Thomas W. Uhde, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

We are pleased to announce that Thomas W. Uhde, M.D., has been appointed as Chairman of the MUSC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Uhde was the Director of the Penn State Hershey Neuroscience Research Institute and Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Penn State in Hershey, PA.  He was born in Louisville, KY, obtained an undergraduate education in psychology at Duke University and his medical degree from the University of Louisville. Dr. Uhde completed a psychiatry residency at Yale University and was a Fellow at the NIMH.

Dr. Uhde has made substantial and significant research contributions in the field of anxiety and is one of the Institute of Scientific Information's most highly cited researchers in psychiatry. He has won numerous awards, international recognition for his professional accomplishments, and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Anxiety and Depression".

Dr. Uhde assumed his duties as Department Chairman on November 15, 2007. Please join us in welcoming him to MUSC.