Jerome Yesavage

Clinical Focus

• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Psychiatry

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health, VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2002 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Scientist Award, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (2009)
• Weinberg Award for Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (1993)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Madeleine Goodkind

Internet Links

• Personal Web site

Current Research Interests

Please see my home page for full descriptions of research: www.stanford.edu/people/yesavage

Clinical Trials

• Age-related Longitudinal Changes in Aviator Performance Recruiting
• Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Recruiting
• Citalopram for Agitation in Alzheimer’s Disease (CITAD) : A Multicenter Clinical Trial Recruiting
• PTSD, Sleep Disordered Breathing And Genetics: Effects On Cognition Recruiting
• Modafinil Treatment for Sleep/Wake Disturbances in Older Adults Recruiting

Publications

• Brief morning light treatment for sleep/wake disturbances in older memory-impaired individuals and their caregivers. Friedman L, Spira AP, Hernandez B, Mather C, Sheikh J, Ancoli-Israel S, Yesavage JA, Zeitzer JM. Sleep Med. 2012
• Periodic leg movements in sleep in elderly patients with Parkinsonism and Alzheimer''s disease. Bliwise DL, Trotti LM, Yesavage JA, Rye DB. Eur J Neurol. 2012
• Phenotyping Apathy in Individuals With Alzheimer Disease Using Functional Principal Component Analysis. Zeitzer JM, David R, Friedman L, Mulin E, Garcia R, Wang J, Yesavage JA, Robert PH, Shannon W. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012
• Circadian Clock Gene Polymorphisms and Sleep-Wake Disturbance in Alzheimer Disease. Yesavage JA, Noda A, Hernandez B, Friedman L, Cheng JJ, Tinklenberg JR, Hallmayer J, Oʼhara R, David R, Robert P, Landsverk E, Zeitzer JM. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011; 19 (7): 635-643
• Decreased Daytime Motor Activity Associated With Apathy in Alzheimer Disease: An Actigraphic Study. David R, Mulin E, Friedman L, Duff FL, Cygankiewicz E, Deschaux O, Garcia R, Yesavage JA, Robert PH, Zeitzer JM. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011