Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Adult Autism Spectrum Program, Penn Medicine
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry
As Director of the Adult Autism Spectrum Program at Penn Medicine, I provide in depth, customized consultations on diagnosis, treatment, support, and skill development for adults and late adolescents (age 16 and up) who are on the autism spectrum, or suspect that they might be. These consultations can address a variety of issues, depending on your needs, including diagnostic evaluations, issues related to transition to adulthood or adulthood, psychiatric issues related to autism, development of treatment plans, workplace issues, building social skills, social and relationship issues, and/or issues facing family members. The consultations typically include a ~2-hour appointment and some assessments (questionnaires). Following the consultation, you will receive a written report summarizing my findings, diagnosis, and recommendations. For more information, please visit the Adult Autism Spectrum Program website at this address:
To get further information or make an appointment, please call the program coordinator at
215-746-4100, and choose the option for the Adult Autism Spectrum Program.
For more information about me and my background and experience, please see this link:
https://www.med.upenn.edu/aas/team.html
Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's annual Top Docs issues for 2020 and 2021
Education and training
- Medical School: Harvard University
- Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
- Fellowship: Yale-New Haven Hospital
My Locations
Penn Psychiatry Market Street
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry, 1997
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (1997-present), National
- American Psychiatric Association (2000-present), National
- International Brain Research Organization (1994-present), International
- International Society for Autism Research, International
- National Institutes of Health and Drexel University, National
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of Virginia, National
- Pennsylvania Psychiatric Association (2002-present), Local
- Scientific Advisory Board, NRXN1 Network, National
- Society for Neuroscience (1994-present), International
- Society of Biological Psychiatry, National
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2020 through 2025
My research
Fairless A.H., Shah R.Y., Guthrie A.J., Li H., Brodkin E.S. Deconstructing sociability, an autism-relevant phenotype, in mouse models , The Anatomical Record (Special Issue: “New Concepts in Developing Brain Disorders--Autism”), 294: 2011,1713-1725
Dow H.C., Kreibich A.S., Kaercher K.A., Sankoorikal G.M.V., Pauley E.D., Lohoff F.W., Ferraro T.N., Li H., Brodkin E.S. Genetic dissection of intermale aggressive behavior in BALB/cJ and A/J mice , Genes, Brain and Behavior, 10: 2011,57-68
Fairless A.H., Dow H.C., Toledo M.M., Malkus K.A., Edelmann M., Li H., Talbot K., Arnold S.E., Abel T., Brodkin E.S. Low sociability is associated with reduced size of the corpus callosum in the BALB/cJ inbred mouse strain , Brain Research, 1230: 2008,211-217
Brodkin E.S. Social behavior phenotypes in fragile X syndrome, autism, and the Fmr1 knockout mouse: Theoretical comment on McNaughton et al. (2008) , Behavioral Neuroscience, 122: 2008,483-489
Brodkin E.S. BALB/cJ mice: low sociability and other phenotypes that may be relevant to autism , Behavioural Brain Research (Special Issue on “Animal Models for Autism”), 176: 2007,53-65
Sankoorikal G.M.V., Kaercher K.A., Boon C.J., Lee J.K., Brodkin E.S. A mouse model system for genetic analysis of sociability: C57BL/6J vs. BALB/cJ inbred mouse strains , Biological Psychiatry, 59: 2006,415-423
Gillihan S.J., Farah M.J., Sankoorikal G.M.V., Breland J., Brodkin E.S. Association between serotonin transporter genotype and extraversion , Psychiatric Genetics, 17: 2007,351-354
Brodkin E.S., Hagemann A., Nemetski S.M., Silver L.M. Social approach-avoidance behavior of inbred mouse strains towards DBA/2 mice , Brain Research, 1002: 2004,151-157
Brodkin E.S., Goforth S.A., Keene A.H., Fossella J.A., Silver L.M. Identification of quantitative trait loci that affect aggressive behavior in mice , Journal of Neuroscience, 22: 2002,1165-1170
Carlezon W.A., Thome J., Olson V.G., Lane-Ladd S.B., Brodkin E.S., Hiroi N., Duman R.S., Neve R.L., Nestler E.J. Regulation of cocaine reward by CREB , Science, 282: 1998,2272-2275