Susan Best, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor
Psychiatry

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-857-0907

susan.best@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolTexas A & M University (1990)

Research Interests

Neuroimaging studies in addiction
Pharmacologic treatments for addiction
Treatment of chronic pain in patients with a history of addiction

Publications

Featured
Striatal dopamine transporter availability with [123I]beta-CIT SPECT is unrelated to gender or menstrual cycle

S. E. Best, P. M. Sarrel, R. T. Malison, M. Laruelle, S. S. Zoghbi, R. M. Baldwin, J. P. Seibyl, R. B. Innis, C. H. van Dyck , Psychopharmacology , 2005; (183):181-189

Featured
Resting Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Gambling Task Performance in Cocaine-Dependent Subjects and Healthy Comparison Subjects

B. Adinoff, M.D. Devous Sr., D.B. Cooper, S. E. Best, P. Chandler, T. Harris, C. A. Cervin, C. M. Cullum , American Journal of Psychiatry , 2003; (160):1892-1894

Featured
"Limbic Responsiveness to Procaine in Cocaine Addicted Subjects"

B. Adinoff, M.D. Devous, S.E. Best, M.S. George, D. Alexander, K. Payne , American Journal of Psychiatry , 2001; (158):390-398

Featured
"Elevated striatal dopamine transporters during acute cocaine abstinence as measured by [123]B-CIT SPECT"

R.T. Malison, S.E. Best, C.H. van Dyck, E.F. McCane, E.A. Wallace, M. Laruelle, R.M. Baldwin, J.P. Seibyl, L.H. Price, T.R. Kosten, R.B. Innis , American Journal of Psychiatry , 1998; (155):832-834

Featured
"Opioid addiction: recent advances in detoxification and maintenance therapy"

S.E. Best, A.H. Oliveto, and T.R. Kosten , CNS Drugs , 1996; (6):301-314

Honors/Awards

Outstanding Teaching for PGY2 Psychiatry Residents

(2003)

Outstanding Teacher for PGY1 Psychiatry Residents

(2001)

Alpha Omega Alpha (Eta Chapter)

(1991)