Geller is known in the medical community for having assembled the largest repository of OCD genetics ever compiled.[3] He is also described in the nonfiction book Saving Sammy by Beth Maloney as the physician who first started successfully treating Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections (PANDAS) using cognitive behavioral therapy.[4]
Awards
In 2013, Geller was recognized for his "innovative research in the field of obsessive compulsive disorder," as the recipient of an Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.[5]
Geller, Daniel A. (July 2001). "Fluoxetine Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 40 (7): 773–779. doi:10.1097/00004583-200107000-00011. PMID11437015.
Geller, Daniel A.; Karen Dineen Wagner; Graham Emslie; Tanya Murphy; David J. Carpenter; Erica Wetherhold; Phil Perera; Andrea Machin; Christel Gardiner (2004). "Paroxetine Treatment in Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 43 (11): 1387–1396. doi:10.1097/01.chi.0000138356.29099.f1. ISSN0890-8567. PMID15502598.