Michael E. Thase
United States
Michael E. Thase
United States
Expert biography
Michael E. Thase is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry of the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, where he is a member of the medical staffs of the Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Director of Penn Psychiatry’s Mood and Anxiety Section.
Professor Thase has been elected to the membership of the American College of Psychiatrists and Penn Medicine’s Academy of Master Clinicians. He has also been elected as a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He is the immediate Past President and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, and a member of advisory boards for the Anxiety and Depressive Disorders Association, the National Network of Depression Centers, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. One of the world’s most highly cited psychiatrists, Professor Thase’s 900+ scholarly papers include several citation classics.
Professor Thase’s research interests focus on novel pharmacotherapies for depressive disorders and dissemination and implementation of cost-effective forms of cognitive behaviour therapy.
EM-53628 - Date of preparation: February 2021