Current Positions
Academic Appointment:
• Stanford Dept. of Psychiatry, Adjunct Clinical Instructor; 2005 – present
Psychiatry Private Practice
• Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy; 2003 – Present
Independent Medical Examiner Palo Alto, California
• MES Group
Speaking, Consulting and/or Regional Advisory Relationships:
• Astra Zeneca, BMS, Janssen, Lilly, Pfizer, Wyeth
National Advisory Board:
• Lilly (olanzapine long acting injection)
Clinical Research:
• Principal Investigator: SOURCE Study (Janssen); 2004-2007
• Cambodian torture survivors group intervention study; ongoing
P&T Committee:
• Santa Clara Family Health Plan
Memberships:
• Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Jan 2005
• NAMI California
Past Positions
Gardner Family Care Corporation (CMHC) San Jose, California
• Medical Director, 2003 - 2008
• Staff Psychiatrist, 2001 - 2003
Education and Training
1998 – 2003 Psychiatry Residency Stanford University
1993 – 1998 M.D. University of California, San Diego
1987 – 1991 B.S. with Honors Stanford University
Honors and Awards
2005 NAMI of Calif., Mental Illness Awareness Week Thank You Campaign Honoree
1997 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Travel Awardee
1997-1998 AMA-ERF Rock Sleyster Scholar
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Brooks JO and Waikar MV; Inappropriate masturbation and schizophrenia. J Clin Psychiatry 2000; 61(6):451.
Abel K, Waikar M, Pedro B, Hemsley D, Geyer M; Repeated testing of prepulse inhibition and habituation of the startle reflex: a study in healthy human controls. J Psychopharmacol 1998; 12(4):330-337.
Swerdlow NR, Bakshi V, Waikar M, Taaid N, Geyer MA; Seroquel, clozapine and chlorpromazine restore sensorimotor gating in ketamine-treated rats. Psychopharmacology 1998; 140(1):75-80.
Waikar MV, Ford AP, Clarke DE; Evidence for an inhibitory 5-HT4 receptor in urinary bladder of rhesus and Cynomolgus monkeys. Br J Pharmacol 1994; 111(1):213-218.
Waikar MV, Hegde SS, Ford AP, Clarke DE; Pharmacological analyses of DAU 6285 at the 5-HT4 receptor in the rat esophagus and ileum of guinea pig: role of endogenous 5-HT. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1993; 264(2):654-61.
Opinion:
Waikar MV; It’s time to say no to pain and suffering. Hospice, National Hospice Organization; 1995; 6(4): 5-6.
Interview:
Waikar MV; Eve Higginbotham, MD: An academic physician. JAMA 1996; 275: 1057.
Preclinical Research
1995 – 1996 University of California San Diego Dept. of Neuroscience
• Mechanisms of action of atypical antipsychotics, M. Geyer, Ph.D.
1995 – 1996 Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London
• Prepulse inhibition in human volunteers, K. Abel, M.D.
1990 – 1993 Syntex Research Institute of Pharmacology, Palo Alto, CA
• Serotonin receptor pharmacology and drug discovery, D. Clarke, Ph.D.
Teaching
2001 –2002 Psychiatry 204, Stanford University School of Medicine
1995 – 1996 Organic Chemistry, Columbia MCAT Review, San Diego
1996 Basic Medical Neurology, UCSD School of Medicine
1994 Organ Physiology, USCD School of Medicine
1989 – 1991 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
