Comprehensive
Mental Health
Care Center


Susan L.McElroy, M.D.

Degree(s):

  • 1979 B.A. Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
  • 1983 M.D. Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York


Internship and Residencies:
  • 1983-1984 Internship in Internal Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
  • 1984-1987 Resident in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts


Research Fellowships:
  • 1980 Co-Investigator, Neuropeptides in Secondary Sensory Pathways, Cornell University Medical College
  • 1986-1987 Ethel Dupont-Warren Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts
  • 1985-1987 Research Fellow in Psychiatry, Laboratories for Psychiatric Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts


Licensure and Certification:
  • 1985-1992 Massachusetts License Registration
  • 1989 Diplomat of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology #61463
  • 1990 Ohio License Registration
Susan L. McElroy, M.D.
Lindner Center of HOPE, Chief Research Officer

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,  Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Director of the Psychopharmacology Research Program


A nationally recognized researcher and educator, Dr. McElroy was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School prior to her time in Cincinnati.

Dr. McElroy has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including being recognized among the Best Mental Health Experts by Good Housekeeping Magazine, Top Doctors in America, and Top Doctors in Cincinnati by Cincinnati Magazine. Additionally, she was a recipient of the Phillip L. Isenberg Teaching Award for dedication and excellence in the education of residents, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School; the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching of residents, University Hospital, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; and a co-recipient of the Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award of the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association.

She is active locally and nationally in the mental health field, and serves on numerous scientific advisory boards, including boards for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Cincinnati and Ohio chapters. Additionally, she has served as reviewer or editorial board member of a number of professional journals, including Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), American Journal of Psychiatry, Depression, Bipolar Disorders, Journal of Affective Disorders, and Bipolar Disorders.

She has published more than 500 academic articles, books, book chapters, abstracts and professional letters in the fields of psychiatry and clinical neurology.


Major Research Interests:

  • Phenomenology, Biology, and treatment of bipolar disorder.
  • Phenomenology, epidemiology, and treatment of kleptomania, intermittent explosive disorder, pathological gambling, and other impulse control disorders.
  • Phenomenology and treatment of body dysmorphic disorder.
  • Phenomenology, epidemiology, and treatment of eating disorders.
  • Phenomenology, family history, and treatment of obesity.
  • Relationship among eating disorders, major mood disorders, and obesity.


Areas of Specialty

  • Psychopharmacology
  • Eating Disorders (Bulimia Nervosa, binge eating disorders, obesity)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Research


Publications:
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