Alan Schatzberg, MD
Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1991 - 2010), Director, Stanford Mood Disorders Center (2009 - Present)
Dr. Alan F. Schatzberg, MD was the 136th president of the American Psychiatric Association (2009–2010). He also served as the President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (2006 – 2007 as well as the President of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (1999 – 2000).
Since 1991, Dr. Schatzberg has served several roles at the Stanford University School of Medicine including as the Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Present), Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (1991 – 2010), and Director of the Stanford Mood Disorders Center (2009 – Present). Prior to Stanford, Dr. Schatzberg served in the United States Air Force before joining the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the staff of McLean Hospital. At McLean Hospital, he held several important positions including Service Chief, Interim Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Co-Director of the Affective Disorders Program (with Dr. J. Cole), and Director of the Depression Research Facility. In 1988, he became Clinical Director of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Schatzberg has been an active investigator in the biology and psychopharmacology of depressive disorders. He has authored over 700 publications and abstracts, including Schatzberg’s Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, whose ninth edition appeared in 2019 and which is co-authored by Dr. Charles DeBattista. He also co-edited with Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff the Textbook of Psychopharmacology whose fifth edition appeared in 2017. He was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Psychiatric Research and sits on many other editorial boards as well, including Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Biological Psychiatry, and others. In 2003, he was elected into the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Schatzberg has also led 7+ clinical trials and has received three honorary doctorate degrees. He is one of the foremost psychiatry experts, evaluating and successfully treating thousands of patients. Dr. Schatzberg is a revered mentor to his many psychiatry residents at Stanford and serves as a cornerstone in training the country’s next best psychiatrists.
Dr. Schatzberg received his MD at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine (1968) and his MS at Harvard University (1988). He received his board certification in Psychiatry in 1975 after completing his fellowship at the Harvard Medical School (1972) and completing residencies at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center (1969-1972) and Southard Clinic (1971-1972), where he served as Chief Resident.