Madhukar H. Trivedi, M.D.
Madhukar H. Trivedi, M.D. is currently a Professor and the Director of the Mood Disorders Research Program and Clinic at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas where he holds the Lydia Bryant Test Professorship in Psychiatric Research.
Dr. Trivedi is an established efficacy and effectiveness researcher in the treatment of Depression.
Dr. Trivedi has been a principal investigator in multiple clinical trials funded through NIMH, the Texas Department of Mental Health, as well as the pharmaceutical industry. He has been involved with evidence-based depression guideline development since 1990, when he joined the Depression Guideline Panel of the AHCPR (A. John Rush, M.D., Chair). Dr. Trivedi was a member of the consensus panel for the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), which developed the algorithms for major depressive disorder and he has been the Director of the Depression Algorithm for TMAP since its inception. Dr. Trivedi is also currently the Co-Director of the Dallas Coordinating Center of the NIMH funded project titled Sequenced Treatment and Alternatives to Relieve Depression, (STAR*D). Dr. Trivedi is also Principal Investigator of 3 current NIMH grants entitled CBASP Augmentation for Treatment of Chronic Depression, REVAMP, TReatment with Exercise Augmentation for Depression, TREAD and Computerized Decision Support System for Depression, CDSS-D.
Dr. Trivedi has mentored multiple psychopharmacology postdoctoral fellows and research track residents over the past many years in the Depression and Anxiety Disorders Program, which he directs at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Trivedi has served as the chair of the Depression Work Group of the International Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project and as the scientific content expert for the San Antonio Cochrane Center’s evidence based AHCPR funded efforts to update the Depression Guidelines. Dr. Trivedi spearheaded the rollout of best practices for the treatment of MDD in various MHMR centers across the State of Texas. Dr. Trivedi is also studying the effectiveness of treatments of Depression in Primary Care.
Dr. Trivedi has received numerous awards including the Gerald L. Klerman award from the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association Scientific Advisory Board-NDMDA and the Psychiatric Excellence Award from the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians-TSPP. Dr. Trivedi has published over 100 articles and chapters related to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mood Disorders.
