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Dr. Lidia Firulescu, MD, FAPA

Research, Publications & Presentations

Dr. Firulescu has participated in research addressing physician and resident burnout, workplace stress, forgiveness, anxiety, depression, cardiovascular responses to stress, and related areas of psychiatric and behavioral health.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Divergent Hypertension-Inducing Manifestations between Anxiety and Depression: A Cardio (Anxiety) Vascular (Depression) Perspective

Lidia Firulescu and coauthors

Annals of Depression and Anxiety, 2017; 4(2):1087.

Journal Article · First Author

Forgiveness: Protecting Medical Residents from the Detrimental Relationship Between Workplace Bullying and Wellness

Ross W. May, Frank D. Fincham, Marcos A. Sanchez-Gonzalez, Lidia Firulescu

Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress, 2021; 24(1):19–28. DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2020.1729733.

Peer-Reviewed Research Article

Published Abstracts

42 Training Forgiveness – A Novel Approach to Reducing Physician Burnout

Lidia Firulescu, Ross W. May, Frank D. Fincham, Emelina A. Arocha, Marcos A. Sanchez-Gonzalez

CNS Spectrums, 2019; 24(1):198–199. DOI: 10.1017/S109285291900035X.

Published Conference Abstract · First Author

147 Training Forgiveness. A Novel Approach to Reducing Physician Burnout

Lidia Firulescu, Ross W. May, Frank D. Fincham, Emelina A. Arocha, Marcos A. Sanchez-Gonzalez

CNS Spectrums, 2020; 25(2):293–294. DOI: 10.1017/S1092852920000632.

Published Conference Abstract · First Author

Conference Posters & Presentations

Interpersonal Rejection Sensitivity Predicts Work Burnout in PGY-1 Psychiatry Residents: A Preliminary Report

Lidia Firulescu, MD

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 2017, San Diego. Poster P8-003.

Conference Poster

Impact of Work Burnout on Cardiac Autonomic Responses to Stress in PGY-1 Psychiatry Residents

Lidia Firulescu, MD

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 2017, San Diego. Poster P8-004.

Conference Poster

Trait Forgiveness, an Antidote to the Cardiotoxic Influence of Physician Burnout

Emelina A. Arocha, MD; Ross W. May; Frank D. Fincham; Marcos A. Sanchez-Gonzalez; Lidia Firulescu, MD

Conference poster/presentation addressing physician burnout, forgiveness, workplace stress, and cardiovascular responses.

Conference Presentation · Co-author

Research Projects

Fostering a Better GME Experience by Reducing Physician's Burnout and Improving the Work Environment

Lidia Firulescu, MD — Principal Investigator

Larkin Community Hospital / LECOM research program, 2018.

Research Project