Peter A. Kirk, MD

Instructor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Peter A. Kirk, MD practices Emergency Medicine and is an Instructor of Medical Sciences & Education at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He completed a residency at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He currently practices at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and is affiliated with Roger Williams Medical Center.

Publications

  • Published 1/21/2026

    Kirk PA, Qamar P, Lentz J, Zugman A, Abend R, Kircanski K, Pine DS. Linking subjective experience of anxiety to brain function using natural language processing. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2026 Jan 21; 21(1). PMID: 41002215.

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  • Published 11/13/2025

    Lukow PB, Lowther M, Pike AC, Yamamori Y, Chavanne AV, Gormley S, Aylward J, Vera CE, McCloud T, Goble T, Rodriguez-Sanchez J, Tuominen EW, Buehler SK, Kirk P, Robinson OJ. Brain activation and connectivity after 2-3 weeks of escitalopram administration in anxiety disorders: A randomised trial. J Affect Disord. 2026 Feb 01; 394(Pt B):120682. PMID: 41241072.

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  • Published 3/1/2025

    Kirk PA, Qamar P, Zugman A, Abend R, Frank S, Ringlein GV, Jett L, DeLap GAL, Harrewijn A, Pine DS, Kircanski K. The Relations Among Anxiety, Movie-Watching, and in-Scanner Motion. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Mar; 46(4):e70163. PMID: 40042099.

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  • Published 1/8/2025

    Kirk PA, Pine DS, Kircanski K. Extending insights from LeDoux: using movies to study subjective, clinically meaningful experiences in neuroscience. Cereb Cortex. 2025 Jan 08; 35(1):58-64. PMID: 39422490.

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  • Published 8/24/2024

    Buehler SK, Lowther M, Lukow PB, Kirk PA, Pike AC, Yamamori Y, Chavanne AV, Gormley S, Goble T, Tuominen EW, Aylward J, McCloud T, Rodriguez-Sanchez J, Robinson OJ. Independent replications reveal anterior and posterior cingulate cortex activation underlying state anxiety-attenuated face encoding. Commun Psychol. 2024; 2:80. PMID: 39184223.

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Education

  • St. George’s University, MD
  • University of Colorado Boulder, BS