Email

chadi.calarge@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Psychiatry & Behav Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Thomas S. Trammell Research Professorship in Child Psychiatry

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

TCH: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Office)

1102 Bates Ave.
Suite 790
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MD from Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Hadath, Lebanon

Residency at University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa United States

Professional Interests

• Depressive disorders biology and treatment
• Long-term safety of psychotropics in children and adolescents
• The role of the gut microbiota in brain function

Professional Statement

As a physician scientist with interest in child and adolescent psychiatry, I have focused my research on examining the long-term effects of psychiatric medications in youth on health, including weight and development, bone health, and iron regulation. I have also been interested in the intersection between psychiatric conditions and psychiatric medications with regard to how each might affect these outcomes and how genetic factors would influence them as well. This includes the role of the gut bacteria in health and illness. The hope is to better understand psychiatric disorders and be able to offer a safer way to treat them.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Calarge CA, Butcher BD, Burns TL, Coryell WH, Schlechte JA, Zemel BS "Major Depressive Disorder and Bone Mass in Adolescents and Young Adults." Journal of bone and mineral research. 2014; Pubmed PMID: 24723424
• Calarge CA, Nicol G, Schlechte JA, Burns TL "Cardiometabolic outcomes in children and adolescents following discontinuation of long-term risperidone treatment." Journal of child and adolescent psychopahrmac. 2014; Pubmed PMID: 3993060
• Engelstad HJ, Calarge CA, Colaizy TT, Stuart S, Haskell SE "Perinatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by maternal depression with or without selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy." Neonatology. 2014; Pubmed PMID: 4054700
• Calarge CA, Burns TL, Schlechte JA, Zemel "Longitudinal Skeletal Effects of Risperidone and Selective Serotonin Reuptake inhibitors in Children and Aolescents. In Press." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.;