MARK VAKKUR, M.D., P.C.

I am a board-certified psychiatrist practicing in Atlanta, Georgia. I offer a wide array of treatment services, from medication management to psychotherapy. I am most interested in working with adolescents and young adults, particularly students and veterans, although I treat and evaluate a wide array of age groups and disorders.

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email: mvakkur@gmail.com

 

 

 

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EDUCATION

• I completed my psychiatry residency training at the Duke University Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, completing the program in 1996. Areas of particular interest were mood disorders, veterans mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and dependence, and student issues. I worked for 1 year at the Duke Counseling and Psychological Services, providing psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and psychotherapy to college and graduate students.
• I obtained my medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine, in Durham, North Carolina, in 1992. While there, I received extensive training in psychiatry and medicine, and also did research on alcohol dependence. I studied for a year at the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.                                
• I went to college at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where I graduated in 1986.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

 

1999	Medical License, Georgia
1996	Board-Certified, Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
1996	Medical License, North Carolina
1992	National Board Certification

 

TEACHING AWARDS

May, 2000       Distinguished Faculty Award, awarded by the students of the Class of 2000, Emory University School of Medicine.

May, 1999       Association for Academic Psychiatry Junior Faculty Award. Awarded for excellence in teaching.

May, 1999       Best Psychiatry Attending, awarded by the students of the Class of 1999, Emory University School of Medicine.

Spring, 1999    Outstanding Lecturer of Human Behavior, awarded by the students of the Class of 2001, Emory University School of Medicine.

June, 1998       Emory Educator of the Year, awarded by the psychiatry residents graduating in 1998, Emory University Medical Center.

Fall, 1996         Outstanding Lecturer of Human Behavior, awarded by the students of the Class of 1999, Emory University School of Medicine.             

 

NOVELS:

Rites of Passage (A Novel) by Mark Vakkur. HarperCollins: New York, NY, 1994.

A Matter of Trust (A Novel) by Mark Vakkur. Harper & Row: New York, NY, 1990.

PSYCHIATRIC PUBLICATIONS:

Research Articles:      

Vakkur, Mark, M.D. Stein, Roy, M.D. "Intervention For the Impaired Driver: Current Policies and Practices." North Carolina Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, 1995.

Vakkur, Mark, M.D. Broadhead, W.E., M.D., Ph.D. Andolsek, M.D., M.P.H., Magruder, Kathryn, Ph.D. "Impact of a Substance Abuse Curriculum on Primary Care Physicians' Attitudes." Academic Medicine, 414: 1992.

Books:

Personality Disorders and Culture : Clinical and Conceptual Interactions
by Renato D. Alarcon, Edward F. Foulks, Mark Vakkur. June 1998, John Wiley & Sons.   My unique contribution to this book was Chapter 4, Personalities and Personality Disorders in World Politics, pp. 60-68.

Computer Tutorials:

Human Behavior Computer Tutorial: Web-based tutorial for Emory medical students.

Microbiology Computer Tutorial: Virology, Parasitology, and Mycology. Central Teaching Laboratory, 1988. Over 500 interactive questions, with detailed explanations, instructional screens, and references. Used extensively by Duke medical students.

 

FINANCIAL PUBLICATIONS:

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"S&P 500 Summary Statistics, January, 1945 - May, 2007: What Works, What Doesn't Over 60 Years of Stock Market History " Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, January, 2008. An article on the relationship between interest rates, seasonality, prior price movement, valuation and subsequent 12-month S&P 500 returns.

"Get Your Trading in Gear" Active Trader, February, 2002. An article on the psychology of trading, the importance of doing your homework, the discipline to stick to a long-term plan despite short-term setbacks, and some strategies to overcome trading inertia.

"Stochastics of Earnings Yield" Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, December, 2001. Statistical and regression analysis of the 36-month stochastic of the difference between the earnings yield on the S&P 500 and the yield of the 10 year Treasury note versus the next 12-month change in the S&P 500: an indicator useful at extremes.

"The Channel Breakout System." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, April, 1999. This is one of the simplest and oldest trading techniques, where trades are initiated based on price exceeding a given historical level. Here's how the channel breakout system works using the Value Line index, IBM, and the Fidelity Southeast Asia Fund.

"Using Normal Distribution For Writing Options." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, December 1998. How can you go about selecting the best strike price for writing an option?

"Basic Options Techniques." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, August 1998.

"On System Development, Part II." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, July 1998.

"On System Development, Part I." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, June 1998.

"The Basics of Managing Money." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, September 1997.

"The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence Indicator." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, April 1997.

"New Tricks With the Dogs of the Dow" Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, December 1997.

"The 10% Swing Filter." Feature Article, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, February 1997.

"Seasonality and the Presidential Election Year Cycle." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, October 1996.

"Treasury Bond Yields and the S&P 500." Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, June 1996.

"Seasonality and the S&P 500." Feature Article, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, June 1996.

"Get Out of Debt Then Get Rich Slowly With the One Quarter Rule." National Research Bureau, June 1995.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS:

Vakkur, Mark. "Anthology of Short Stories Gives Modern Medicine the Treatment" (Book Review). South Bend Tribune: South Bend, IN, January 20, 1991. Review of Vital Lines, edited by Jon Mukand.

Vakkur, Mark. "Story of Polish Exile Sheds Dubious Light Upon Glasnost." The Chronicle, Duke University: Durham, NC, September 1, 1987. Interview with former Solidarity leader.