Arthur Westover, MD

Assistant Professor
Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences

Contact Information

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

Office Phone: 214-648-5555
Office Fax: 214-648-5599

arthur.westover@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Education/Training Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah BS 1998 Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas MD 2002 Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Residency 2002-06 Psychiatry

Education

Internship/ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center, Psychiatry (2006)
Medical SchoolBaylor College of Medicine (2002)

Research Interests

Cardiovascular sequelae of both illicit and prescription amphetamine/methamphetamine use
Outcomes related to public mental health systems
Pharmacoepidemiology of amphetamine / methamphetamine use and abuse

Publications

Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults Who Abuse Amphetamines

Westover AN, Nakonezny PA, Haley RW , Drug Alcohol Depend , July 2008; (96(1-2)):49-56

Thermostabilization and thermoactivation of thermolabile enzymes by trehalose and its application for the synthesis of full length cDNA

Carninci P, Nishiyama Y, Westover A, Itoh M, Nagaoka S, Sasaki N, Okazaki Y, Muramatsu M, Hayashizaki Y , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A , January 1998; (95(2)):520-4

Aortic Dissection in Young Adults Who Abuse Amphetamines

Westover AN, Nakonezny, PA. , American Heart Journal , August 2010; (160(2)):315-21

Stroke in young adults who abuse amphetamines or cocaine: a population-based study of hospitalized patients

Westover AN, McBride S, Haley RW , Archives of General Psychiatry , April 2007; (64(4)):495-502

A cross-national relationship between sugar consumption and major depression?

Westover AN, Marangell LB , Depress Anxiety , 2002; (16(3)):118-20

Honors/Awards

NIDA Clinical Trials Network Clinical Scholar

For study of substance abuse in CTN (2009)

Chairman’s Research Award, Department of Psychiatry, UTSWMC

Awarded for research of amphetamines and stroke (2006)

NARSAD Young Investigator Award

For the study of a Texas-based managed care program (2006)

NIH KL2 Clinical Research Scholar

KL2 comprehensive educational and training program (CTSA) (2006)

Hilde Bruch Award for Excellence in Psychiatry

Baylor Medical College, outstanding Psychiatry student (2002)