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Michael E. Thase, MD

Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Treatment and Research Program
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Michael E. Thase, MD, joined the faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 as a professor of psychiatry after more than 27 years at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Dr Thase’s research focuses on the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, including studies of the differential therapeutics of both depression and bipolar affective disorder.

A 1979 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Dr Thase is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a member of the board of directors of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, and vice chairman of the scientific advisory board of the National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. Dr Thase has been elected to the membership of the American College of Psychiatrists and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He  has authored or co-authored more than 500 scientific articles and book chapters, as well as 15 books.