Dr. Owley is originally from Chicago , and graduated from the University of Illinois Medical School. He subsequently did a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The University of Chicago, and was Chief Fellow in his final year. Dr. Owley is creator and head of the department's Neurodevelopmental Psychopharmacology Clinic. This clinic specializes in the pharmacological treatment of children with autistic spectrum disorders. Dr. Owley reviews for a number of neuropsychiatric journals. He was awarded the Robinson-Cunningham Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2000 for his work on the pharmacology of autism. He also has won awards from the National Institutes of Health and the Illinois Psychiatric Society for theoretical work on frontal lobe functioning.

Representative Publications

Owley T, McMahon, W., Cook, Jr., E.H., Laulhere, T., South, M., Mays, L.Z., Shernoff, E.S., Lainhart, J., Modahl, C.B., Corsello, C., Ozonoff, S., Risi, S., Lord, C., Leventhal, B.L., Filipek, P.A. A Multi-Site, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study of Porcine Secretin in the Treatment of Autistic Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 40:11, 1293-1299 (2001).

Owley, T., Owley, S., Leventhal, B., Cook, EH., Case Series: Adderall Augmentation of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Childhood-Onset Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 12:2, 165-71 (2002).

Owley, T., The Pharmacological Treatment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders. CNS Spectrums 7:9, 663-669 (2002).

Owley T, Leventhal B, Cook E. Childhood disorders: The Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: Psychiatry, 2 nd edition. Ed: Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman J. ppg. 757-774. Wiley and Sons, West Sussex , England ; (2003).

Hollander E, Phillips A, King B, Aman M, Law P, Owley T, Robinson R. Impact of recent findings on study design of future autism clinical trials. CNS Spectrums 9(1), 49-56 (2004).

Owley, T. Emergency Room Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine 5: 187-192 (2004).

Owley T, Walton L, Salt J, Guter S, Winnega M, Leventhal BL, Cook EH. An Open Label Trial of Escitalopram in Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ; April 44(4), 343 -348, 2005.

Owley T, Leventhal BL, Cook EH Jr. EPS or Stereotypies? Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology ; April, 15(2), 150 -151, 2005.

Owely T, Leventhal BL, Cook EH Jr. The Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: Clinical Child Psychiatry, 2 nd Edition, Ed. W.M. Klykylo, J. Kay, D. Rube; Chapter 21, ppg. 371-389, 2006.

Owley T, Salt J, Guter S, Grieve A, Walton L, Ayuyao N, Leventhal BL, Cook EH Jr. A Prospective, Open-Label Trial of Memantine in the Treatment of Cognitive, Behavioral, and Memory Dysfunction in Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology (in press).