Professor - Chief, Division of Medical Psychiatry, Medical Director of Critical Care Psychiatry
Stanford University
Menlo Park, California, United States
Dr. Maldonado is the Chief of the Division of Medical Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Adult Psychiatry, Consult-Liaison Psychiatry , Forensic Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, and Forensic Medicine.
His research lab developed the Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) a tool created to assess the psychosocial candidacy of organ transplant and ventricular assisted devices (VADs) candidates. In addition, his research has led the field of Psychosomatic Medicine with the development of tools for the prediction and assessment of various neuropsychiatric disorders; including the development of a new tool for the timely and accurate diagnosis of delirium: the Stanford Proxy Test of Delirium (S-PTD); the Stanford Algorithm for Predicting Delirium (SAPD), a tool to help predict patients at risk for developing delirium; and the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS). He has developed management protocols and algorithms for the prevention and treatment of delirium; as well as novel pharmacological techniques (benzodiazepine-sparing protocol) for the prophylaxis and treatment of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndromes.
Dr. Maldonado has been the recipient of multiple awards and recognitions, the most recent include: the 2017 – Franz-Köhler-Inflammation-Award from the German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) for extraordinary achievements in research on inflammation and its relationship to the pathophysiology of delirium; and the 2018 – Eleanor and Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award by the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, the Academy’s highest honor, for distinctive achievements in CLP training, research, clinical practice, and leadership.
Ceribell (Advisory Committee/Board Member)
Fundamentals of C-L Psychiatry
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2020 Critical Care Psychiatry Review
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Thursday, November 11, 2021
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM US Eastern Time
Friday, November 12, 2021
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM US Eastern Time
EMTALA Violation? Examining Inequity in the Emergency Transfer of Psychiatric Patients
Friday, November 12, 2021
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM US Eastern Time
Friday, November 12, 2021
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM US Eastern Time