Michael Thase

Prof. Michael Thase is Professor of Psychiatry and Chief, Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment & Research Program at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, including both depression & bipolar affective disorder. Prof. Thase is a Distinguished Lifetime Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, the Immediate Past President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, and a member of various advisory boards for the National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, the Anxiety and Depressive Disorders Association and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Prof. Thase has been elected to the membership of the American College of Psychiatrists and he is a Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He has authored or co-authored more than 900 scientific articles and book chapters, as well as 18 books, and has received numerous honors in his field.