John Zajecka, MD
Enriched profileProfessor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College; Director, Woman's Board Depression Treatment and Research Center · Rush University Medical Center
John Zajecka is Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College; Director, Woman's Board Depression Treatment and Research Center at Rush University Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 132 publications with 10,327 citations (h-index 48); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 8 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Psychiatry profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 11 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
John Zajecka, M.D., is Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College at Rush University Medical Center. The public record shows 132 publications with 10,327 citations (h-index 48), centered on Treatment of Major Depression, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 8 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 42 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (2007–2013).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
- Top research focus: Treatment of Major Depression
- 8 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 42 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 1 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 81.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 8 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Treatment ResistAnt Depression Subcallosal CingulatE Network DBS (TRANSCEND)
Sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices
- The Relationship Among Changes in Brain Network Activation in Adult Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
Sponsor: Rush University Medical Center
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
42 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ABBVIE INC.Program year202517 payments
- E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Program year202521 payments
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.)Program year202510 payments
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
92.7%Benzodiazepine20.7%Clonazepam25%Alprazolam23%Diazepam18%Temazepam17%Lorazepam11%Oxazepam6%Part D<11 patientsSSRI14.7%Paroxetine Hcl46%Trazodone Hcl33%Sertraline Hcl13%Escitalopram Oxalate9%Part D<11 patients+ 12 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
4.2%Proton pump inhibitor4.2%Esomeprazole Magnesium100%Part D<11 patientsCardiovascular
3.1%Other lipid modifying agents2.1%Icosapent Ethyl100%Part D<11 patientsAntiarrhythmic0.9%Lidocaine100%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 14 Oct 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2007–2013 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- 2/2-Prevention of Relapse & Recurrence of Bipolar Depression
Rush University Medical Center
FY2013$320,760R01MH080098 - 2/2-Prevention of Relapse & Recurrence of Bipolar Depression
Rush University Medical Center
FY2012$334,125R01MH080098 - 2/2-Prevention of Relapse & Recurrence of Bipolar Depression
Rush University Medical Center
FY2011$334,125R01MH080098
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- The Use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in the Management of Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): An Expert Consensus Statement.
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)Network
Updated 14 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Scientific advisory board member
National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
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 →rushu.rush.edu ↗ - Scientific advisory board member
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
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