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Nicholas Ortiz, M.D., serves as the clinical director of neuromodulation at Dell Medical School, overseeing electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder. He earned his Bachelor of Science from Southwestern University and received his medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed his general psychiatry residency at the University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School and currently works as an inpatient psychiatrist at Ascension Seton Shoal Creek Hospital, where he also oversees resident and medical student training and education. Dr. Ortiz manages a small cohort of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant OCD. He teaches courses to medical students and psychiatry residents. His research focuses on the effects of neuromodulation therapies on psychiatric illnesses, investigating TMS for atypical depression, psilocybin for depression, vagal nerve stimulation for depression, and DBS for Alzheimer’s disease. His publications have appeared in the American Psychiatric Association Publishing’s Textbook of Psychopharmacology and Current Psychiatry.
Dell Medical School • Austin, TX
Oversees electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Ascension Seton Shoal Creek Hospital • Austin, TX
Works as inpatient psychiatrist managing treatment-resistant OCD patients.
Texas Health Action Kind Clinic • Austin, TX
Supervises psychiatry faculty, teaching courses to medical students and psychiatry residents.
Department: Department of Social Work. Note: GRE is not required for the PhD program.