Dr. Alexandros N Vgontzas MD
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Alexandros Vgontzas is a psychiatrist practicing in Hershey, PA. Dr. Vgontzas is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Vgontzas diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Vgontzas may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Vgontzas treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
University of Athens / College of Medicine / School of Health Science National & Kapodistrian 1978
University Athens-Faculty Medical, School Of Health & Science 1978
University of Athens School of Health Sciences 1978
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sleep and its disorders.
- Interleukin-6: the endocrine cytokine.
- Differences in nocturnal and daytime sleep between primary and psychiatric hypersomnia: diagnostic and treatment implications.
- Association of hypertension and sleep-disordered breathing.
- Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in women: effects of gender.
- Insomnia in central Pennsylvania.
- Complexity and non-linear description of diurnal cortisol and growth hormone secretory patterns before and after sleep deprivation.
- Neuroendocrine aspects of chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Predisposition to and development and persistence of chronic insomnia: importance
- Excessive daytime sleepiness in a general population sample: the role of sleep
- Interleukin-6 levels fluctuate with the light-dark cycle in the brain and peripheral tissues in rats.
- The diagnosis and treatment of chronic insomnia in adults.
- Sleep is increased in mice with obesity induced by high-fat food.
- Triazolam and memory loss.
- Metabolic abnormalities in obesity and sleep apnea are in a continuum.
Treatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Insomnia
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
Fellowships
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 1989
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