Jeffrey E. Max, MBBCh (M.D.)
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego & Director, Neuropsychiatric Research, Children's Hospital and
Health Center, San Diego
Phone#: 858 966 5832 x 5743
FAX #: 858 966 7704
E-Mail address: jmax@ucsd.edu

Biography 
Dr. Max was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in Johannesburg. He trained in General Psychiatry and also Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Brown University. He began his research career at the University of Iowa where he established himself as a nationally recognized investigator in the area of psychiatric outcome of traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents. Currently he works at the University of California, San Diego where he is recognized internationally for his research in pediatric traumatic brain injury and also pediatric stroke.

Research Focus
Dr. Max conducts studies of pediatric traumatic brain injury and pediatric stroke. The thrust of the research is to identify lesion location and psychosocial (e.g., family function, family psychiatric history, child’s pre-injury function) predictors of varied psychiatric disorders that develop after brain injury. Through the identification of outcome predictors a rational strategy for early identification and treatment of complications can be developed. Dr. Max also investigates the neuropsychological profile of post-brain injury psychiatric disorders as an additional tool to understand the mechanism of these disorders.

Clinical & Teaching Focus 
Dr. Max treats children with psychiatric complications of brain injury including traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, stroke, pre-natal alcohol or drug exposure. He treats many patients who are in the foster care system where a combination of adverse psychosocial experiences, pre-natal alcohol/drug exposure, and inflicted trauma, including brain injury are common.

Selected Publications

• Max JE, Lansing AE, Koele SL, Castillo CS, Bokura H, Schachar R. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents following traumatic brain injury. Developmental Neuropsychology, 25 (1&2), 159-177, 2004
• Max JE, Robin DA, Taylor HG, Yeates KO, Fox PT, Lancaster JL, Manes FF, Mathews K, Austermann S . Attention Function after Childhood Stroke. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10 (7), 976-986, 2004
• Max JE, Fox PT, Lancaster JL, Kochunov P, Mathews K, Manes FF, Robertson BAM, Arndt S, Robin DA, Lansing AE. Putamen Lesions and the Development of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptomatology. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 41, 5:563-571, 2002.
• Max JE, Koele SL, Castillo CS, Lindgren SD, Arndt S, Bokura H, Robin DA, Smith WL, Sato, Y. Personality change disorder in children and adolescents following traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6, 3:279-285, 2000
• Max JE, Robin DA, Lindgren SD, Smith WL, Sato Y, Mattheis PJ, Stierwalt JAG, Castillo CS: Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: psychiatric disorders at two years. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 36, 9: 1278-1285, 1997