Prof. Waguih William Ishak
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications
1995-1996    Chief Resident of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, USA
1992-1995    Resident in Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, USA
1987-1992    Resident in Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Egypt

Publications (Selected)

1. Dugan, L., Naqvi, A., Ngor, A., Totlani, J., Chang, T., Hirsch, D., ... & IsHak, W. W. (2025). Sleep-wake Disorders: Systematic Review of Approved Psychiatric Medications (2008 to 2024) and Pipeline Phase-3 Medications. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 45(5), 493-505.
2. Ober, A. J., Murray-Krezan, C., Page, K., Friedmann, P. D., Anderson, J., Osilla, K. C., ... & Danovitch, I. (2025). Hospital addiction consultation service and opioid use disorder treatment: the START randomized clinical trial. JAMA internal medicine, 185(6), 624-633.
3. Abdelmoteleb, S., Ghallab, M., & IsHak, W. W. (2025). Evaluating the ability of artificial intelligence to predict suicide: A systematic review of reviews. Journal of Affective Disorders.
4. Tadros, E., Keerthana, S., Padder, S., Totlani, J., Hirsch, D., Kaidbay, D. N., ... & IsHak, W. W. (2025). Anxiety disorders, PTSD and OCD: systematic review of approved psychiatric medications (2008–2024) and pipeline phase III medications. Drugs in Context, 14, 2024-11.
5. Meyer, A., Truman, K., Totlani, J., William, C., Brown, H., Shah, S., ... & Ishak, W. W. (2024). Systematic review of long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications approved from 2008 to october 2024 and agents in phase 3. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 00912174241310091.
6. IsHak, W. W., Meyer, A., Freire, L., Totlani, J., Murphy, N., Renteria, S., ... & Danovitch, I. (2024). Overview of psychiatric medications in the pipeline in phase III trials as of June 1, 2024: a systematic review. Innovations in clinical neuroscience, 21(7-9), 27.
7. Danovitch, I., Korouri, S., Kaur, H., Messineo, G., Nuckols, T., Ishak, W. W., & Ober, A. (2024). The addiction consultation service for hospitalized patients with substance use disorder: An integrative review of the evidence. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 163, 209377.
8. IsHak, W. W., Hamilton, M. A., Korouri, S., Diniz, M. A., Mirocha, J., Hedrick, R., ... & Danovitch, I. (2024). Comparative Effectiveness of Psychotherapy vs Antidepressants for Depression in Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 7(1), e2352094-e2352094.
9. Ishak, M., Kim, C. J., Tay, L., Naqvi, A., & IsHak, W. W. (2024). Compositional music therapy: A systematic review of clinical trials. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 21(1), 1875-1886.
10. Ober, A. J., Osilla, K. C., Klein, D. J., Burgette, L. F., Leamon, I., Mazer, M. W., ... & Danovitch, I. (2023). Pilot randomized controlled trial of a hospital-based substance use treatment and recovery team (START) to improve initiation of medication for alcohol or opioid use disorder and linkage to follow-up care. Journal of substance use and addiction treatment, 150, 209063.
11. Bashmi, L., Cohn, A., Chan, S. T., Tobia, G., Gohar, Y., Herrera, N., ... & Gohar, Y. (2023). The biopsychosocial model of evaluation and treatment in psychiatry. In Atlas of psychiatry (pp. 57-89). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
12. Ngor, A., Steiner, A. J., Pakhdikian, S., Okikawa, D., Pizano, D., Younan, L., ... & IsHak, W. W. (2023). Bipolar and related disorders. In Atlas of Psychiatry (pp. 493-529). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
13. Pizano, D., Pizano, N., Martin, C., Garcia, P., & IsHak, W. W. (2023). Eating disorders, feeding, and elimination disorders. In Atlas of Psychiatry (pp. 671-709). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: C-1336-2011

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