Dr. Guido K.W. Frank M.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
13123 East 16th Ave Aurora CO, 80045About
Guido K.W. Frank, MD, is an associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine/Children's Hospital Colorado in Denver, Colorado. He is also affiliated with CU Anschutz Medical Campus at Children?s Hospital Colorado and is an assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine. Dr. Frank has 21 years of diverse experience and special expertise in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry and psychotherapy. He received his medical degree from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1994 and was an Intern/Resident in Prien am Chiemsee, Germany. He then completed another residency in psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a clinical child and adolescent psychiatry and research fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. Additionally, Dr. Frank was in the Army Medical Service where he acted as an instructor of recruits from 1996 to 1997. He is an active member of the Bavarian and German Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the Academy for Eating Disorders, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the Eating Disorders Research Society and the American Association of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Frank also attained certification with the prestigious American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Education and Training
MD at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Periodicity in contacts of RNA-polymerase with promotors].
- Altered dopamine activity after recovery from restricting-type anorexia nervosa.
- Anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
- [Analysis of peculiarities in nucleotides disposition in the origin of chromosome replication-oriC from Escherichia coli].
- [Similarities in periodical structures in the position of nucleotides in regions of initiation of replication of bacterial genomes].
- Brain imaging of serotonin after recovery from anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
- Reward and neurocomputational processes.
- Heightened fear of uncertainty in anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
- Altered fimbria-fornix white matter integrity in anorexia nervosa predicts harm avoidance.
- Altered temporal difference learning in bulimia nervosa.
- Altered implicit category learning in anorexia nervosa.
- Cognitive set-shifting in anorexia nervosa.
- Advances in the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa using brain
- White matter integrity is reduced in bulimia nervosa.
- Alterations in brain structures related to taste reward circuitry in ill and recovered anorexia nervosa and in bulimia nervosa.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Local, Regional, National and International Public Speaking -
Fellowships
- Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Research Fellowship at the University of California 2004-2007
Professional Society Memberships
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Academy for Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders Research Society, Society of Biological Psychiatry, American Association of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
Articles and Publications
- Over 80 Publications, Associate Editor for the International Journal of Eating Disorders
What do you attribute your success to?
- Love for helping people get better, persistence and researching.
Favorite professional publications
- Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Pharmacology, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychology Journal, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Journal of the American Academy
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