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Mark A. Oldham, M.D.

Mark A. Oldham, M.D.

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About Me

Mark Oldham MD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). He completed fellowship training in consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, after which he served as medical director of the Behavioral Intervention Team at Yale-New...
Mark Oldham MD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). He completed fellowship training in consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, after which he served as medical director of the Behavioral Intervention Team at Yale-New Haven Hospital. In 2017, he transferred to URMC where he launched a proactive psychiatry C-L service called Proactive Integration of Mental Health Care in Medicine (PRIME Medicine).

Delirium is his scholarly focus. Dr. Oldham is President-Elect of the American Delirium Society and leads an interdisciplinary team at URMC focused on improving clinical care and outcomes of delirium. He is supported by a K23 award from the National Institute on Aging to investigate sleep in relation to delirium and dementia and conducts research in collaboration with the Division of Cardiac Surgery.

Dr. Oldham is a leader in proactive C-L psychiatry. As co-chair of the proactive C-L Special Interest Group at the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, he maintains a webpage with implementation resources and a bibliography on this care model.

He is also co-creator of online educational resources on the use of the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (https://bfcrs.urmc.edu) and deputy editor of the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital. 2013 - 2014

Residency, Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Center. 2010 - 2013

Internship, Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Center. 2009 - 2010

Education

MD | University of South Florida College of Medicine. 2009

Publications

Journal Articles

Catatonia: The Phoenix rises again and is here to stay.

Oldham MA

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2025 March 26 Epub 03/26/2025.

Novel applications of sleep pharmacology as delirium therapeutics.

Oldham MA, Spira AP, Yurcheshen M, Pigeon WR, Palanca BJA, Lee HB

Sleep medicine reviews.. 2025 February 79 :102016. Epub 10/24/2024.

When a Patient Is at Foreseeable Risk of Losing Decisional and Functional Capacity.

Dernbach MR, Ash P, Oyerinde E, Oldham MA

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.. 2024 December 1252 (4):414-424. Epub 12/12/2024.

Sex Differences in Delirium after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Perioperative Neuropsychiatric Conditions: A Secondary Analysis of a Cohort Study.

Oldham MA, Kukla B, Walsh P, Lee HB

Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology.. 2024 November 37 (6):473-481. Epub 04/11/2024.

Consultation-liaison psychiatry: how the intervention tested in The HOME Study differs from US practice.

Oldham MA, Triplett P

The lancet. Psychiatry.. 2024 November 11 (11):875. Epub 1900 01 01.

Automated Screening to Enhance Proactive Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Services in Acute Medicine Units: Evaluation of Service Outcomes.

Oldham MA, Maeng DD, Heaney B, Walsh P, Gleber C, Nasra G, Hopkin JL, Lee HB

The primary care companion for CNS disorders.. 2024 March 1926 (2)Epub 03/19/2024.

Describing the features of catatonia: A comparative phenotypic analysis.

Oldham MA

Schizophrenia research.. 2024 January 263 :82-92. Epub 08/20/2022.

Advancing specificity in delirium: The delirium subtyping initiative.

Bowman EML, Brummel NE, Caplan GA, Cunningham C, Evered LA, Fiest KM, Girard TD, Jackson TA, LaHue SC, Lindroth HL, Maclullich AMJ, McAuley DF, Oh ES, Oldham MA, Page VJ, Pandharipande PP, Potter KM, Sinha P, Slooter AJC, Sweeney AM, Tieges Z, Van Dellen E, Wilcox ME, Zetterberg H, Cunningham EL

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association.. 2024 January 20 (1):183-194. Epub 07/31/2023.

Using Discrete Form Data in the Electronic Medical Record to Predict the Likelihood of Psychiatric Consultation.

Oldham MA, Heaney B, Gleber C, Lee HB, Maeng DD

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (1):25-32. Epub 10/17/2023.

Corrigendum to "The Dual Roles of the JACLP: Leading the Field of C-L Psychiatry and Serving the Members of Our Academy" [Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 64 (2023) 1-2].

Lee HB, Cerimele JM, Pao M, Oldham MA

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (1):122. Epub 10/20/2023.

Mental health and transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A scoping systematic review.

Suen WL, Bhasin S, Betti V, Bruckel JT, Oldham MA

General hospital psychiatry.. 2024 86 :10-23. Epub 11/29/2023.

Requesting That Delirium Achieve Parity With Acute Encephalopathy in the MS-DRG System.

Oldham MA, Heinrich T, Luccarelli J

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (3):302-312. Epub 02/22/2024.

High prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in a surgical aortic valve replacement cohort: an observational study.

