Susan McElroy

Susan Lynn McElroy is Chief Research Officer at Lindner Center of HOPE.

Education and early career
McElroy did her B.A. at Colgate University, Hamilton, and her M.D. at Cornell University Medical College, both in New York. This was followed by an internship in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and a residency in psychiatry at McLean Hospital, Massachusetts. She has also had fellowships at Cornell University Medical College, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital.

Research
McElroy's research interests include pharmacology, bipolar disorder, obesity, eating disorders, and impulse control disorders.

Other positions

 * Linda and Harry Fath, Professor of Psychiatry
 * University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Awards and honours

 * Best Mental Health Experts by Good Housekeeping Magazine
 * Listing in Best Doctors in America, a peer-rated directory of the top one percent of physicians
 * Top Doctors in Cincinnati by Cincinnati Magazine
 * One of America's Top Psychiatrists, by the Consumers Research Council
 * Phillip L. Isenberg Teaching Award for "dedication and excellence in the education of residents", McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School
 * Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching of residents, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
 * Co-recipient of the Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award of the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association, 1993

Journal articles

 * Hirschfeld, R., Williams, J., Spitzer, R., Calabrese, J., Flynn, L., Keck, P., Lewis, L., McElroy, S., Post, R., Rapport, D., Russell, J., Sachs, G., & Zajecka, J. (2000). Development and validation of a screening instrument for bipolar spectrum disorder: the Mood Disorder Questionnaire. The American journal of psychiatry, 157 11, 1873–5
 * McElroy, S., Keck, P., Pope, H., Smith, J., & Strakowski, S. (1994). Compulsive buying: a report of 20 cases. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 55 6, 242–8
 * McElroy, S., Altshuler, L., Suppes, T., Keck, P., Frye, M., Denicoff, K., Nolen, W., Kupka, R., Leverich, G., Rochussen, J., Rush, A., & Post, R. (2001). Axis I psychiatric comorbidity and its relationship to historical illness variables in 288 patients with bipolar disorder. The American journal of psychiatry, 158 3, 420–6
 * McElroy, S., Arnold, L., Shapira, N., Keck, P., Rosenthal, N., Karim, M., Kamin, M., & Hudson, J. (2003). Topiramate in the treatment of binge eating disorder associated with obesity: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. The American journal of psychiatry, 160 2, 255–61

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