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Dr. Okayli has been in practice as a Board Certified Adult Psychiatrist since 1997.
Dr. Okayli graduated from King Faisal University School of Medicine in 1989. She completed three and a half years of residency training in Pathology/ Immunology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, a prestigious tertiary care hospital. During the program she published 2 papers in internationally recognized journals.
Dr. Okayli furthered her education in the United States in Case Western Reserve University Hospital (1992-1995) and University of Wisconsin Medical Center (1995-1997).
Dr. Okayli worked in research with Dr. Herbert Y. Meltzer , a world renowned psychiatrist and researcher at Case Western Reserve University Hospital. Their collaborative work in the area of Chronic Mental Illness gave birth to “the most cited paper in psychiatry”. The paper was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 1995 (Click for paper). For the first time, their work revealed that the drug Clozapine has an effect on mood regulation. Over the last 17 years, further research stemming from the findings of this study resulted in the FDA approval of the drug Clozapine for the treatment of recurrent suicidal behavior in patients with Schizophrenia or Schizo-affective Disorders. It was the first drug to be approved for suicide prevention.
Dr Okayli further completed her training at University of Wisconsin Medical Center. She graduated in 1997. She spent 6 months at the research department in the University of Arizona Health Center. She participated in a study about treatment of sexual side effects of psychiatric medications using the drug Remeron. The findings were published in the journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Eminent Psychiatrists and Researchers she worked with:
Dr. Herbert Y. Meltzer primarily focused on studying and treating Psychotic Disorders
Dr. Michael Maes, primarily focused on the role of the immune system in depression
Dr. Joseph Calebrese primarily focused on studying Major Depression and Bipolar Disorders
Dr. Ned Kalin primarily focused on studying and treating Mood Disorders
Dr. John Greist primarily focused on studying and treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Dr. James W. Jefferson primarily focused in studying and treating Bipolar disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and AnxietyDisorders
Dr. Pedro Delgado primarily focused in studying and treating Mood Disorders
Dr. Okayli continues to have professional relationships with her mentors.
Dr. Okayli has been practicing as a Psychiatrist for the last 15 years and is committed to offer the best psychiatric care to her clients.