Geetha Shivakumar, M.D.: Psychiatry | UT Southwestern Medical Center

Education & Training

Graduate School - UT Southwestern Medical Center
Undergraduate - Bangalore University

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
Marce′Society
American Psychiatric Association
Dallas County Medical Society

Honors & Awards

APA Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators 2009
Association for Clinical Research Training (ACRT)-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Trainee Travel Award 2008
NCDEU New Investigator Award 2006

Books & Publications

Publications
- Association of menopause symptoms with depressive symptom severity in a diverse community-based sample.
  Ji X, Singleterry S, Kulikova A, Harrison Y, Shivakumar G, Brown ES, Maturitas 2021 Jan 143 78-80
- Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care.
  Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Shivakumar G, Copeland L, Medical care 2020 Nov
- Patterns of Treatment Utilization Across the Perinatal Period in the Center for Maternal and Infant Outcomes and Research in Translation (COMFORT) Veterans Study.
  Shivakumar G, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Copeland L, Anderson EH, Maydon A, Mattocks K, Journal of women's health (2002) 2020 Nov
- Exercise for PTSD in Women Veterans: A Proof-of-Concept Study.
  Shivakumar G, Anderson EH, Surís AM, North CS Military medicine 2017 Nov 182 11 e1809-e1814
- Managing posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression in women veterans during the perinatal period.
  Shivakumar G, Anderson EH, Surís AM Journal of women's health (2002) 2015 Jan 24 1 18-22
- Exercise improves depressive symptoms during pregnancy.
  Shivakumar G BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2014 Sep
- Screening to Treatment: Obstacles and Predictors in Perinatal Depression (STOP-PPD) in the Dallas Healthy Start program.
  Shivakumar G, Brandon AR, Johnson NL, Freeman MP Archives of women's mental health 2014 Jul
- Progression of Major Depression during Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Preliminary Study.
  Shivakumar G, Johnson NL, McIntire DD, Leveno K The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2013 Jul
- First controlled treatment trial of bipolar II hypomania with mixed symptoms: Quetiapine versus placebo.
  Suppes T, Ketter TA, Gwizdowski IS, Dennehy EB, Hill SJ, Fischer EG, Snow DE, Gonzalez R, Sureddi S, Shivakumar G, Cosgrove VE Journal of affective disorders 2013 Mar
- Effects of exercise and physical activity on anxiety.
  Anderson E, Shivakumar G Frontiers in psychiatry / Frontiers Research Foundation 2013 4 27
- Proof of concept: Partner-Assisted Interpersonal Psychotherapy for perinatal depression.
  Brandon AR, Ceccotti N, Hynan LS, Shivakumar G, Johnson N, Jarrett RB Archives of women's mental health 2012 Dec 15 6 469-80
- Community, constituency, and morbidity: applying Chervenak and McCullough's criteria.
  Shivakumar G, Inrig S, Sadler JZ The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2011 May 11 5 57-60
- Antenatal depression: a rationale for studying exercise.
  Shivakumar G, Brandon AR, Snell PG, Santiago-Muñoz P, Johnson NL, Trivedi MH, Freeman MP Depression and anxiety 2011 Mar 28 3 234-42
- Ethical issues in perinatal mental health research.
  Brandon AR, Shivakumar G, Lee SC, Inrig SJ, Sadler JZ Current opinion in psychiatry 2009 Nov 22 6 601-6
- The cost of restricting knowledge.
  Brandon AR, Shivakumar G, Inrig SJ, Craddock Lee SJ, Sadler JZ The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2009 Sep 70 9 1320-1
- The safety, acceptability, and effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for acute symptoms in bipolar disorder.
  Dennehy EB, Schnyer R, Bernstein IH, Gonzalez R, Shivakumar G, Kelly DI, Snow DE, Sureddi S, Suppes T The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2009 Jun 70 6 897-905
- A single blind comparison of lithium and lamotrigine for the treatment of bipolar II depression.
  Suppes T, Marangell LB, Bernstein IH, Kelly DI, Fischer EG, Zboyan HA, Snow DE, Martinez M, Al Jurdi R, Shivakumar G, Sureddi S, Gonzalez R Journal of affective disorders 2008 Dec 111 2-3 334-43
- Perimenopausal Depression: Identification and Treatment
  Brandon, A.R.; Shivakumar, G., Freeman, M.P Current Psychiatry October 2008 38-50
- Serotonin reuptake inhibitor use in pregnancy and the neonatal behavioral syndrome.
  Jordan AE, Jackson GL, Deardorff D, Shivakumar G, McIntire DD, Dashe JS The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2008 Oct 21 10 745-51
- Are bipolar mood symptoms affected by the phase of the menstrual cycle?
  Shivakumar G, Bernstein IH, Suppes T, Keck PE, McElroy SL, Altshuler LL, Frye MA, Nolen WA, Kupka RW, Grunze H, Leverich GS, Mintz J, Post RM Journal of women's health (2002) 2008 Apr 17 3 473-8
- Serotonin reuptake inhibitor use in pregnancy and the neonatal withdrawal syndrome
  Jordon AE, Jackson GL, Deardoff D, Shivakumar G, McIntire DD, Dashe JS Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine 2008 21(10) 745-751
- Are Bipolar Mood Symptoms Affected by the Phase of Menstrual Cycle?
  Shivakumar G, Bernstein IH, Suppes T, and the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network Journal of Women’s Health 2008 17(3) 473-478
- Treating Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder with Novel Medications
  Ozcan ME, Shivakumar G, Suppes T Current Psychiatry Reviews 2006 2(3) 361-369

Research

Women's Mental Health