Mark S. George, M.D.
BBRF Awards & Recognition
Scientific Council Member (joined 2007)
2008 Falcone Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Affective Disorders Research (Colvin Prize)
1998 Independent Investigator Grant
1996 Young Investigator Grant
Mark S. George, M.D.
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Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Neuroscience
Founding Director, Center for Advanced Imaging Research
Director, Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina
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Mark S. George, M.D., is an expert in the use of brain imaging and stimulation to understand depression and devise new antidepressant treatments. In early research at the NIMH, he was one of the first scientists to expand the study of brain imaging technology for psychiatric disorders. He discovered specific brain changes that activated during normal emotions (orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate, insula, medial prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus), and began exploring brain changes in depression and mania. This led to his using a noninvasive brain stimulation method, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), for treating patients with treatment-resistant depression, as well as his work with other forms of brain stimulation such as vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and deep brain stimulation (DBS). His BBRF Young Investigator grant helped support his pioneering TMS research.
A RESEARCHER'S PERSPECTIVE: We Are Witnessing a Revolution in Brain Stimulation
December 8, 2022
By Mark S. George, M.D
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