Michael R. Liebowitz, MD, is the former director of the ADC. Having conducted many clinical trials at the forefront of SAD treatment, he is now an active collaborator and consultant to the SAD program. He developed the scale that is most widely used for assessing severity of social anxiety disorder, the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale."
Dr. Liebowitz was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College and earned a doctor of medicine degree from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed an internship and medical residency at Harlem Hospital in New York and psychiatric residencies at Medical Center Hospital of Vermont and New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Dr. Liebowitz holds memberships in the American Psychopathological Association, the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, the Anxiety Disorder Association of America Scientific Advisory Board, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the Psychiatric Research Society and the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Liebowitz is also Managing Director of The Medical Research Network LLC, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Anxiety Disorders and Anxiety. Dr. Liebowitz has published numerous journal articles, books, and chapters on topics in psychiatry.
Research Interest
Social Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Childhood Anxiety
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