Penn Medicine Provider
Psychiatry
Charles A. Dackis, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Psychiatry Penn Presbyterian
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About me

  • Emeritus Associate Professor CE of Psychiatry

Education and training

  • Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Overlook Hospital
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Dackis is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Dackis, C.A., Yu, E., Samaha, F., Kampman, K., Cornish, J., Rowan, M., Gerhart, M., Barnes, L., White, L., Poole, S., and O’Brien, C.P. Modafinil – cocaine safety study: A double blind, placebo-controlled drug interaction study , Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 70(1): 2003,29-37


Kampman, K.M., Majewska, M.D., Tourian, K., Dackis, C., Cornish, J., Poole, S., O'Brien, C.P. A pilot trial of piracetam and ginkgo biloba for the treatment of cocaine dependence , Addictive Behaviors , 27: 2003,1-12


Dackis, C.A. and O'Brien, C.P. The neurobiology of addiction , Diseases of the Nervous System, Third Edition: 2003,431-444


Dackis, C.A. and O’Brien, C.P. The neurobiology of alcoholism , Handbook of Medical Psychiatry: 2003,563-580


Dackis, C.A. and O’Brien, C.P. Neurobiology of cocaine dependence limits development of pharmacological treatments , Psychiatry Annals , 33(9): 2003,565-570


Dackis, C.A. and Miller, N. Neurobiological effects determine treatment options for alcohol, cocaine, and heroin addiction: the neurobiology and pharmacology of addiction , Psychiatry Annals , 33(9): 2003,585-592


Franklin TR, Acton PD, Maldjian JA, Gray JD, Croft JR, Dackis CA, O'Brien CP, & Childress AR Decreased gray matter concentration in the insular, orbitofrontal, cingulate, and temporal cortices of cocaine patients , Biological Psychiatry, 51(2): 2002,134-42


Dackis, C.A., Kampman, K., Pettinati, H., Weigly, C. and O’Brien, C.P. An open-label pilot study on the effectiveness and tolerability of modafinil for cocaine dependence , Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 66: 2002,S39-40


Dackis, C.A. and O’Brien, C.P. Cocaine dependence: the challenge for pharmacotherapy , Current Opinion in Psychiatry , 15: 2002,261-267


Forman, R.F., Dackis, C.A., Rawson, R. Twelve principles of outpatient addiction treatment , Current Psychiatry, 1(6): 2002,16-24