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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.
Dr. Winkler majored in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, completed the Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate program at Columbia University in New York, and went to medical school at Wake Forest School of Medicine in North Carolina. He trained in psychiatry at the University of Maryland / Sheppard Pratt Combined Psychiatry Residency Program in Baltimore, did a post-residency psychiatry fellowship in University and College Mental Health at Stanford University in Palo Alto, and completed the three-year core training in Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy at the Washington School of Psychiatry.
When he is not seeing helping 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

Workshop Session: ADHD in Previously Undiagnosed Adults: A Novel, Dynamic, Insight-Oriented Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment; 2024 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. With Dr. Shafi Lodhi, Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Grace Cheney
Menon, R., Winkler, A.E., Deacon, A., Sutcliffe, J.H., Cracked Outside, Splintered Inside. Examples of ADHD to Help you Spot, Refer and Retain the Treatable Athlete. A Textbook of Sports Psychiatry for Coaches, Trainers, Parents and Athletes. Ed: Baron, D. Publisher: Springer. in press.
Winkler, A.E., Borja, B., Psychiatric Emergency Care, APA’s Textbook of Hospital Psychiatry Eds: Trivedi, H.K., and Sharfstein, S., in press
Hadler, N.L., Bu, P., Winkler, A.E., Alexander, A.W. College Student Perspectives of Telemental Health: a Review of the Recent Literature. Current Psychiatry Reports; 2021 Feb;23(2):1-8.
De Faria, L., Mezey, L., Winkler, A.E., Cannabis Legalization and College Mental Health. Current Psychiatry Reports; 2021 Apr;23(4):1-9.
Winkler, A.E., Bohle-Frankle, B.U., White, L.A., Strauss, G.D., Gottlieb, D.B., ADHD in College Students – A Guide for Clinicians and Administrators. Current Psychopharmacology, (2021) 10: 34. https://doi.org/10.2174/2211556009999200616132427
Winkler, A.E., A Dispatch from the WPA’s 4th Global Congress of Spirituality and Psychiatry; American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal, 2020, Jun; 15(4): 7. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.150404
Workshop Session: To Treat or Not to Treat: ADHD in College Populations – Diagnosing and Dosing in an Era of Diversion; (2019) American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; APA Member’s Course of the Month, January 2020.
Workshop Session: Engaging a Patient’s Biblical Thinking in the Psychiatric Emergency Department: A Case Report. Winkler, A.E., 4th Global Congress in Spirituality and Psychiatry, Dec 1-4, 2019; Jerusalem, Israel.
Winkler, A.E., Annihilation and the Books of the Southern Reach Trilogy; American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal, 2018, Dec; 13(12): 8. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2018.131205
Winkler, A.E., Treating Physicians for Addiction; American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal, 2017, Apr; 12(4): 6–7. http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2017.120403
Winkler, A.E., Taylor, J.M., Dang, T., Bertoni, A.G., The Effect of Ornamental Plants on Opiate Intake after Cardiothoracic Surgery; Wake Forest Journal of Science & Medicine. 2017; 3(1): 67-73. (project details below)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Still have questions? Contact our Team via info@aaronwinklermd.com

“High-functioning” refers to people who weren’t diagnosed as children because they were “too smart,” “too gifted at sports,” or “too well-behaved” for the adults around them to think they might have ADHD. Dr. Winkler usually sees patients who are successful professionals, medical students, medical residents, PhD candidates, and the like. But he also sees college students and people in between careers. If you are wondering if you count as “high-functioning,” assume that you do!

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No.

Click “Request Appointment” and fill out the intake form. This should take about 15 minutes. Dr. Winkler will review your responses and contact you about next steps in 48-72 hours. Some patients who may be well served by the clinic are immediately ready to be seen for diagnosis and treatment. For some who might benefit, it is very important to be stable in ongoing therapy prior to starting the process of ADHD diagnosis and treatment.

Though sometimes there is adjustment to fit the needs of an individual, the process and timeline are most commonly: Two 1.5 hour appointments 1-2 weeks apart to establish diagnosis and plan treatment. If starting a medication, then a number of 30 minute appointments accordion over the next few months: about 2 weeks after starting medication, then about 1.5 months later. then 2-3 months later. Sometimes more appointments are necessary for dosage adjustment to achieve readiness to transfer prescription to primary care

In rare circumstances, patients as young as 16 may be seen for diagnosis and treatment. However, in general, the best results are seen when the patient is the one most interested in driving the process. When parents or family members are the more interested in diagnosis and treatment than the patient, success is much less likely and often only comes after the something like an intervention takes place

Yes, on a case by case basis. if if you are completing intake paperwork on behalf of a loved one, please make note of that in the “reason to be seen” field at the top of the intake form.

Yes. Please explain that this is the situation and desired treatment in the “reason to be seen” field of the intake form.

No. if you are already diagnosed and stable on medication, it is best to seek your prescription from a primary care practitioner or general practice psychiatrist.

No. A superbill is provided so that you can seek reimbursement from your insurance company if you desire.

This is highly variable and depends on your insurance coverage. Some patients obtain as much as 80% reimbursement. Others may obtain as little as 30% or have reimbursement repeatedly denied despite clear documentation of the need for care and submission of claims with appropriate billing codes for such care. in general, it is best to assume your insurance company they work very hard not to reimburse, or to make it very difficult for you to obtain reimbursement. At this time, the clinic does not have the staffing to support reimbursement claims beyond providing the superbill.

The rate is equivalent to standard rates in the local area. Discounts are sometimes available for students at Stanford, UC Berkeley, USC, and UCLA.

The rate is equivalent to standard rates in the local area. Discounts are sometimes available for students at Stanford, UC Berkeley, USC, and UCLA.

These are separate services. While most adults with ADHD benefit from both medication and therapy, these are offered separately.

Yes. For patients who do not want long-term therapy, or when space is not available to take ore therapy patients, prescription must be transferred to the patient’s PCP or another provider once medication is stable. The usual time frame is 5-10 appointments over 3-9 months.

Gold-Standard diagnosis and treatment for high-functioning adults with ADHD, with the founder and former director of the Stanford Adult ADHD Clinic.

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