Fernando Goes

Fernando S. Goes, MD

Dr. Fernando Goes is the Director of the Stanley and Elizabeth Star Precision Medicine Center of Excellence in Mood Disorders at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. His goal in leading the center is to understand better the causes, course, and treatment of severe mood disorders to facilitate the development of better treatments and implement improvements in patient care. Dr. Goes is also the Director of the Mood Disorders Clinic, the Director of the  Bipolar Disorders Clinic, and an Associate Professor in the Psychiatry Department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he also received his Doctor of Medicine degree. He completed both his residency and fellowship in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Goes is board-certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Goes is a psychiatrist with post-doctoral training in mood disorders and psychiatric genetics. Most of his research focus has been on the genetics of bipolar disorder. He has participated in a number of clinically based genetic studies, where he was involved in patient recruitment, phenotype assessment, and data analysis. Dr. Goes is a psychiatrist who focuses on the study and treatment of severe mood disorders. 

Dr. Goes received the Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research of Schizophrenia and Depression. He also received the K00/R00 Transition to Independence Award from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Samuel Gershon Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Bipolar Disorders. He has been on many advisory committees, review groups/study sections, and journal peer-review activities. Dr. Goes is a member of the American Psychiatry Association, the Internal Society of Psychiatric Genetics, the American Psychopathological Association, and the World Psychiatric Association. 

Dr. Goes discloses he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients relative to the content of this presentation.