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Vaughn McCall

Case Distinguished Univ Chair of Psy & Hlth Behav

Vaughn McCall

Case Distinguished Univ Chair of Psy & Hlth Behav

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior

College of Nursing
Department of Nursing Science

Administration
Department of The ƹ϶Ƶ School

Other Duties

Executive Vice Dean, Medical College of Georgia

Bio

Dr. McCall is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at ƹ϶Ƶ since 2012 and previously served as chair of the department and as Executive Vice Dean of MCG.

  • WMCCALL@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-6719
  • (706) 721-1793
  • EG 3024

Education

  • MS, Epidemiology Wake Forest University, 1999

  • MD, Medicine Duke University, 1984

Certifications

  • Certificate in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation The International Society for Neurostimulation (formerly the Association for Convulsive Therapy), 2009

  • Georgia Composite Medical Board # 67733 2012

  • North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners #29335 North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, 1985

Awards & Honors

  • Ally Award. Medical College of Georgia’s Group on Women in Medicine and Science, 2023

  • Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association 2020

  • Listed in 2019-20 “Best Doctors in America”® Psychiatry 2020

  • Listed in Top Doctors® for Psychiatry 2020

  • 2017-18 Fellow of the AMA’s Council of Deans 2018

Teaching Interests

sleep disorders, depression, suicide

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Effect of augmentation with aripiprazole or augmentation with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation versus switching to the antidepressant venlafaxine extended release/duloxetine on cognition, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia as a suicide prevention strategy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025
    Other
  • Individual on Death Row Receiving Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Catatonia, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Intersections of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Medical ontology learning framework to investigate daytime impairment in insomnia disorder and treatment effects, 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

sleep disorders, depression, suicide

Professional Service

  • Community Faculty Consortium, part of Group on Faculty Affairs of Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). 2017 - Present

    Role: Member
  • Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association Board of Trustees 2012 - Present

    Role: Member
  • SLEEP 2012 - Present

    Role: Editorial Review Board Member
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine 2009 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Association for Convulsive Therapy 2008 - Present

    Role: Other