Oldham MA, Pigeon WR, Yurcheshen M, Hisamoto K, Knight PA, Lee HB

Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society.. 2024 5 (1):zpae034. Epub 05/30/2024.

Association between psychosocial factors and left ventricular assist device implant outcomes: A systematic review.

Choi JJ, Bhasin S, Levstik J, Walsh P, Oldham MA, Lee HB

General hospital psychiatry.. 2024 90 :132-140. Epub 08/20/2024.

Psychiatric Explanations of Poor Oral Intake: A Clinically Focused Review.

Grace E, Heaney B, France A, Bruckel T, Oldham MA

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (5):458-470. Epub 09/01/2024.

Evaluating the Proactive C-L Model: Insights and Unanswered Questions From the UK HOME Study.

Oldham MA, Triplett P, Lee HB

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (5):411-416. Epub 09/24/2024.

The phenotype of delirium based on a close reading of diagnostic criteria.

Oldham MA, Weber MT

International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2023 December 38 (12):e6046. Epub 1900 01 01.

Functional, cognitive, and cerebrovascular aspects of depression before coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Testing the vascular depression hypothesis.

Choi JJ, Kukla B, Walsh P, Oldham MA, Lee HB

International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2023 September 38 (9):e6000. Epub 1900 01 01.

Evidence-based consensus guidelines for the management of catatonia: Recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology.

Rogers JP, Oldham MA, Fricchione G, Northoff G, Ellen Wilson J, Mann SC, Francis A, Wieck A, Elizabeth Wachtel L, Lewis G, Grover S, Hirjak D, Ahuja N, Zandi MS, Young AH, Fone K, Andrews S, Kessler D, Saifee T, Gee S, Baldwin DS, David AS

Journal of psychopharmacology. 2023 April 37 (4):327-369. Epub 04/11/2023.

Predisposing and Precipitating Factors Associated With Delirium: A Systematic Review.

Ormseth CH, LaHue SC, Oldham MA, Josephson SA, Whitaker E, Douglas VC

JAMA network open.. 2023 January 36 (1):e2249950. Epub 01/03/2023.

An Interdisciplinary Reappraisal of Delirium and Proposed Subtypes.

Oldham MA, Slooter AJC, Ely EW, Crone C, Maldonado JR, Rosenthal LJ

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2023 64 (3):248-261. Epub 07/14/2022.

The Dual Roles of the JACLP: Leading the Field of C-L Psychiatry and Serving the Members of Our Academy.

Lee HB, Cerimele JM, Pao M, Oldham MA

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2023 64 (1):1-2. Epub 01/09/2023.

JACLP Guide for Manuscript Peer Review: How to Perform a Peer Review and How to Be Responsive to Reviewer Comments.

Oldham MA, Kontos N, Baller E, Cerimele JM

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2023 64 (5):468-472. Epub 02/15/2023.

Response to Commentary Titled "Conflation of Delirium and Coma as Acute Encephalopathy".

Oldham MA, Crone CC, Rosenthal LJ

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2023 64 (4):412-413. Epub 06/14/2023.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Educational Module for the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale.

Wortzel JR, Maeng DD, Francis A, Oldham MA

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry.. 2022 April 46 (2):185-193. Epub 01/07/2022.

Connecting acute and chronic neurocognitive impairment.

Oldham MA

International psychogeriatrics. 2022 April 34 (4):323-325. Epub 03/15/2022.

Delirium disorder: Unity in diversity.

Oldham MA

General hospital psychiatry.. 2022 74 :32-38. Epub 12/03/2021.

Follow the Money: The Widening Coding Disparity Between Acute Encephalopathy and Delirium.

Oldham MA

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2022 63 (5):423-425. Epub 02/21/2022.

Cognitive Change After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Case Series and Systematic Review.

Choi JJ, Oldham MA, Pancharovski T, Rubano A, Walsh P, Alexis JD, Gosev I, Lee HB

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2022 63 (6):599-606. Epub 09/16/2022.

Prevalent Gaps in Understanding the Features of Catatonia Among Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Trainees, and Medical Students.

Wortzel JR, Maeng DD, Francis A, Oldham MA

The Journal of clinical psychiatry.. 2021 August 1782 (5)Epub 08/17/2021.

Depression predicts cognitive and functional decline one month after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Heart Surgery study).

Oldham MA, Lin IH, Hawkins KA, Li FY, Yuh DD, Lee HB

International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2021 March 36 (3):452-460. Epub 10/13/2020.

Posttraumatic Confusional State: Delirium by Another Name.

Oldham MA, MacLullich A, Slooter AJC

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation.. 2021 February 102 (2):338-339. Epub 11/25/2020.

Mental Health, COVID-19, and the Invisible Pandemic on the Horizon.

