Current Positions: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Co-clinical director Early Childhood Support and Services (ECSS)

Education and Training:
1989-1993 Amherst College
1994-1998 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
1998-2003 Resdency in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University
2003-2005 Infant Psychiatry Fellowship, Tulane University School of Medicine

Years at Tulane:
Since 2003

Interests:
Dr. Gleason is a pediatrician and child psychiatrist ("triple boarder"). Working with Dr. Boris, she is the co-clinical director a state-wide early childhood mental health program (ECSS).  Her clinical work includes evaluation and treatment of high-risk infants, young children and their families through Louisiana’s Early Childhood Supports and Services program. She is interested in early identification of high-risk young children in the community to optimize early intervention efforts. To this end, she has developed and validated a screening tool specifically for primary care physicians. She also has academic interests in primary and secondary prevention in early childhood maltreatment, parent-child relationships, and biological stress responses in early childhood.

Selected Publications :
Gleason, M.M., Egger, H.L., Emslie, G.J., Greenhill, L.L., Kowatch, R.A., Lieberman, A.F., Luby, J.L., Owens, J.A., Scahill, L., Scheeringa, M.S., Stafford, B., Wise, B.K., & Zeanah, C.H. (2007) Psychopharmacological treatment for very young children: Contexts and guidelines. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46: 1532-1572.

Gleason, M.M., Klitzke, M. (2007) Sustained hypertension and tachycardia associated with new onset psychiatric disorder in an adolescent. Primary Care and Community Psychiatry 12: 89-95.

Gleason, M.M., Fritz, G.K. (in press) The Triple Board Program: Innovative Training in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child Psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry

Phone: (504) 988-5682
mgleason@tulane.edu
Fax: (504) 988-4264

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