- Medical School - University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (2011-2015), Medicine
- Residency - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015-2019), Psychiatry
Alexander Cole, M.D.
- Psychiatry
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Interventional Psychiatry
Biography
Alexander Cole, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. He is primarily involved in evaluating patients with treatment-resistant depression for advanced somatic interventions, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and intranasal esketamine.
Dr. Cole was born and raised in the Dallas metroplex. He graduated magna cum laude from Baylor University, majoring in biochemistry. While at Baylor, he was an elected member of the Student Senate; became chapter president of the Baylor chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a national coed service fraternity; and served as a supplemental instruction leader for the introductory chemistry sequence for science majors.
He attended medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. At Pritzker, he graduated on the medical education track, served as a teaching assistant for multiple first- and second-year courses, served as an educational consultant at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and was a member of the school's admissions committee. He also served as co-president of Pritzker's Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, teaching middle school students about the function of the human body and the effects of drug use on physical health.
Dr. Cole returned to Dallas for his internship and psychiatry residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Health and Hospital System. During his residency, he was an American Psychiatric Association Leadership Fellow, an American College of Psychiatrists Psychiatry Resident-in-Training Exam (PRITE) Fellow, and a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal. He was awarded the Outstanding Resident Contribution to Medical Student Education award as a second-year resident, and graduated on the residency program's educator track. He served as Chief Resident of psychiatry and Chair of the Chief Residents' Council during his final year of residency training.
Dr. Cole's clinical interests include the evaluation and treatment of mood disorders, psychotic disorders, and substance use disorders. In addition to his work at Clements University Hospital, he works as an emergency room psychiatrist at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He is interested in medical education and is involved in teaching medical students and residents at both Zale Lipshy Pavilion – William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Education & Training
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Supporting Our Parent-Trainees: Exploring Curricular and Cultural Challenges That Limit the Utilization of Parental Leave by Residents.
Cole AG, Camp ME, Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 2022 Apr 46 2 157-161 -
Addicts and Admits: Metonymy in Medical Students' Reflective Writing.
Camp ME, Cole AG, Sadler JZ, Teaching and learning in medicine 2019 May 1-11 -
Is the institutionalization of wellness the answer to trainee burnout?
Cole AG The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal 2018 13 7 7-8 -
Advocating for underrepresented applicants to psychiatry: Perspectives on recruitment.
Richman EE, Ku BS, Cole AG The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal 2018 14 2 7-8 -
Patient-targeted googling and psychiatry: a brief review and recommendations in practice.
Cole A The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal 2016 11 5 7-9 -
Reciprocal responsiveness to interleukin-12 and interferon-alpha specifies human CD8+ effector versus central memory T-cell fates.
Ramos HJ, Davis AM, Cole AG, Schatzle JD, Forman J, Farrar JD, Blood 2009 May 113 22 5516-25
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Supporting Our Parent-Trainees: Exploring Curricular and Cultural Challenges That Limit the Utilization of Parental Leave by Residents.
Clinical Focus
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Interventional Psychiatry