Serving California Residents

Dr. Winkler is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist licensed to practice medicine in California. He founded and directed the Adult ADHD Clinic at Stanford University before deciding to pursue private practice full time. He writes and publishes peer-reviewed and award winning work in psychiatry and neuroscience, and regularly presents new work at major academic conferences. He is a member of the “APSARD National Guidelines Taskforce” currently working to create guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults in the United States. Selected academic bibliography below.
When he is not seeing patients or working to improve care for adults with ADHD, Dr. Winkler enjoys playing music, riding a OneWheel, and is the proud father of 9-year-old twins and a 6-year-old.
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Bibliography
Academic Presentations and Peer-Reviewed Publications
Academic Presentations and Peer-Reviewed Publications
Winkler, A.E., Sierpina, V.S., Kreitzer, M.J., On Harnessing the Power of Medical Students to Reach Their Peers; Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 2014, Nov; 10(6): 411-2. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 25456309.
Poster Presentations
Winkler, A.E., Borja, B.R., Colombo, A., Roca, R.P., Trivedi, H.K., (2019) Psychiatric Crisis Assessment: Descriptive Multi-Year Data From the Crisis Walk-in Clinic at Sheppard Pratt Health System; 172nd American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; San Francisco, CA.
Winkler, A.E., Borja, B.R.,Winkler, A.E., Koliatsos, V.E., (2019) Right Hemisphere Syndrome in the Real World of Traumatic Brain Injury – Three Longitudinal Cases Seen in the Neuropsychiatry Program at Sheppard Pratt Health System; 29th American Neuropsychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL. Colombo, A., Roca, R.P., Trivedi, H.K., (2019) Psychiatric Crisis Assessment: Descriptive Multi-Year Data From the Crisis Walk-in Clinic at Sheppard Pratt Health System; 172nd American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; San Francisco, CA.
Winkler, A.E, (2019), The Conundrum of Stimulant-Induced Psychosis: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review; American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders Annual Meeting; Washington, DC.
Winkler, A.E., Peroski, M.S., Forrester, A.K., (2018), When Anxiety Prevents Weaning from Artificial Ventilation: A Clinical Case and Discussion of the Literature; 171st American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; New York, NY.
Winkler, A.E., Taylor, J.M., Dang, T., (2015). The Effect of Ornamental Plants on Opiate Intake after Cardiothoracic Surgery; Wake Forest Medical Student Research Day; Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Winkler, A.E., Paolini, B.M., Laurienti P.J., Burdette, J.H., (2015). Your Brain on Caffeine; 168th American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; Toronto, ON.
Winkler, A.E., Paolini, B.M., Laurienti P.J., Burdette, J.H., (2013). Your Brain on Caffeine; Wake Forest Medical Student Research Day 2013; Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Winning Awards
- Medical Student Educator Award, Sheppard Pratt Health System, 2020
- Medical Student Educator Award, Sheppard Pratt Health System, 2019
- Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis – Fellowship Program, 2018-19
- Runner-up - Maryland Psychiatric Society Resident/Fellow Authorship Award; February, 2016; “Treating Physicians for Addiction,” citation below.
- Medical School Graduation Representative, Wake Forest University; May, 2016. http://news.wfu.edu/profile/grad/2016/aaron-winkler
- Outstanding Medical Student in Psychiatry, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; April, 2016.
- Second-Prize - Wake Forest Medical Student Research Day; October, 2015; Poster: “The Effect of Ornamental Plants on Opiate Intake after Cardiothoracic Surgery,” citation and research description below.
- First Prize - Wake Forest Medical Student Research Day; October, 2013; Poster: “Your Brain on Caffeine,” citation and research description below
Podcasts
APA Residents’ Journal Podcast; Psychiatric Ethics and The Shrink Next Door, Part 1 Jan 27, 2020, Part 2 Mar 2, 2020 with Joe Nocera and Mark Komrad, MD