Vasilis Hristidis

Education & Training

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• M.D.: Stony Brook School of Medicine, 2021
• B.A.: Columbia University, 2012

Major Awards

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• Resident Award for Sage Peer Mentorship, Award to the resident in any year who has provided exceptional guidance to their peers, 2025
• The Eli Robins Award, For excellence in clinical psychiatry, teaching, research and potential for leadership in academia, 2025
• The Marvin Kuschner Award, Stony Brook School of Medicine’s highest medical student honor, 2021
• The Merck Academic Excellence Award, For the top academic student at Stony Brook School of Medicine, 2021

Areas of Clinical Interest

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Mood disorders, including major depressive disorder and bipolar disorders; treatment-resistant mood disorders; anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, OCD

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Recent Publications

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• Prognostic and Prescriptive Predictors of Treatment Response to Adjunctive VNS Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder: A RECOVER Trial Report

  Aaronson, S. T., Conway, C. R., Gordon, C., Lee, Y. C., George, M. S., Zajecka, J., Riva-Posse, P., Dunner, D. L., Macaluso, M., Rosenquist, P. B., Mickey, B. J., Sheline, Y. I., Hristidis, V. C., Brown, H., Kriedt, C. L., Tran, Q., Bunker, M. T., Sackeim, H. A. & Rush, A. J., Sep 2025, In: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 86, 3, 25m15850.

• Increased occurrence of malignancy before and after chemoradiation for anal squamous cell carcinoma: a multi-institutional analysis

  Kumar, R., Hallemeier, C. L., Chang, D. T., Lu, S. E., Hathout, L., Hristidis, V. C., Jethwa, K. R., Baclay, J. R. M., Manne, V., Chakrani, Z., Haddock, M. G., Toesca, D. A. S., Pollom, E. L., Wu, A. J., Sandhyavenu, H., Romesser, P. B. & Jabbour, S. K., Apr 1 2025, In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117, 4, p. 772-780 9 p.

• Clinical Outcomes, Patterns of Failure, and Salvage Therapies of a Large Modern Cohort of Patients With Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated With Definitive-Intent Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

  Roth O’Brien, D. A., Hristidis, V. C., Chakrani, Z., McCann, P., Damato, A., Williams, V., Cote, N., Reyngold, M., Rosen, R., Connell, L., Pappou, E., Hajj, C., Paty, P. B., Horvat, N., Pernicka, J. S. G., Fiasconaro, M., Shia, J., Lisanti, J., Wu, A. J. & Gollub, M. J. & 12 others, Zhang, Z., Yaeger, R., Zinovoy, M., Weiser, M. R., Saltz, L., Cuaron, J., Boe, L., Cercek, A., Garcia-Aguilar, J., Smith, J. J., Crane, C. H. & Romesser, P. B., Mar 15 2025, In: International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 121, 4, p. 951-962 12 p.

• The Use and Safety of Leave from an Acute Inpatient Psychiatry Unit: A Retrospective Review of Pass Outcomes for 4 Years

  Hristidis, V. C., Cáceda, R., Kim, J. S., Bronson, B. & Hill, E. A., Jul 1 2022, In: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 210, 7, p. 486-489 4 p.

• Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Current Status of This Novel Treatment

  Conway, C. R., Hristidis, V. C., Gott, B. M. & Willie, J., Jul 2022, In: Psychiatric Annals. 52, 7, p. 272-282 11 p.

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