Brandon J. Cornejo , M.D., Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
  • VA Staff Psychiatrist
  • VA TMS Clinic Director

Biography

Behavioral Health and Neurosciences Division at the VA Portland Health System (VAPORHCS). Dr. Cornejo is an adult psychiatrist who has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings and has been extensively involved with training both residents and medical students. His primary focus is as an interventional psychiatrist using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to address psychiatric illness.

Dr. Cornejo is currently the clinical director of the TMS service at the VAPORHCS. He and his team use TMS to treat veterans with treatment resistant depression. In addition to this work, he also sees adult veteran outpatients in Bridge Clinic, a service directed at new patients entering the Portland VA system. He has been extensively involved with teaching and has mentored dozens of residents and medical students. He is now the clinical rotation director for the neuromodulation rotation at OHSU aimed at senior psychiatry residents and fellows.

From a research perspective, he collaborates with other faculty on several research projects including investigations of TMS modulation of cue-induced methamphetamine craving and, in another line of inquiry, modulation of impulsivity and suicidal ideation using accelerated TMS, a form of TMS where multiple treatments are administered in a shorter period of time. Dr. Cornejo has been successful in finding foundational funding to continue to explore these areas of interest.

In addition to his clinical, teaching and research activities, Dr. Cornejo is a member of the Clinical TMS Society and has served on committees focused on the development of delivery of improved care for veterans. He has been an active member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for multiple years.

Education and training

    • Ph.D., 2006, University of Colorado
    • M.D., 2008, University of Colorado Health Science Center
  • Internship

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hospitals and Clinics, 2008
  • Residency

    • Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hospitals and Clinics, June 2012
  • Certifications

    • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Diplomat, September, 2012
    • TMS Certification, Neurostar Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
    • TMS Certification, Magstim Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
    • TMS Certification, Brainsway Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation certification for OCD treatment
    • TMS Certification, Brainsway Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation certification for MDD treatment

Memberships and associations:

  • Clinical TMS Society, 2018-Present
  • Oregon Psychiatric Association, 2012-Present
  • Society of Biological Psychiatry, 2011-Present
  • American Psychiatric Association, 2008-Present

Areas of interest

  • Neuromodulation - TMS, ECT

Publications

Selected publications

  • Roth Y, Tendler A, Arikan K, Vidrine R, Kent D, Muir O, MacMillan C, Casuto L, Grammer G, Sauve W, Kellie Tolin, Harvey S, Borst M, Rifkin R, Sheth M, Cornejo B, Rodriguez R, Shakir S, Porter T, Kim D, Peterson B, Swofford J, Roe B, Harmelech T,  and Zangen A. Real-world efficacy of deep TMS for obsessive-compulsive disorder: post-marketing data collected from twenty-two clinical sites. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2020 Nov 4; S0022-3956(20)31065-7.
  • Cornejo BJ, McCready H, Rabin S, Boyce S and Dennis L. Clinical off-label use of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation in psychiatric conditions. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry. 7,576-588. 2020.

Publications

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