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Curriculum Vitae

Updated: 7/2014

Name Harold G. Koenig, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Primary Appointment Psychiatry

Secondary Appointment Medicine

Present Academic Rank Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Associate Professor, Medicine

Outside Appointments: Distinguished Adjunct Professor

King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

(one of the top 3 research and teaching universities in SA)

First Appointment 7/1/92 Clinical Assistant Professor

Medical Licensure North Carolina
Specialty Certification Family Medicine, 7/85, re-certified 7/93

Geriatric Medicine, 7/88

Psychiatry, 1/95, re-certified 7/05

Geriatric Psychiatry, 11/96

Birth Date December 25, 1951

Birthplace Lodi, California

Citizenship United States of America
EDUCATION: Place Date Degree

High School St. Mary's, Stockton 1966-70 diploma

College Stanford University 1970-74 BS
PROF TRAINING: Place Date Degree

Nursing School San Joaquin Delta 1978-80 RN

Medical School UC San Francisco 1974-76,80-82 MD

Family Medicine Univ of Mo, Columbia 1982-85 --

Geriatric Medicine Duke Univ Med Ctr 1986-89 --

Biometry Duke University 1986-89 MHSc

Psychiatry Duke Univ Med Ctr 1989-91 --

Geropsychiatry Fellow Duke Univ Med Ctr 1991-92 --

ACADEMIC CAREER: Place Date

Clin Asst Prof, Psychiatry Duke Univ Med Ctr 1992-1993

Research Psychiatrist FCI Butner, NC 1992-1993

Senior Fellow Aging Center, DUMC 1992-present

Assistant Professor, Psych Duke Univ Med Ctr 7/1/1993-6/30/96

Assistant Professor, Medicine Duke Univ Med Ctr 7/1/1993-6/30/98

Associate Professor, Psych Duke Univ Med Ctr 7/1/1996-6/30/01

Associate Professor, Medicine Duke Univ Med Ctr 7/1/1998-present

Associate Prof, with tenure Duke Univ Med Ctr 7/1/2001-3/31/04

Professor, Psychiatry Duke Univ Med Ctr 4/1/2004-present

Distinguished Professor King Abdulaziz Univ 8/2011-present (adjunct)
Dr. Koenig has no financial interests to disclose.
REFEREED JOURNALS:

1. Koenig HG (1986): Depression and dysphoria among the elderly: Dispelling a myth.

Journal of Family Practice 23:383-385
2. Koenig HG (1986): Shepherds' Centers: elderly people helping themselves. Journal

of the American Geriatrics Society 34:73 (LTE)
3. Koenig HG, Blake R (1986): Perils of therophylline use in the elderly. Geriatrics

41:49-58

4. Koenig HG (1986): Growing old: According to the Bible. Journal of the American

Geriatrics Society 34:251 (LTE)
5. Koenig HG, Kvale JN (1986): Creating geriatric fellowships in family practice.

Family Medicine 18:335-336
6. Koenig HG, Seeber J (1987): Religion, spirituality, and aging. Journal of the

American Geriatrics Society 35:472
7. Koenig HG (1988): Religion and death anxiety in later life. The Hospice Journal

4 (1):3-24

8. Koenig HG, Kvale JN, Hector M (1988): Geriatric fellowships in family medicine:

Status and directions. Family Medicine 20:33-38

9. Koenig HG, Kvale JN, Ferrel C (1988): Religion and well-being in later life. The

Gerontologist 28:18-28
10. Koenig HG, Moberg DO, Kvale JN (1988): Religious activities and attitudes of older

adults in a geriatric assessment clinic. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 36:362-374

11. Koenig HG, Studenski S (1988): Post-stroke depression in the elderly. Journal of

General Internal Medicine 3:508-517

12. Koenig HG, Meador K, Cohen HJ, Blazer D (1988): Depression in elderly hospitalized patients

with medical illness. Archives of Internal Medicine 148:1929-1936

13. Koenig HG, Meador KM, Cohen HJ, Blazer D (1988): Detection and treatment of

major depression in the older hospitalized patient with medical illness. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 18:17-31
14. Koenig HG, Meador K, Cohen HJ, Blazer D (1988): Self-rated depression scales and

screening for major depression in the older hospitalized patient with medical illness. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 36:699-706

15. Koenig HG, George LK, Siegler I (1988): The use of religion and other

emotion-regulating coping strategies among older adults. The Gerontologist 28:303-310

16. Koenig HG, Bearon L, Dayringer R (1989): Physician perspectives on the role of

religion in the physician-older patient relationship. Journal of Family Practice 28:441-448.

