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Zev Nakamura, MD

Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

I am a psychiatrist and clinical researcher with advanced training in psycho-oncology and a career focus to improve cognitive outcomes in patients with cancer. My goal for this line of research is to rigorously evaluate objectively measured and patient-reported outcomes of cognition, understand how other psychosocial and biological variables impact cognition, and test pharmacological interventions to prevent or treat the cognitive consequences of cancer and cancer care. Related to my interest in cognitive outcomes in cancer patients, I have led foundation- and NIH-funded clinical trials to ameliorate delirium during hospitalization for stem cell transplantation and mitigate cognitive decline during chemotherapy for breast cancer. My research has also examined a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, grief) in oncology and other medical illnesses.

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