James McGough, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Clinical Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA / Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior · University of California, Los Angeles
James McGough is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA / Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at University of California, Los Angeles. OpenAlex indexes 197 publications with 20,854 citations (h-index 76); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 7 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Psychiatry profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
James McGough, MD, is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA / Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at University of California, Los Angeles (David Geffen School of Medicine / Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior). The public record shows 197 publications with 20,854 citations (h-index 76), centered on Psychiatry. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 3 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (2000–2025).
- Top research focus: Psychiatry
- 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 3 companies
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Indications focus
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trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
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Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingPublic positions
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Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Sign in to view contact details →Clinical trials
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Efficacy of Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for ADHD
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
- Four-week Open-trial Extension TNS for ADHD
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.Program year20241 payment
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Program year20241 payment
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Program year20231 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Nervous system
100%Central Nervous System Stimulant100%Dextroamphetamine-Amphet Er100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 2000–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Efficacy of External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of ADHD
University of California Los Angeles
FY2025$630,837R01MH126041 - Efficacy of External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of ADHD
University of California Los Angeles
FY2024$749,745R01MH126041 - Efficacy of External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of ADHD
University of California Los Angeles
FY2023$753,625R01MH126041
Publications
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- Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled, Pilot Study of Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2019 - A Genetic Investigation of Sex Bias in the Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Biological Psychiatry
2017
Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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doximity.com/pub/james-mcgough-md
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/James-J-McGough-39628734
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soundcloud.com/user-344313169/episode-226-adhd-with-dr-james-mcgough
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youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →uclahealth.org ↗
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- MS in Clinical Research
UCLA (earned during Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship)
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Co-Director
ADHD Clinic, Program for ADHD and Related Conditions (PARC), Semel Institute at UCLA
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Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology and ADHD (required training for child psychiatry residents)
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UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- Elaine Schlosser Lewis Memorial Award for Research on Attention Deficit Disorders
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (presented Oct 17, 2019, 66th AACAP Annual Meeting, Chicago; $5,000 …
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Secondary affiliations
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- UCLA Psychiatry Office of JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion)
listed faculty affiliate
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Media & interviews
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