Richard Lee Suddath, M.D
Office Address
2501 Walnut Street
Suite 204
Boulder, CO 80302
(303) 444-7228
Hospital Privileges
Avista Hospital
Boulder Community Hospital
Education
B.A., Oberlin College, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Major: Psychobiology 1974
M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 1982
Professional Positions
1983
Internship, Community Medicine (Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics), University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
1983-86
Psychiatry Residency, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
1985-86
Chief Resident, Adult Outpatient Clinic Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
1986-88
Medical Staff Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry Branch,
Washington, DC
1988-90
Senior Medical Staff Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry Branch,
Washington, DC
1990-93
Clinical Director, Adult Programs, Centennial Peaks Hospital, Louisville, CO
Professional Positions
1992-93
Chief, Professional Staff, Centennial Peaks Hospital, Louisville, CO
Licensure
1983-present Colorado
1988-90 Maryland
1987-89 Virginia
Certification
1983 Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners
1988 Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical Positions
1985-86
Faculty Appointment, Chief Resident, Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic, University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center
1987-89
Clinical Instructor, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
Teaching
1984-85
Supervision of Third Year Medical Students Inpatient Psychiatry Service, University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center
1985-86
Diagnostic and Treatment Group for Outpatient Residents, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center
1985-86
Supervision of Outpatient Residents in clinic and emergency room work, University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center
1985-86
Discussion Group for Second Year Medical Students in Human Behavior Course, University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center
1985-86
Psychotherapy Techniques for Third Year Medical Students on Psychiatry Rotation,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Teaching
1985-86
Supervision of Third Year Medical Students Inpatient Consultation and Outpatient
Psychotherapy, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1987-89
Supervision of Second Year Medical Students, The George Washington University Medical
Center
Professional Associations
American Medical Association
Washington Psychiatric Society
American Psychiatric Association
Association for Academic Psychiatry
Committees
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Curriculum Committee-Department of Psychiatry
Sub-Committee to the Curriculum Committee on the Study of Pharmacology
Housestaff Association-Department of Psychiatry
Representative to Committee on the Study of Medical Ethics
NIMH Neuropsychiatric Research Hospital Chairman, Safety and Infection Control Committee
Centennial Peaks Hospital, Louisville, Colorado
Medical Records and Utilization Review, 1990-1993
Awards
1985 – 1986 Honorary Fellow to the Association for Academic Psychiatry
Publications
Thompson TL 2d; Suddath RL: Edward G. Billings, M.D.: pioneer of consultation-liaison
psychiatry. Psychosomatics 1987 Mar;28 (3): 153-6
Wyatt RJ; Karoum F; Suddath R; Fawcett R: Persistently decreased brain dopamine levels and
cocaine [letter]. JAMA 1988 May 27; 259 (20): 2996
Iadarola MJ; Flores CM; Cadet JL; Suddath R; Illowsky B; Berman KF:
Met5-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 immunoreactivity in rat and human cerebrospinal fluid;
influence of neuroleptic drugs and electroconvulsive shock. Brain Res 1988 Nov 22; 474
(1): 75-85
Suddath RL; Casanova MF, Goldberg TE; Danial DG; Kelsoe JR Jr; Weinberger DR: Temporal
lobe pathology in schizophrenia: a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study. Am J
Psychiatry 1989 Apr; 146 (4): 464-72
Casanova MF; Daniel DG; Goldberg TE; Suddath RL; Weinberger DR: Shape analysis of the
middle cranial fossa of schizophrenic patients. A computerized tomographic study.
Schizophr Res 1989 Jul-Oct; 2 (4-5): 333-8
Torrey EF; Upshaw YD; Suddath R: Medication effect on lymphocyte morphology in
schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 1989 Jul-Oct; 2 (4-5): 385-90
Suddath RL; Christison GW; Torrey EF; Casanova MF; Weinberger DR: Anatomical abnormalities
in the brains of monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia [published erratum appears
in N Engl J Med 1990 May 31; 322 (22): 616] [see comments] Comment in: N Engl J Med 1990
Mar: 22: 322 (12): 842-5; Comment in: N Engl J Med 1990 Aug 23; 323 (8): 545-8 N Engl J
Med 1990 Mar 22; 322 (12): 789-94
Casanova MF Zito M; Goldberg TE; Suddath RL; Torrey EF; Igelow LB; Sanders RD; Weinberger
DR; Corpus callosum curvature in schizophrenic twins [letter]. Biol Psychiatry 1990 Jul 1,
28 (1): 83-4
Karoum F; Suddath RL; Wyatt RJ: Chronic cocaine and rat brain catecholamines: long-term
reduction in hypothalamic and frontal cortex dopamine metabolism. Eur J Pharmacol 1990 Sep
4; 186 (1): 1-8
Casanova MF; Goldberg TE; Suddath RL; Daniel DG; Rawlings R; Lloyd DG; Loats HL; Kleinman
JE; Weinberger DR: Quantitative shape analysis of the temporal and prefrontal lobes of
schizophrenic patients: a magnetic resonance image study. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci
1990 Fall; 2 (4): 363-72
Weinberger DR; Suddath RL; Casanova MF; Torrey EF; Kleinman JE: Crow’s lateralization
hypothesis for schizophrenia [letter]. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1991 Jan;
48 (1): 85-7
Suddath RL; Straw GM; Freed WJ; Bigelow LB; Kirch DG; Wyatt RJ: A clinical trial of
nifedipine in schizophrenia and tardive dyskinesia. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1991 Jul; 39
(3): 743-5
Abi-Dargham A; Jaskiw G; Suddath RL; Weinberger DR: Evidence against progression of in
vivo anatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 1991 Oct; 5 (3): 210
Weinberger DR; Berman KF; Suddath R; Torrey EF: Evidence of dysfunction of a
prefrontal-limbic network in schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance imaging and regional
cerebral blood flow study of discordant monozygotic twins. Am J Psychiatry 1992 Jul; 149
(7): 890-7
Egan MF; el-Mallakh RS; Suddath RL; Lohr JB; Bracha HS; Wyatt RJ: Cerebrospinal fluid and
serum levels of neuron-specific enolase in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res
1992 Aug; 43 (2): 187-95
Kirch DG; Alexander RC; Suddath RL; Papadopoulos NM; Kaufmann CA; Daniel DG; Wyatt RJ:
Blood-CSF barrier permeability and central nervous system immunoglobulin G in
schizophrenia. J Neural Transm Gen Sect 1992; 89 93): 219-32
el-Mallakh RS; Suddath RL; Wyatt RJ: Interleuken-1 alpha and interleukin-2 in
cerebrospinal fluid of schizophrenic subjects. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
1993 May; 17(3): 383-91
Investigator
Alpine Clinical Research Center
1000 Alpine Ave., Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80304
(303) 443-7229 Fax (303) 443-7748
Clinical Research Experience
Psychiatric Consultant, Bipolar Family Research Study, University of Colorado
Principal Investigator: David Miklowitz, PhD. 1991 – present
Merck KgaA Depression Study 1998
Glaxo Rapid Cycling Bipolar Depression, 1999
SKB PTSD ,1999
Pharmacia & Upjohn Depression, 2000
Glaxo Depression, 2001
Wyeth PTSD, 2002
Rev. 7/98