Erich Conrad, MD

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	Erich Conrad, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Program Director, LSU-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship 3450 Chestnut Street 3rd Floor New Orleans, LA 70115 Phone: (504) 412-1580 Fax: (504) 412-1530
Degrees	MD - 1999 Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Bio	Erich Conrad M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and is the Program Director for the LSU-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency Training Program and the Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship. He also serves as the Director of Psychiatric Consultation and Liaison for the LSUHSC Epilepsy Center of Excellence. Dr. Conrad completed training at the LSU/Ochsner psychiatry residency training program in 2003, where he served as chief resident. He is board certified in Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Conrad's current research interests include depression in epilepsy, nonepileptic seizures and psychiatric sequelea of traumatic physical injury.
Selected Publications	Conrad EJ, Townsend MH, Buccola N., Restoration of Mental Health Services in New Orleans, American Journal of Psychiatry 165(1):33-34, 2008. Townsend MH, Conrad EJ, The Therapeutic Potential of Escitalopram in the Treatment of Panic Disorder, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 3(6):835-838, 2007. Barbee JG, Conrad EJ, and Jamhour NJ, Aripiprazole Augmentation in Treatment-Resistant Depression, Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 16(4):189-194, 2004. Barbee JG, Conrad EJ and Jamhour NJ, The Effectiveness of Olanzapine, Risperidone, Quetiapine and Ziprasidone as Augmentation Agents in Treatment-Resistant Unipolar Depression, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 65:975-981, 2004.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Program Director, LSU-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Program Director,

LSU-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency Training Program

and Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship