Key Documents

Antonio Hardan

Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry

Contact Information

Clinical Offices

Psychiatry Clinic 401 Quarry Rd Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone Work (650) 498-9111 Fax (650) 723-2269
Academic Offices

Personal Information

Administrative Contact
Neuropsychiatry clinic Tel Work (650) 723-5511

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Clinical Focus

Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Administrative Appointments

Director, Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic , (2006– present )

Professional Education

Board Certification: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1997)
University of Pittsburgh (1996) PA
Board Certification: Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1995)
Strong Memorial Hospital (1993) NY
St. Elizabeth Hospital (1991) DC
St. Joseph's University (1988) Lebanon

Industry Relationships

Stanford is committed to ethical and transparent interactions with our industry partners. It is our policy to disclose payments of $5,000 or more, equity valued at $5,000 or more in a publicly traded company, or any equity in a privately held company, to physicians and scientists employed by Stanford University from companies or other commercial entities with which they interact as part of their professional activities.

Consulting: AstraZeneca; Forest; Pfizer

Research Interests

The neurobiology of autism
Neuroimaging in individuals with autism
Psychopharmacological treatment of children with autism and/or intellectual disabilities
Neurobiology and psychopharmacology of schizophrenia and early onset psychotic disorders

Clinical Trials

Publications

A preliminary longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study of brain volume and cortical thickness in autism. Hardan AY, Libove RA, Keshavan MS, Melhem NM, Minshew NJ. Biol Psychiatry. 2009; 66 (4): 320-6
Brainstem volumetric alterations in children with autism. Jou RJ, Minshew NJ, Melhem NM, Keshavan MS, Hardan AY. Psychol Med. 2009; 39 (8): 1347-54
Corpus callosum volume and neurocognition in autism. Keary CJ, Minshew NJ, Bansal R, Goradia D, Fedorov S, Keshavan MS, Hardan AY. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009; 39 (6): 834-41
Corpus callosum volume in children with autism. Hardan AY, Pabalan M, Gupta N, Bansal R, Melhem NM, Fedorov S, Keshavan MS, Minshew NJ. Psychiatry Res. 2009; 174 (1): 57-61
Guanfacine in children with autism and/or intellectual disabilities. Handen BL, Sahl R, Hardan AY. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2008; 29 (4): 303-8
An MRI and proton spectroscopy study of the thalamus in children with autism. Hardan AY, Minshew NJ, Melhem NM, Srihari S, Jo B, Bansal R, Keshavan MS, Stanley JA. Psychiatry Res. 2008; 163 (2): 97-105
Brief report: abnormal association between the thalamus and brain size in Asperger's disorder. Hardan AY, Girgis RR, Adams J, Gilbert AR, Melhem NM, Keshavan MS, Minshew NJ. J Autism Dev Disord. 2008; 38 (2): 390-4
An MRI study of minor physical anomalies in autism. Hardan AY, Keshavan MS, Sreedhar S, Vemulapalli M, Minshew NJ. J Autism Dev Disord. 2006; 36 (5): 607-11
Magnetic resonance imaging study of the orbitofrontal cortex in autism. Hardan AY, Girgis RR, Lacerda AL, Yorbik O, Kilpatrick M, Keshavan MS, Minshew NJ. J Child Neurol. 2006; 21 (10): 866-71
Open-label, prospective trial of olanzapine in adolescents with subaverage intelligence and disruptive behavioral disorders. Handen BL, Hardan AY. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006; 45 (8): 928-35
An MRI study of increased cortical thickness in autism. Hardan AY, Muddasani S, Vemulapalli M, Keshavan MS, Minshew NJ. Am J Psychiatry. 2006; 163 (7): 1290-2
Risperidone in first-episode psychosis: a longitudinal, exploratory voxel-based morphometric study. Girgis RR, Diwadkar VA, Nutche JJ, Sweeney JA, Keshavan MS, Hardan AY. Schizophr Res. 2006; 82 (1): 89-94
Increased frontal cortical folding in autism: a preliminary MRI study. Hardan AY, Jou RJ, Keshavan MS, Varma R, Minshew NJ. Psychiatry Res. 2004; 131 (3): 263-8
Motor performance and anatomic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the basal ganglia in autism. Hardan AY, Kilpatrick M, Keshavan MS, Minshew NJ. J Child Neurol. 2003; 18 (5): 317-24