Kathy Bottum, MD, PhD  

Kathy Bottum, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Medicine Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Office Location: 751 N. Rutledge, Room 2300
Springfield, Illinois 62702
Appointments: 217-545-8507



Degree Year Institution Area
BA 1985 Grand Valley State University Chemistry and Russian Studies
PhD 1995 University of Illinois Biochemistry
MD 1997 University of Illinois Medicine
Residency 2002 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Medicine/Psychiatry
 
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Psychiatry
 
Academic Interests
Resistance to Excitotoxicity in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons
Time of Day Effects on Susceptibility to Ischemia
Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Major Depressive Disorder
 
Clinical Interests
Consult liaison psychiatry
Medical care of the psychiatrically ill
 
Representative Publications
  1. Tischkau S., Cohen J., Stark J., Gross D., Bottum K. 2007. Time-of-day affects expression of hippocampal markers for ischemic damage induced by global ischemia. Exp. Neurology. 208: 314-322.
  2. Bottum K, Poon E., Comiskey M., Haley B. and Tischkau S.A. 2008. Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons Display Endogenous Resistance to Excitotoxicity. Neurotox Res. In revision.
  3. Wagle R.K., Ede K., Craig J., and Bottum K. 2004. An ethical dilemma: when the family wants the withdrawal of care. J Psychiatr. Pract. 10(5): 334-6.
  4. Swartz C.M., Bottum K.M., and Salazar L.S. Jr. 2002. Suppression of catatonia-like symptoms by lorazepam in nonconvulsive status epilepticus without seizure termination. Am. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry. 10 (3): 348-350.
  5. Bottum K. and Jonas A. 1995. Cholesterol transfer from low density lipoproteins to reconstituted high density lipoproteins is determined by the properties and concentrations of both particles. Biochemistry. 34: 7264-7270.
  6. Jonas A., Bottum K., Theret N., Duchateau P., and Castro G. 1994. Transfer of cholesterol from Ob1771 cells or LDL to reconstituted, defined high density lipoproteins. J. Lipid Res. 35: 860-870.
  7. Jonas A., Bottum K., and Kezdy K. 1991. Transformations of reconstituted high density lipoprotein subclasses as a function of temperature or LDL concentration. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1085: 71-76.

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