Bio

Education & Qualifications

Medical School: Patras University Medical School, Patras, Greece (2000-2006)

Psychiatry Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, MO, USA (2008-2012)

Board Certification in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (2012)

Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship: Yale University, New Haven , CT, USA (2012-2013)

Board Certification in Addiction Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (2014)

Licensed to practice Medicine in California, Texas & New York

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. “Towards objectively quantifying sensory hypersensitivity: A pilot study of the “Ariana effect” ”. Panagopoulos VN et al., PeerJ. 2013 Aug 1;1:e121. doi: 10.7717/peerj.121. Print 2013. PMID: 23940834

2. “Examining the Association of NRXN3 SNPs with Borderline Personality Disorder Phenotypes in Heroin Dependent Cases and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Controls”. Panagopoulos VN et al., Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2013 Mar 1;128(3):187-93. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.11.011. Epub 2012 Dec 12, PMID: 23245376

3. The role of ghrelin in addiction: a review. Panagopoulos VN, Ralevski E., Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2014 Jul;231(14):2725-40. doi:10.1007/s00213-014-3640-0. Epub 2014 Jun 20. PMID:24947976

4. Prescription Opioid Analgesics Increase Risk of Major Depression: New Evidence, Plausible Neurobiological Mechanisms and Management to Achieve Depression Prophylaxis, Semenkovich K, Chockalingam R, Scherrer JF, Panagopoulos VN, Lustman PJ, Ray JM, Freedland KE, Svrakic DM. Missouri Medicine | March/April 2014| 111:2 | 149

5. Nitrous Oxide for Treatment-Resistant Major Depression: a Proof-of-Concept Trial, Peter Nagele, Andreas Duma, Michael Kopec, Marie Anne Gebara, Alireza Parsoei, Marie Walker, Alvin Janski, Vassilis N. Panagopoulos, et al. Biological Psychiatry; Published online: December 8, 2014; PMID: 25577164.

6. Scientific Misconduct (Fraud) in Medical Writing. Mavrogenis AF, Panagopoulos GN, Megaloikonomos PD, Panagopoulos VN, Mauffrey C, Quaile A, Scarlat MM, Orthopedics. 2018 Jan 25:1-8. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20180123-06; PMID: 29377051

7. Changes in distinct brain systems identified with fMRI during smoking cessation treatment with varenicline: a review. Panagopoulos VN et al. , Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2024 Mar 2. doi: 10.1007/s00213-024-06556-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38430396.