects include focus upon pediatric bipolar disorder, psychiatric issues associated with pediatric epilepsy, and ADHD. He has over 30 publications including abstracts, scientific papers, book chapters, and editorials.


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Publications

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