Harold H. Harsch, MD

Professor

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Locations

Froedtert Hospital
Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
North Hills Health Center - Specialty Clinics
Behavioral Health - Tosa Health Center

Specialties

Geriatric Psychiatry
Psychiatry

Languages

English, German

Behavioral Health Center-Tosa Health Center

(414) 955-8900

North Hills Health Center

(262) 253-5400

Education

MD - Doctor of Medicine

Biography

Harold H. Harsch, MD, is currently a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Dr. Harsch attended medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin, completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Texas at Galveston and completed his psychiatric training and behavioral medicine fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center in California. Dr. Harsch has been board certified in adult psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.

Dr Harsch has been involved in over 100 clinical trials of new drug development. He has been a consultant to most major pharmaceutical companies. He has been involved with brain stimulation procedures for treatment resistant depression.

He currently teaches Advanced Psychopharmacology to psychiatric residents at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Currently he supervises residents and fellows at the Froedtert/MCW Geropsychiatry clinic, the MCW resident psychiatry clinic and the Froedtert Consultation-Liaison Program.

The role of electrode location and stimulation polarity in patient response to cortical stimulation for major depressive disorder.

(Pathak Y, Kopell BH, Szabo A, Rainey C, Harsch H, Butson CR.) Brain Stimul. 2013 May;6(3):254-60 PMID: 22819247 PMCID: PMC4520296 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84877775842 07/24/2012
In reply

(Kopell BH, Halverson J, Butson CR, Dickinson M, Bobholz J, Harsch H, Rainey C, Kondziolka D, Howland R, Eskandar E, Evans KC, Dougherty DD.) Neurosurgery. January 2012;70(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84856089311 01/01/2012
Epidural cortical stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for refractory major depressive disorder.

(Kopell BH, Halverson J, Butson CR, Dickinson M, Bobholz J, Harsch H, Rainey C, Kondziolka D, Howland R, Eskandar E, Evans KC, Dougherty DD.) Neurosurgery. 2011 Nov;69(5):1015-29; discussion 1029 PMID: 21709597 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80053648956 06/29/2011
Objective Structured Video Examinations (OSVEs) for geriatrics education.

(Simpson D, Helm R, Drewniak T, Ziebert MM, Brown D, Mitchell J, Havas N, Denson K, Gehl S, Kerwin D, Bragg DS, Denson S, Gleason Heffron M, Harsch HH, Duthie EH.) Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2006;26(4):7-24 PMID: 16537305 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33745595887 03/16/2006
Hepatitis C virus infection in cocaine users--a silent epidemic.

(Harsch HH, Pankiewicz J, Bloom AS, Rainey C, Cho JK, Sperry L, Stein EA.) Community Ment Health J. 2000 Jun;36(3):225-33 PMID: 10933240 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034045750 08/10/2000
Gastric outlet obstruction as a late complication of formaldehyde ingestion: a case report.

(Hawley CK, Harsch HH.) Am J Gastroenterol. 1999 Aug;94(8):2289-91 PMID: 10445565 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033179766 08/13/1999
Determination of drug-induced changes in functional MRI signal using a pharmacokinetic model.

(Bloom AS, Hoffmann RG, Fuller SA, Pankiewicz J, Harsch HH, Stein EA.) Hum Brain Mapp. 1999;8(4):235-44 PMID: 10619417 PMCID: PMC6873301 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032757698 01/05/2000
Extraneous frontal activation during cognitive task performance in schizophrenia

(Risinger R, Rainey C, Kelley D, Garavan H, Harsch H, Stein E.) NeuroImage. 1999;9(6 PART II) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-21544473840 12/01/1999
Abnormal cerebral activation associated with a motor task in Tourette syndrome.

(Biswal B, Ulmer JL, Krippendorf RL, Harsch HH, Daniels DL, Hyde JS, Haughton VM.) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1998 Sep;19(8):1509-12 PMID: 9763386 PMCID: PMC8338689 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032231694 10/08/1998
Nicotine-induced limbic cortical activation in the human brain: a functional MRI study.

(Stein EA, Pankiewicz J, Harsch HH, Cho JK, Fuller SA, Hoffmann RG, Hawkins M, Rao SM, Bandettini PA, Bloom AS.) Am J Psychiatry. 1998 Aug;155(8):1009-15 PMID: 9699686 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0031872333 08/12/1998
Brain activation by cognitive tasks: Modification by smoking cessation

(Stein EA, Bloom AS, Wright J, Pankiewicz J, Rao SM, Cho J, Harsch HH, Fuller SA, Wang Y, Watz LS.) NeuroImage. 1997;5(4 PART II) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-21544436312 12/01/1997
Quality assurance in a setting designed to care for patients with combined medical and psychiatric disease.

(Kathol RG, Harsch HH, Hall RC, Shakespeare A, Cowart T.) Psychosomatics. 1992;33(4):387-96 PMID: 1461964 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0026801294 01/01/1992