David V. Sheehan MD, MBA

David V. Sheehan M.D., M.B.A. is recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers in anxiety disorders. He has written over 500 abstracts and 300 publications including a bestseller The Anxiety Disease. He has authored/edited/served on the editorial board of 10 books/monographs. Cumulatively, his publications have been cited over 30,200 times. He was awarded 2 patents by the United States Patents Office. David V. Sheehan is currently a Distinguished University Health Professor Emeritus at the Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida.

Dr. Sheehan is the author of several widely used rating scales, including the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), the Sheehan Irritability Scale (SIS) and the Sheehan Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS). He is also the author of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) - a short, structured diagnostic interview for psychiatric disorders that has been used in research and clinical practice in 100 countries. The MINI and the SDS have been translated into over 80 languages or language dialects. Additional information on his scales is available at www.davidvsheehan.com

Dr. Sheehan has served on the editorial boards of many journals. He has been a consultant to the World Health Organization, the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry and the International Academy for Biomedical and Drug Research, the U.S. Congress, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH). He has also served on the national and international advisory boards of numerous pharmaceutical companies and of nonprofit foundations.

Dr. Sheehan has been invited to give lectures in 68 countries on anxiety and mood disorders, suicidality, psychopharmacology and biological psychiatry. He was elected as a member of the American College of Psychiatrists and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and is a Charter Member of the National Academy of Inventors.