Steven D. Targum

Steven Targum has spent his professional career involved in academics, drug development research, and clinical practice. He is a psychiatrist-psychopharmacologist who has been founder and/or chief medical officer at several small biotech or pharmaceutical companies.

Steve moved to Boston in 2005 with his wife, Carol, in order to live closer to their children. He has been delighted to have three grandchildren come along the way. He has served on the boards of several Jewish charitable organizations including the Institute of Jewish Spirituality in New York and has been committed to his own, evolving Jewish education. He is a proud graduate of the Me’ah program and has continued to take Me’ah Select classes.

Steve received his B.A. in biology from Colgate University and an M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He has been Professor of Psychiatry and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Mental Health Sciences at Hahnemann University School of Medicine (Philadelphia) and a consultant in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital.