Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH

Leslie Citrome, MD, MPH, is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY, and is also presently an adjunct professor at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL.

Dr Citrome was the founding director of the Clinical Research and Evaluation Facility at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, NY. After approximately 2 decades of government service as a researcher in the psychopharmacological treatment of severe mental disorders, he is currently engaged as a consultant in clinical trial design and interpretation. Dr Citrome remains clinically active, providing assistance to patients and their families through the Assertive Community Treatment Program operated by the Mental Health Association of Rockland County.

His main areas of interest include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. He is a frequent lecturer on the quantitative assessment of clinical trial results using the evidence-based medicine metrics of number needed to treat and number needed to harm. Dr Citrome is the author or coauthor of more than 600 research reports, reviews, and book chapters in the scientific literature; is editor in chief of Current Medical Research and Opinion, published by Taylor and Francis; serves on the editorial boards of 11 different medical journals; is Editor Emeritus for the International Journal of Clinical Practice, for which he also served as editor in chief from 2013 through 2019; serves as a reviewer for more than 75 other journals; and has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Dr Citrome is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Board of Directors and the immediate past president.