Oldham MA, Hitchins A, Nickels MW

Mayo Clinic proceedings.. 2021 February 96 (2):287-290. Epub 11/11/2020.

Clinical Approach to Personality Change Due to Another Medical Condition.

Leppla I, Fishman D, Kalra I, Oldham MA

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2021 62 (1):14-21. Epub 09/12/2020.

Baseline sleep as a predictor of delirium after surgical aortic valve replacement: A feasibility study.

Oldham MA, Pigeon WR, Chapman B, Yurcheshen M, Knight PA, Lee HB

General hospital psychiatry.. 2021 71 :43-46. Epub 04/22/2021.

Proactive Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document.

Oldham MA, Desan PH, Lee HB, Bourgeois JA, Shah SB, Hurley PJ, Sockalingam S,

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2021 62 (2):169-185. Epub 01/29/2021.

The Roles of Psychiatric Consultant and Liaison Realized Through Proactivity and Care Integration.

Oldham MA

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2021 62 (2):167-168. Epub 01/29/2021.

Proactive Integration of Mental Health Care in Hospital Medicine: PRIME Medicine.

Oldham MA, Lang VJ, Hopkin JL, Maeng DD

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2021 62 (6):606-616. Epub 07/03/2021.

Pseudodelirium: Psychiatric Conditions to Consider on the Differential for Delirium.

Wilson JE, Andrews P, Ainsworth A, Roy K, Ely EW, Oldham MA

The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences.. 2021 33 (4):356-364. Epub 08/16/2021.

Characterising neuropsychiatric disorders in patients with COVID-19.

Oldham MA, Slooter AJC, Cunningham C, Rahman S, Davis D, Vardy ERLC, Garcez FB, Neufeld KJ, de Castro REV, Ely EW, MacLullich A

The lancet. Psychiatry.. 2020 November 7 (11):932-933. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cognitive, Psychiatric, and Quality of Life Outcomes in Adult Survivors of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy: A Scoping Review of the Literature.

Khan IR, Saulle M, Oldham MA, Weber MT, Schifitto G, Lee HB

Critical care medicine.. 2020 October 48 (10):e959-e970. Epub 1900 01 01.

Clinical Approach to Personality Change Due to Another Medical Condition.

Leppla I, Fishman D, Kalra I, Oldham MA

Psychosomatics.. 2020 September 12 Epub 09/12/2020.

Integration of a proactive, multidisciplinary mental health team on hospital medicine improves provider and nursing satisfaction.

Oldham MA, Walsh P, Maeng DD, Zagursky J, Stewart K, Hawkins SM, Lee HB

Journal of psychosomatic research.. 2020 July 134 :110112. Epub 04/15/2020.

What Kind of Communication Do Consultees Prefer From Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrists?

Chahal K, Oldham MA, Nickels MW

Psychosomatics.. 2020 61 (3):308-310. Epub 01/18/2020.

Personality-Informed Care: Speaking the Language of Personality.

Oldham MA

Psychosomatics.. 2020 61 (3):220-230. Epub 01/28/2020.

Commercially Available Phototherapy Devices for Treatment of Depression: Physical Characteristics of Emitted Light.

Oldham MA, Oldham MB, Desan PH

Psychiatric research and clinical practice.. 2019 October 1 (2):49-57. Epub 10/03/2019.

Preventing Delirium Takes a Village: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Delirium Preventive Models of Care.

Khan A, Boukrina O, Oh-Park M, Flanagan NA, Singh M, Oldham M

Journal of hospital medicine.. 2019 September 14 (9):558-564. Epub 1900 01 01.

Haloperidol and Ziprasidone for Treatment of Delirium in Critical Illness.

Oldham MA, Neufeld KJ, Lee HB

The New England journal of medicine.. 2019 May 2380 (18):1778-1779. Epub 1900 01 01.

Depression Predicts Delirium After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Independent of Cognitive Impairment and Cerebrovascular Disease: An Analysis of the Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Heart Surgery Study.

Oldham MA, Hawkins KA, Lin IH, Deng Y, Hao Q, Scoutt LM, Yuh DD, Lee HB

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2019 May 27 (5):476-486. Epub 12/25/2018.

Refining Postoperative Delirium: The Case of a Gene?×?Protein Interaction.

Oldham MA

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2019 January 27 (1):9-11. Epub 10/29/2018.

Commercially Available Phototherapy Devices for Treatment of Depression: Physical Characteristics of Emitted Light

Oldham MA; Oldham MB; Desan PH.

Psychiatric Research & Clinical Practice. 2019; .

A systematic review of proactive psychiatric consultation on hospital length of stay.

