Stephen R. Saklad

Dr. Stephen Saklad joins Genomind’s SAB as Clinical Professor of Pharmacotherapy, Adjoint Professor at the University of Texas School of Medicine, and Director, Psychiatric Pharmacy Program at the San Antonio State Hospital, Texas Department of State Health Services. Dr. Saklad is an expert clinical pharmacologist with special interest in psychopharmacology.

Following his education, Dr. Saklad earned a National Institute of Mental Health training fellowship in Psychiatric Pharmacy at the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute of the University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha in 1978-9. Dr. Saklad then joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and the clinical staff at San Antonio State Hospital (SASH) in 1979. He was the first clinical pharmacist employed by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (now Texas Health and Human Services) when he began as Clinical Coordinator at SASH.

He was the principal or co-investigator for several studies of the efficacy, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic parameters of psychotropic agents used for the treatment of schizophrenia, mood disorders, depression, and other serious and persistent mental illness, as well as their pharmacokinetics and interactions. Dr. Saklad is the recipient of the University of Texas Austin College of Pharmacy’s Teaching Award among other honors, and speaks frequently on these and other related issues.

Dr. Saklad received his baccalaureate degree cum laude in Bacteriology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1974. His Doctor of Pharmacy degree was earned at the University of Southern California in 1978.