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.
Read publication »Risk architecture of schizophrenia: the role of epigenetics. - 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.
Read publication »Temperament and character modify risk of drug addiction and influence choice of drugs. - 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.
Read publication »Temperament and character modify risk of drug addiction and influence choice of drugs. - 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.
Read publication »Legalization, decriminalization & medicinal use of cannabis: a scientific and public health perspective.
Funded Research Projects
NIMH(Key Personnel):Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia
VAST D study of refractory depression