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Zev Nakamura, MD, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member, and a psychiatrist and clinical researcher with advanced training in psycho-oncology and a career focus to improve cognitive outcomes in patients with cancer.

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Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program

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I am a psychiatrist and clinical researcher with advanced training in psycho-oncology and a career focus to improve neuropsychiatric outcomes in patients with cancer. I have led several clinical trials involving medication and behavioral interventions for delirium, cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI), depression and anxiety symptoms, and other quality of life outcomes in cancer patients.

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