Paul Rivkin, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Address: 600 N. Wolfe St., Phipps 315, Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-614-2957 Fax: 410-614-3676
Email: privkin@jhmi.edu

Who Am I?

Paul Rivkin , MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Rivkin is an active full-time staff member in Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is involved in the assessment of patients with psychotic disorders, and the assessment of language in Formal Thought Disorder (FTD). He is currently the Primary Investigator on an NIH-funded study to explore abnormal cerebral activation associated with FTD using functional MRI. Dr. Rivkin has also developed quantitative methods to assess white matter hyperintensities (WMH's) on MR images of the brain.

Active Projects

  • Quantitative Measurement of White Matter Hyperintensities
  • Functional MRI and Formal Thought Disorder

Selected Publications

  • Rivkin P, Kraut M, Barta P, Anthony J, Arria AM, Pearlson G. (2000) White matter hyperintensity volume in late-onset and early-onset schizophrenia.
  • Rivkin PR, Pearlson GD. (1998) An unusual presentation of Huntington's disease. Psychosomatics. 1998 May-Jun;39(3):291-4.

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