JeffreyPStaabMD

Summary

• Jeffrey P. Staab, MD, MS is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Consultant in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He and his colleagues in the Behavioral Medicine Program evaluate and treat more than 2000 patients with psychosomatic problems, functional neurologic, neuro-otologic, and GI disorders, and cancer distress each year. His research centers on problems at the interface of otology, neurology, and psychiatry. He is best known for investigations of chronic dizziness. Dr. Staab received a BS in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, MS in bioengineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, and MD from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed an internship in internal medicine and residency in psychiatry at the National Naval Medical Center (now Walter Reed National Military Medical Center) in Bethesda, MD, followed by a fellowship in traumatic stress disorders. He previously served on the faculties of the Uniformed Services University, University of Florida and University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Staab is author or co-author of over 120 scientific articles, reviews and abstracts. He serves on the editorial boards of six scientific journals in the fields of otorhinolaryngology and psychosomatic medicine and holds leadership positions in the Barany Society, Functional Neurological Disorder Society, and Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.