Lucia del Pilar Cristancho Pimiento

Additional Titles & Roles

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• Director, ECT Service

Education & Training

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• Fellowship: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
• Residency: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
• M.D.: Univ Industrial de Santander, 2000

Major Awards

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• First place poster presentation at the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, 7th annual Colloquium of Scholars, 2009
• Second Place poster presentation at the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, 6th Annual Colloquium of Scholars, 2008
• Second Place poster presented at the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, 5th Annual Colloquium of Scholars, 2007

Areas of Clinical Interest

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Treatment of mood disorders, particularly targeting resistant depression with psychopharmacology and neuromodulation interventions including Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), and Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS).

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Research Interests

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Recent Publications

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• Investigating the impact of electroconvulsive therapy on brain networks and sleep: An observational study protocol

  Kafashan, M. M., Lebovitz, L., Greenspan, R., Zhao, S., Kim, T., Husain, M., Hershey, T., Cristancho, P., Hogan, R. E., Palanca, B. J. A. & Farber, N. B., Mar 7 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 3, e098859.

• Poor Sleep is Common in Treatment-Resistant Late-life Depression and Associated With Poorer Antidepressant Response: Findings From the OPTIMUM Clinical Trial

  Mak, M. S. B., Gebara, M. A., Lenze, E. J., Blumberger, D. M., Brown, P. J., Cristancho, P., Flint, A. J., Karp, J. F., Lavretsky, H., Miller, J. P., Reynolds, C. F., Roose, S. P., Mulsant, B. H. & Stahl, S. T., Jan 2025, In: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33, 1, p. 63-72 10 p.

• Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children and Adolescents With Catatonia—A Case Series

  Pal, R., Cheng, T., Eddington, S., Subramanian, S., Wenzinger, M. & Cristancho, P., Sep 1 2024, In: Journal of ECT. 40, 3, p. 203-206 4 p.

• Corrigendum to Optimizing Outcomes of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Older Adults (OPTIMUM): Study Design and Treatment Characteristics of the First 396 Participants Randomized. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019;27(10):1138–1152. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.04.005 (The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (2019) 27(10) (1138–1152), (S1064748119303380), (10.1016/j.jagp.2019.04.005))

  Cristancho, P., Lenard, E., Lenze, E. J., Miller, J. P., Brown, P. J., Roose, S. P., Montes-Garcia, C., Blumberger, D. M., Mulsant, B. H., Lavretsky, H., Rollman, B. L., Reynolds, C. F. & Karp, J. F., Jun 2023, In: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 31, 6, p. 472-473 2 p.

• Electroconvulsive Therapy in an Adolescent With Major Depressive Disorder and Preexisting Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

  Subramanian, S., Patrick, C., Avari Silva, J. N., Charlot, C., Cristancho, P. & Wenzinger, M., Mar 1 2023, In: Journal of ECT. 39, 1, p. 60-61 2 p.

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