David Avery, MD

Director, Inpatient Psychiatry
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center

325 9th Avenue, PSB-5016
Box 359611
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 744-4527

averydh@u.washington.edu 

Educational Background:

• BA, Wabash College- Crawfordsville, IN, Religion and Chemistry, 1968
• MD, Washington University School of Medicine- St. Louis, MO, Medicine, 1972

Current Research Interests:

• Affective disorders
• Winter depression
• Circadian rhythms
• Light therapy
• Thermoregulation
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Suicide
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation
• Chronic pain

CHAMMP-Related Projects:

Selected Publications:

• George MS, Lisanby SH, Avery D, McDonald WM, Durkalski V, Pavlicova M, Anderson B, Nahas Z, Bulow P, Zarkowski P, Holtzheimer P, Schwartz T, Sackeim HA. Daily Left Prefrontal TMS For Major Depression: A Sham-Controlled Multi-site Randomized Trial (NIH Optimization of TMS for Depression Study, OPT-TMS). Archives of General Psychiatry, 67(5):507-516, 2010.
• Anderson, B. S., Kavanagh, K., Borckardt, J. J., Nahas, Z. H., Kose, S., Lisanby, et al. (2009). Decreasing Procedural Pain Over Time of Left Prefrontal rTMS for Depression: Initial Results from the Open-Label Phase of a Multi-site Trial (OPT-TMS). Brain Stimulation, 1;2(2):88-92.
• Herbsman, T., Avery, D., Holtzheimer, P., Wadjik, C., Hardaway, F., Haynor, D., George, M.S., Nahas, Z. (2009). More lateral and anterior prefrontal coil location improves rTMS antidepressant response. Biological Psychiatry, 66(5):509-15.
• Navarro, R., Zarkowski, P., Sporn, A., Avery, D. (2009). Hemispheric asymmetry in resting motor threshold in major depression. Journal of ECT, 25(1):39-43.
• Zarkowski, P., Navarro, R., Pavlicova, M., George, M. S., Avery, D. (2009). The effect of daily prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over several weeks on resting motor threshold. Brain Stimulation, 1;2(3):163-167.
• Avery, D.H., Holtzheimer, P.E., Fawaz, W., Russo, J., Neumaier, J., Dunner, D.L., Haynor, D.R., Claypoole, K.H., Wajdik, C., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2007). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces pain in patients with major depression: a controlled study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195, 378-381.
• Holtzheimer, P.E., Russo, J., Claypoole, K.H., Roy-Byrne, P., & Avery, D.H. (2004). Shorter duration of depressive episode may predict response to repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS). Depression and Anxiety, 19, 24-30.
• Avery, D.H., Bolte, M.A., & Ries, R. (1998). Dawn simulation treatment of abstinent alcoholics. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 36-42.
• Roy-Byrne, P., Russo, J., Rabin, L., Fuller, K., Jaffe, C., Avery, D.H., et al. (1998). A brief medical necessity scale for mental disorders: Reliability, validity, and clinical utility. Journal of Behavioral Health Sciences and Research, 25, 412-24.
• Russo, J., Roy-Byrne, P.P., Jaffe, C., Ries, R., Dagadakis, C., & Avery, D.H. (1997) Psychiatric status, quality of life, and level of care as predictors of outcomes of acute inpatient treatment. Psychiatric Services, 48, 1427-1434.