Additional Titles & Roles
- Staff Psychiatrist at Student Health Services (Danforth Campus)
Education & Training
- Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2021
- Ph.D.: Washington University in St Louis, 2017
- M.D.: Washington University in St Louis, 2017
- B.A.: Harvard University, 2010
- B.A.: Harvard University, 2010
Areas of Clinical Interest
Baris Ercal, MD is a general adult psychiatrist and also serves as a staff psychiatrist at student mental health services for undergraduate and graduate students at Washington University. His clinical interests are broad and include anxiety, treatment resistant depression, substance use, bipolar disorder, and thought disorders. He uses a combination of psychopharmacology and various psychotherapy approaches to treat patients. He is also involved in consultations and treatments for adult interventional psychiatry clinic including ketamine, esketamine, and transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments.
Recent Publications
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Psychological Support Approaches in Psychedelic Therapy: Results From a Survey of Psychedelic Practitioners
Bender, D. A., Nayak, S. M., Siegel, J., Hellerstein, D. J., Ercal, B. C. & Lenze, E. J., Feb 5 2025, In: The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 86, 1
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Executive Function Moderates Functional Outcomes of Engagement Strategies during Rehabilitation in Older Adults
Ercal, B., Rodebaugh, T. L., Bland, M. D., Barco, P., Lenard, E., Lang, C. E., Miller, J. P., Yingling, M. & Lenze, E. J., 2021, In: American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 100, 7, p. 635-642 8 p.
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Hepatic ketogenic insufficiency reprograms hepatic glycogen metabolism and the lipidome
d’Avignon, D. A., Puchalska, P., Ercal, B., Chang, Y. J., Martin, S. E., Graham, M. J., Patti, G. J., Han, X. & Crawford, P. A., Jun 21 2018, In: JCI Insight. 3, 12
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Ketone Body Metabolism in the Neonate
Ercal, B. & Crawford, P. A., Jan 1 2017, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, 2-Volume Set. Elsevier, p. 370-379.e4
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Ketogenesis prevents diet-induced fatty liver injury and hyperglycemia
Cotter, D. G., Ercal, B., Huang, X., Leid, J. M., D’Avignon, D. A., Graham, M. J., Dietzen, D. J., Brunt, E. M., Patti, G. J. & Crawford, P. A., Dec 1 2014, In: Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124, 12, p. 5175-5190 16 p.