Michael E. Thase

Michael E. Thase, M.D., joined the faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in January, 2007 as 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 has been elected to the membership of the American College of Psychiatrists and he is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and he is President of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology. Dr. Thase has authored or co-authored nearly 800 scientific articles and book chapters, as well as 17 books.