John Keilp, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry)

Research Scientist IV,
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Head, Neuropsychology Laboratory,
Division of Molecualr Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Licensed Psychologist,
New York State

Dr. Keilp is a neuropsychologist with research interests in the assessment of cognitive impairment in psychiatric and neurological disease. His major focus has been on depression and the association of cognitive impairment to suicidal behavior.

He heads the neuropsychology laboratory in the division of Molecualr Imaging and Neuropathology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and has major collaborations on studies of Lyme disease, genetics of working memory, and brain imaging.

Education and Training

Undergraduate:  Rutgers University, B.A., 1976
Graduate:  Fordham University, M.A., Ph.D, 1984,1990
Internship:  Cornell University Medical Center, Clinical Psychology Internship, 1984-1986
Fellowship:  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Neuropsychology Fellowship, 1987-1989

Specialties

• Neuropsychology
• Clinical Psychology

Contact information

Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 42  Unit/Box:2716
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY   10032

Phone: (212) 543-5866
Fax: (212) 543-6017
jgk13@columbia.edu

Publications

1. Keilp JG, Sackeim HA, Brodsky B, Oquendo M, Malone K, Sackeim H, Mann JJ: Neuropsychological dysfunction in depressed suicide attempters. .  American Journal of Psychiatry  2001;158(5): 735-741

1. Keilp JG, Sackeim H, Mann JJ: Correlates of trait impulsiveness in performance measures and neuropsychological tests.  Psychiatry Research  2005;135: 195-201

1. Keilp JG, Gorlyn M, Alexander GA, Stern Y, Prohovnik I: Cerebral blood flow patterns underlying the differential impairment in category vs. letter fluency in Alzheimer’s disease.  Neuropsychologia  1999;37: 1251-1261

1. Keilp JG, Corberra K, Slavov I, Taylor MJ, Sackeim HA, Fallon BA: WAIS-III and WMS-III performance in chronic Lyme disease.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society  2006;12: 119-129

1. Bruder GE, Keilp JG, Xu H, Shikhman M, Schori E, Gorman JM, Gilliam TC: Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) genotypes: Associations to specific cognitive operations in working memory.  Biological Psychiatry  2005;58(11): 901-907