Oldham MA, Chahal K, Lee HB

General hospital psychiatry.. 2019 60 :120-126. Epub 08/02/2019.

Cognitive Outcomes After Heart Valve Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Oldham MA, Vachon J, Yuh D, Lee HB

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2018 December 66 (12):2327-2334. Epub 10/11/2018.

Refining Delirium: A Transtheoretical Model of Delirium Disorder with Preliminary Neurophysiologic Subtypes.

Oldham MA, Flaherty JH, Maldonado JR

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2018 September 26 (9):913-924. Epub 07/13/2018.

Responding to Ten Common Delirium Misconceptions With Best Evidence: An Educational Review for Clinicians.

Oldham MA, Flanagan NM, Khan A, Boukrina O, Marcantonio ER

The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences.. 2018 30 (1):51-57. Epub 09/06/2017.

The Probability That Catatonia in the Hospital has a Medical Cause and the Relative Proportions of Its Causes: A Systematic Review.

Oldham MA

Psychosomatics.. 2018 59 (4):333-340. Epub 04/09/2018.

Debating the Role of Arousal in Delirium Diagnosis: Should Delirium Diagnosis Be Inclusive or Restrictive?

Oldham MA, Flaherty JH, Rudolph JL

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.. 2017 July 118 (7):629-631. Epub 04/22/2017.

Detection and Management of Preexisting Cognitive Impairment in the Critical Care Unit.

Oldham MA, Piddoubny W, Peterson R, Lee HB

Critical care clinics.. 2017 July 33 (3):441-459. Epub 04/20/2017.

Impact of Delirium After Hip Fracture Surgery on One-Year Mortality in Patients With or Without Dementia: A Case of Effect Modification.

Lee HB, Oldham MA, Sieber FE, Oh ES

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2017 March 25 (3):308-315. Epub 10/19/2016.

Circadian Rhythm Disruption in the Critically Ill: An Opportunity for Improving Outcomes.

Oldham MA, Lee HB, Desan PH

Critical care medicine.. 2016 January 44 (1):207-17. Epub 1900 01 01.

Alcohol and Sedative-Hypnotic Withdrawal Catatonia: Two Case Reports, Systematic Literature Review, and Suggestion of a Potential Relationship With Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium.

Oldham MA, Desan PH

Psychosomatics.. 2016 57 (3):246-55. Epub 12/22/2015.

Cognitive and functional status predictors of delirium and delirium severity after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: an interim analysis of the Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Heart Surgery study.

Oldham MA, Hawkins KA, Yuh DD, Dewar ML, Darr UM, Lysyy T, Lee HB

International psychogeriatrics. 2015 December 27 (12):1929-38. Epub 10/02/2015.

Comparison of impact of insomnia on depression and quality of life in restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease and primary insomnia patients.

Song ML, Oldham MA, Park KM, Lee ES, Lee HB, Cho YW

Sleep medicine.. 2015 November 16 (11):1403-1408. Epub 07/23/2015.

Catatonia vis-à-vis delirium: the significance of recognizing catatonia in altered mental status.

Oldham MA, Lee HB

General hospital psychiatry.. 2015 37 (6):554-9. Epub 06/18/2015.

Delusional Infestation With Black Mold Presenting to the General Hospital.

Lewis AS, Oldham MA

The primary care companion for CNS disorders.. 2015 17 (2)Epub 04/09/2015.

Bright light therapy for depression: a review of its effects on chronobiology and the autonomic nervous system.

Oldham MA, Ciraulo DA

Chronobiology international.. 2014 April 31 (3):305-19. Epub 01/07/2014.

The mind with a radio of its own: a case report and review of the literature on the treatment of musical hallucinations.

Colon-Rivera HA, Oldham MA

General hospital psychiatry.. 2014 36 (2):220-4. Epub 11/12/2013.

Use of bright light therapy among psychiatrists in massachusetts: an e-mail survey.

Oldham MA, Ciraulo DA

The primary care companion for CNS disorders.. 2014 16 (3)Epub 06/26/2014.

Drug-drug interactions between warfarin and psychotropics: updated review of the literature.

Nadkarni A, Oldham MA, Howard M, Berenbaum I

Pharmacotherapy.. 2012 October 32 (10):932-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pellagrous encephalopathy presenting as alcohol withdrawal delirium: a case series and literature review.

Oldham MA, Ivkovic A

Addiction science & clinical practice.. 2012 July 67 (1):12. Epub 07/06/2012.

QTc Prolongation Associated with Ziprasidone Overdose.

Oldham MA, Catalano G, Catalano MC, Ross MM

CNS spectrums.. 2008 August 113 (8):E1. Epub 08/01/2008.

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