Physicians and Faculty

T. Byram Karasu, M.D., is the Silverman Professor of Psychiatry and University Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of Montefiore Medical Center. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the seminal Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders and The Art of Serenity, a New York Times bestseller. Dr. Karasu serves as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Psychotherapy, and is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He is also a Sigmund Freud Laureate, and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the APA's Presidential Commendation.

Dr. Karasu completed his psychiatric residency at Yale University. From 1979-1982, he chaired the APA's Commission on Psychiatric Therapies, which produced a critical review of psychosocial and somatic therapies. In 1981, Dr. Karasu was appointed chairman of another national task force comprised of over 400 scholars, researchers, and clinicians with the goal of producing a seminal document describing the treatment of each psychiatric disorder. This four-volume report, "Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders," published in May 1989, has been praised as being: "...twenty-five years ahead of its time," by Atlantic Monthly and "the best psychiatric book ever," by Contemporary Psychiatry. 

In addition, from 1991-1993, Dr. Karasu chaired the APA's Work Group on Major Depressive Disorders, and in April 1993, its findings were published in Practice Guideline for Major Depressive Disorder in Adults.  A revised edition of this work was published in April 2000. His book Wisdom in the Practice of Psychotherapy received outstanding reviews by leaders in the field.

In addition to being a prolific writer, Dr. Karasu is an esteemed scholar, renowned clinician, teacher, and lecturer, and the recipient of numerous awards.