Francisco Xavier Castellanos

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Full Name	Francisco Xavier Castellanos
Occupation	Neuroscientist
Date Of Birth	Nov 16, 1953(1953-11-16)
Age	71
Birthplace	Madrid
Country	Spain
Birth City	Community of Madrid
Horoscope	Scorpio

Francisco Xavier Castellanos Biography

Francisco Xavier Castellanos is one of the most popular and richest Neuroscientist who was born on November 16, 1953 in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. Francisco Xavier Castellanos was born in Madrid, Spain, on November 16, 1953 with Bolivian parents. When he was just four and his mother, as well as his two siblings returned to Bolivia and lived there until he reached the age of nine after which the family relocated from Washington, D.C. and the following year, they moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. A huge reader, and particularly interested in math and science He was a student at Catholic school located in New Orleans and later received an award for Vassar College, where he was captivated by his work by Noam Chomsky. At Vassar the college, he created an independent linguistics major and was awarded an honors degree in 1975.

He left the NIMH in 2001. resigned from the NIMH to take on the role director of research training at New York University Child Study Center.

Castellanos FX, Lee PP, Sharp W, Jeffries NO, Greenstein DK, Clasen LS, Blumenthal JD, James RS, Ebens CL, Walter JM, Zijdenbos A, Evans AC, Giedd JN, Rapoport JL. Developmental trajectories of brain volume abnormalities in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. JAMA. 2002 Oct 9;288(14):1740-8.

Castellanos FX, Sharp WS, Gottesman RF, Greenstein DK, Giedd JN, Rapoport JL. Anatomic brain abnormalities in monozygotic twins discordant for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Sep;160(9):1693-6.

Axiolytic Drugs and ADHD Treatment of ADHD: Clinical and Basic Neuroscience.Edited by Mary V. Solanto, Amy F. T. Arnsten and F. Xavier Castellanos. October 2000. Oxford University Press.

Francisco Xavier Castellanos Net Worth

Francisco Xavier Castellanos is one of the richest Neuroscientist from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Francisco Xavier Castellanos 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D. (born on the 16th of November 1953) is the Director of Research at the NYU Child Study Center. His research focuses on elucidating the neurobiology of ADHD by conducting functional and structural brain imaging studies, working with molecular genetic research, and co- coordinating an interprofessional group of investigators from the translational field (the ADHD Neuroscience Network). The Dr. Castellanos chaired the NIH “Initial Review Group” (Study Section) on Developmental Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities from 2005-2007 and is currently chairing revising the criteria used to diagnose externalizing disorders for the coming version of the DSM-V that is planned for 2012. Dr. Castellanos continues to make important contributions to the research on the neural and biological causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

In 1991 in 1991, Dr. Castellanos became a Research Fellow within the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health in the United States, working under the direction under Dr. Judith L. Rapoport. As a senior staff fellow Dr. Castellanos was the director of the ADHD Research Unit and received an award for excellence in Clinical Care and Research from the National Institute of Mental Health. In the same time, he was a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Castellanos FX, Tannock R. Neuroscience of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the search for endophenotypes. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2002 Aug;3(8):617-28.

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Castellanos FX, Margulies DS, Kelly C, Uddin LQ, Ghaffari M, Kirsch A, Shaw D, Shehzad Z, Di Martino A, Biswal B, Sonuga-Barke EJ, Rotrosen J, Adler LA, Milham MP. Cingulate-Precuneus Interactions: A New Locus of Dysfunction in Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Sep 20;

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After graduation, working as a professional translator in New Orleans, during which time he translated Jean Piaget’s Epistemology and Psychology of Functions: Studies in Genetic Epistemology from French to English, Dr. Castellanos began work on a master’s degree in experimental psychology at The University of New Orleans, where he became fascinated by the discovery of endorphins. Following this interest, he applied to and was accepted at The Louisiana State University Medical College at Shreveport. After winning several awards, including the prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Overall Excellence and induction into AOA, the national medical honor society, he graduated in 1986 and continued his medical training at The University of Kentucky, where he was one of the first graduates of the “Triple Board” program in psychiatry, pediatrics and child psychiatry. During his residency, he won the Abraham Wikler, M.D. Award for Outstanding Psychiatry Resident and was awarded a mini-fellowship in the American Psychiatric Association’s Program for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry.