About Us: Professionalism and Leadership
To strengthen our sense of purpose, our effectiveness, and our cohesiveness as one academic community, we have an established leadership team, including the Department Chairman, Vice Chair, Associate Chairs, Division Chiefs, and Administrative Staff. Beyond these roles, we have several standing committees that are important in fulfilling critical functions of the Department.
Together, this executive and administrative infrastructure supports department-wide efforts to strengthen the leadership skills and aspirations of our early career faculty and staff, and to cultivate a culture that is supportive of professional growth and opportunities.
Please explore the areas to the left under About Us for more information on faculty in the department, special initiatives, featured works (journals and books), and faculty openings.
Chair
Laura Roberts, M.D. , M.A.
Dr. Roberts serves as Chairman and Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Vice Chair
Allan L. Reiss, M.D.
Dr. Reiss is the Howard C. Robbins Professor, Vice Chair and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Associate Chair
Bruce Arnow, Ph.D.
Dr. Arnow is Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also serves as Chief Psychologist, Director of the Behavioral Medicine Clinic and Co-Director of Clinical Training for the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium.
Associate Chair
Victor Carrion, M.D.
Dr. Carrion is Associate Chairman and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Stanford Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program.
Associate Chair
Cheryl Gore-Felton, Ph.D.
Dr. Gore-Felton, Ph.D., is Associate Chair of Faculty Development and Academic Affairs and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Associate Chair
Chris Hayward, M.D., MPH
Dr. Hayward is Residency Training Director, Associate Chair, and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He also serves as co-chief of the Division of General Psychiatry and Psychology.
Associate Chair
James Lock, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Lock is Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also serves as Psychiatric Director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Care Unit at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Director of the Eating Disorder Program in the Division of Child Psychiatry.
Associate Chair
Alan Louie, M.D.
Dr. Louie is Professor, Associate Chair, and Director of Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. As the Director of Education for the Department, he oversees a continuum of psychiatric education involving students and trainees across college, medical school, residency, and clinical and postdoctoral fellowships levels.
Associate Chair
Robert C. Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Malenka is Associate Chair and Pritzker Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Nancy Pritzker Laboratory and co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences.
Associate Chair
David Spiegel, M.D.
Dr. Spiegel is Associate Chair and the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Associate Chair
Jerome Yesavage, M.D.
Dr. Yesavage is Associate Chair and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and By Courtesy Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Divisions in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Child Development
- Division of General Psychiatry & Psychology
- Division of Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences
- Division of Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
- Division of Sleep Medicine