17. Kvale JN, Koenig HG, Ferrel C (1989): Life satisfaction of the aging woman

religious. Journal of Religion and Aging 5(4):68-72

18. Koenig HG, Siegler IC, George LK (1989): Religious and non-religious coping:

Impact on adaptation in later life. Journal of Religion and Aging 5(4):73-94

19. Koenig HG (1989). The use of depression rating scales: A reply to O'Neill

et al. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 37:390-391 (LTE)

20. Larson DB, Koenig HG, Kaplan BH, et al. (1989). The impact of religion on blood pressure

status in men. Journal of Religion and Health 28:265-278

21. Koenig HG, Goli V, Shelp F, Meador KG, Blazer DG (1989). Major depression and

the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule: Validation in medically ill hospitalized patients. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 19:123-132

22. Koenig HG, Shelp F, Goli V, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG (1989). Survival and healthcare utilization

in elderly medical inpatients with major depression. Journal of the American Geriatrics

Society 37:599-606
23. Koenig HG, Goli V, Shelp F, Kudler HS, Cohen HJ, Meador KG, Blazer DG (1989).

Antidepressant use in older medically ill inpatients: Lessons from an attempted clinical trial.

Journal of General Internal Medicine 4:498-505

24. Koenig HG (1990): Research on religion and mental health in later life: A review

and commentary. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 23:23-53
25. Bearon LB, Koenig HG (1990). Religious cognitions and use of prayer in health

and illness. The Gerontologist 30:249-253 (reprinted in Francis, LJ (ed.),

Perspectives on Prayer: A Reader, published by Fowler Wright, 1999)

26. Koenig HG, Siegler IC, Meador KG, George LK (1990). Religious coping and

personality in later life. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 5:123-131 (paper selected to be included in the text Geriatric Psychiatry: Key Research Topics for Clinicians, editors E. Murphy & G. Alexopoulos, Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, 1995)

27. Koenig HG, Breitner J (1990): Antidepressant use in the medically ill older person.

Psychosomatics 31:22-32
28. Koenig HG (1990). Depressed or just sick? Archives of Internal Medicine 150:1349-1350 (LTE)
29. Koenig HG, Hover M, Bearon LB, Travis JL (1991). Religious perspectives of

doctors, nurses, patients and families: Some interesting differences. Journal of Pastoral Care 45:254-267

30. Koenig HG (1991). Depressive disorders in older medical inpatients. American

Family Physician 44:1243-1250
31. Koenig HG, Meador KG, Shelp F, Goli V, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG (1991).

Depressive Disorders in hospitalized medically ill patients: A comparison of young and elderly men. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 39:881-890

32. Koenig HG, Goli V, Shelp F, Kudler HS, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG (1992). Major

depression in hospitalized medically ill men: Documentation, treatment, and prognosis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 7:25-34

33. Hover M, Travis JL, Koenig HG, Bearon LB (1992). Pastoral research in a hospital

setting: A case study. Journal of Pastoral Care 46:283-290

34. Koenig HG, Meador KG, Goli V, Shelp F, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG (1992). Self-rated

depressive symptoms in medical inpatients: Age and racial differences. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 22:11-31

35. Koenig HG, Herman S (1994). Religion and coping with sexual impotence in later

life. Journal of Religious Gerontology 9(1):73-87

36. Koenig HG, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG, Meador KG, Westlund R (1992). A brief

depression scale for detecting major depression in the medically ill hospitalized patient. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 22:183-195
37. Koenig HG, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG, Pieper C, Meador KG, Shelp F, Goli V,

DiPasquale R (1992). Religious coping and depression in elderly hospitalized medically ill men. American Journal of Psychiatry 149:1693-1700

38. Meador KG, Koenig HG, Turnbull J, Blazer DG, George LK, Hughes D (1992).

Religious affiliation and major depression. Hospital and Community Psychiatry in 43:1204-1208

39. Koenig HG, Meador KG, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG (1992). Screening for depression

in hospitalized medically ill patients: Taking a closer look. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 40:1013-1017

40. Koenig HG (1993). Screening for depression. J Am Geriatr Society 41:464-465 (LTE)
41. Koenig HG (1993): Religion and aging. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 3(2):195-203.
42. Koenig HG (1993). Trends in geriatric psychiatry of relevance to pastoral

counselors. Journal of Religion & Health 32:131-151

43. Koenig HG, George LK, Blazer DG, Pritchett J, Meador KG (1993). The

relationship between religion and anxiety in a sample of community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 26 (1):65-93

44. Koenig HG, Westlund RE, George LK, Hughes DC, Hybels C (1993).

Abbreviating the Duke Social Support Index for use in chronically ill older adults. Psychosomatics 34:61-69

45. Koenig HG, Ford S, George LK, Blazer DG, Meador KG (1993). Religion and

anxiety disorder: An examination and comparison of associations in young, middle-aged, and elderly adults. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 7:321-342

46. Koenig HG, Blazer DG, Ford SM (1993). Should physicians screen for depression

in elderly medical inpatients?: Results of a decision analysis. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 23:211-235