Dragan Svrakic

Dragan Svrakic

Professor of Psychiatry

Additional Titles & Roles


  • Director, Chemical Dependency Program

Education & Training


  • PhD: University of Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia, 1989
  • MD: University of Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia, 1978

Major Awards


  • Best Doctors in America,
  • Mortimer Goodman NAMI Award, 2012

Areas of Clinical Interest


Psychopharmacology
Chemical dependency
Personality and Personality Disorder

Research Interests


Chemical dependency
Personality and Personality Disorder
Genetics of Schizophrenia

Key Publications


    • Arnedo J, Del Val C, de Erausquin GA, Romero-Zaliz R, Svrakic D, Cloninger CR, Zwir I (2013 Jul 1). PGMRA: a web server for (phenotype x genotype) many-to-many relation analysis in GWAS. Nucleic Acids Res. 41(Web Server issue): W142-9.
      Read publication »PGMRA: a web server for (phenotype x genotype) many-to-many relation analysis in GWAS.
    • Svrakic DM, Zorumski CF, Svrakic NM, Zwir I, Cloninger CR (2013 Mar). Risk architecture of schizophrenia: the role of epigenetics. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 26(2): 188-95.
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    • Milivojevic D, Milovanovic SD, Jovanovic M, Svrakic DM, Svrakic NM, Svrakic SM, Cloninger CR (2012 Sep-Oct). Temperament and character modify risk of drug addiction and influence choice of drugs. Am J Addict. 21(5): 462-7.
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    • Lustman PJ, Svrakic DM, Freedland KE (2011 Oct). Preventing pain medication dependence. Am J Psychiatry. 168(10): 1118; author reply 1118-9.
      Read publication »Preventing pain medication dependence.
    • Milivojevic D, Milovanovic SD, Jovanovic M, Svrakic DM, Svrakic NM, Svrakic SM, Cloninger CR (2012 Sep-Oct). Temperament and character modify risk of drug addiction and influence choice of drugs. Am J Addict. 21(5): 462-7.
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    • Svrakic DM, Lustman PJ, Mallya A, Lynn TA, Finney R, Svrakic NM (2012 Mar-Apr). Legalization, decriminalization & medicinal use of cannabis: a scientific and public health perspective. Mo Med. 109(2): 90-8.
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    Funded Research Projects


    NIMH(Key Personnel):Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia

    VAST D study of refractory depression