11271-Hulvershorn, Leslie
Faculty

Leslie A. Hulvershorn, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Address
Pediatric Care Center (PCC Building)
1002 Wishard Blvd., Suite 4110

Indianapolis, IN

Bio

Dr.Hulvershorn completed her MD at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She then completed an academic track residency in General Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and a two-year research track Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at New York University. Dr. Hulvershorn is an active researcher and clinician and has authored numerous publications on various topics in child psychiatry. She has received multiple grants to study the neurobiological basis of emotion regulation and addiction risk in children with externalizing disorders. In addition to being a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, she has also been boarded in Addiction Medicine, since 2012.

Titles & Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry
  • Adjunct Associate Professor in Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
  • Education
    2010 MD Indiana University (Iupui)
    2010 MSc Oxford University
    2010 BA Indiana University (Iupui)
  • Research

    My current research projects focus on child and adolescent mental health and addiction. Specifically, my current R01 examines the brain bases of the transition from the absence of drug use in childhood to the onset of problematic drug use and risky sexual behaviors in adolescence. I received pediatric neuroimaging training as a research track fellow at NYU for two years and then completed a 5 year K-award focused on neuroimaging, statistical and research methods as faculty at IUSM.

  • Clinical Interests

    I am primarily interested in the treatment of pediatric mood and substance use disorder.  I am a proponent of the use of evidence based interventions and attempt to minimize psychotropic medications in youth, whenever possible.

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