An Update on
Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder
By Dr. S. Evelyn Stewart, M.D.
This talk will describe the clinical presentation
and recommended management of pediatric
OCD. It will also summarize current
understanding of etiology, long-term course and
family impacts of the disorder.
Friday, June 17th at Noon – 1pm
In Room 312 of Lorton Hall at The University of Tulsa
Dr. Evelyn Stewart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia.
She is a translational clinical & genetic researcher, as well as a child & adult psychiatrist. Her research mainly
focuses on genomic, phenotypic, and treatment aspects of childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders,
specifically obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dr. Stewart completed medical school at Dalhousie
University in Nova Scotia and a psychiatry residency specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry at the
University of Ottawa. She subsequently completed a Harvard University research fellowship focusing on
genetic and clinical aspects of OCD at McLean and Massachusetts General Hospitals. She was the founding
Research Director of the OCD Institute, McLean Hospital.
Dr. Stewart has authored over 50 original papers, reviews, abstracts and chapters on genetic, clinical, and
treatment aspects of OCD, Tourette's Disorder, and related illnesses. Her clinical, teaching, and research efforts
focus on the interplay and translation between genetic, developmental, clinical, and familial aspects of OCD and
related neuropsychiatric conditions throughout the lifespan. She sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of the
International OCD Foundation, chairs their Pediatric OCD committee and is an active member of the
International OCD Foundation Genetics Collaborative, having recently completed the first genome-wide
association study of OCD.