CURRICULUM VITAE

Academic Training:
1972
BA - Brooklyn College, Biology

1980    
MD - University of Michigan Medical School 

Traineeship:
1980-1981           
Internship in Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center, New York, NY

1981-1983
Residency in Psychiatry, SUNY—Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

1983-1984
Chief Resident in Psychiatry, SUNY—Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

1988-1992           
Candidate in Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY

Certification and Licensure:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certificate in Psychiatry (#27330), 1985

Professional Organizations and Societies:
American Medical Association, 1980
American Psychiatric Association, 1984
New York State Psychiatric Association, 1984
New York County District Branch, American Psychiatric Association, 1984
Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, 1987
American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 1989
William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society, 1992
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, 1995
New York State Medical Society, 1995
New York County Medical Society, 1995
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, 1995
The American College of Psychiatrists, 1998
New York Academy of Medicine, 2001
The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, 2003
International Academy of Sex Research, 2003
International Association of Relational Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists, 2005
Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program, 2007

Academic Appointments:
1984-1987           
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, SUNY—Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

1987-Present           
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY—Downstate, Brooklyn, NY

2006-Present   
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York, NY

2006-Present           
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Hospital Appointments:
1984-1993              
Attending Psychiatrist, Dept. of Psychiatry, State University Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

2004-Present            
Associate Attending Psychiatrist, St. Luke’s—Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY

Honors:
1993  
Lawrence W. Kaufman Award (For an original paper by a graduating candidate)
William A. White Psychoanalytic Institute, New York, NY

1994  
Election to Fellowship
American Psychiatric Association

1995-1999  
Secretary, New York County District Branch, American Psychiatric Association

1995  
Elected Member, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (Committee on Human Sexuality)

1997-2000  
Trustee, American Academy of Psychoanalysis

1997  
Award for Excellence in Communication, William Alanson White Society, New York, NY

1998  
Elected Member, The American College of Psychiatrists

2000-2001  
President, New York County District Branch, American Psychiatric Association

2000  
Seventh Annual GALA Award for outstanding contributions to the gay and lesbian psychoanalytic community
Gay and Lesbian Analysts, New York, NY.

2001  
Elected Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine

2002  
Co-Editor, Best Book on Gay, Lesbian and/or Bisexual Psychology (Sexual Conversion Therapy:  Ethical, Clinical and Research Perspectives)
Division 44  of the American Psychological Association

2003  
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

2003  
Elected Member, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

2003  
Elected Member, International Academy of Sex Research

2003  
GLPNY Service Award (for contributions to the gay and lesbian community and the organization)
Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists of New York

2004  
James Paulsen Service Award (for service to the organization)
Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists

2004  
Myer D. Mendelson, MD, Award (for outstanding contributions to psychiatry and psychoanalysis)
William A. White Institute

2005  
Candidate for President-Elect, American Psychiatric Association

2006    
Board of Directors, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

2006           
American Psychiatric Association’s Second Annual Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents as a voluntary faculty member to St. Luke’s—Roosevelt Hospital.

Departmental and University Committees:
1982-1984           
Member, Clinical Care Committee, Kings County Psychiatric Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

1983-1984           
Member, Training Committee, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

1985-1989           
Department of Psychiatry Representative, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, SUNY-Downstate

1989-1992           
Department of Psychiatry Representative, Utilization Review Committee, SUNY-Downstate

1992-1994           
Member, Curriculum Committee, Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Psychiatry Fellowship, NYU-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, NY

1994-2000           
Member, Policy and Planning Committee (Chair, 1998-2000),William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society

1995-1997           
Member, Publications Committee, William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY

2001-Present           
Elected Member, Council of Fellows, William A. White Institute (Re-elected 2006)

Teaching Experience and Responsibilities:
1984-1989           
Medical Student Preceptor, Third Year Medical Students
University Hospital of Brooklyn, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

1984-1989           
Inpatient Team Leader:  Clinical supervision of psychiatric residents, social workers, psychology interns and post-doctoral psychology fellows
University Hospital of Brooklyn

1984-1993           
Individual Dynamic Psychotherapy Supervisor; Medication Therapy Supervisor (supervision of PGY-II, III and IV residents)
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

1985-1987           
Course Taught:  “Introduction to Psychopharmacology"
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, (PGY-I residents)

1989-1992           
Course Taught:  “Psychopathology of Affective Disorders"
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center (PGY-II residents)

1990-1992           
Course Taught:  “Psychoanalytic Theory"
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center (third year medical students)

1990-1992           
Course Taught:  “Introduction to Psychotherapy"
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center (PGY-II residents)

1990-1993           
Course Taught:  “Affective Disorder Conference"
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center (PGY-III residents)

1991-1993           
Coordinator of Third Year Resident Outpatient Training
Downstate Mental Hygiene Associates, Brooklyn, NY

1992-2001           
Faculty Member, Center for Applied Psychoanalysis
William A. White Institute, New York, NY;
Courses Taught:  “Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy” [1993-1997]; “Contemporary Psychotherapy with Gay Men” [1997-2000]

1994-1996           
Course Taught:  “Psychodynamic Psychotherapy"
Mount Sinai Services at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY (PGY-III residents)

1996-1999           
Supervisor of Psychotherapy
William A. White Institute (psychoanalytic candidates)

1996-1997           
Lecturer in course on “The Treatment of Lesbians and Gay Men in Psychiatric Practice"
APA Institute on Psychiatric Services, Chicago, IL, October 1996—Washington, DC, October 1997 (continuing medical education for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals)

1997-Present           
Faculty Member, Psychoanalytic Division, William A. White Institute; Course Taught:  “The Interpersonal Approach to Schizophrenia and Related Disorders” [1997-1998] (psychoanalytic candidates—psychiatrists and clinical psychologists)

1999-Present           
Supervising Analyst
William A. White Institute (psychoanalytic candidates)

2000           
Part-Time Faculty Member, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY; Course Taught: “Clinical Case Seminar on Gender and Sexuality” (students, doctoral program in clinical psychology)

2000           
On-line Course Taught:  “Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man,” International On-Line Seminar, sponsored by The Psychoanalytic Connection (mental health professionals in seminar designed for continuing education)

2001-Present           
Training Analyst
William A. White Institute (psychoanalytic candidates)

2002-2005           
Course Taught: “Basic Psychoanalysis,” Organization Program
William A. White Institute (mental health professionals, human resources professionals and organizational consultants)

2003-Present           
Individual Psychotherapy Supervisor, Department of Psychiatry
St. Luke’s—Roosevelt Medical Center, New York, NY (PGY-III and PYG-IV residents)

2004           
On-line Course Taught:  “Homophobia,” APA Grand Rounds On-Line. (APA members engaged in continuing education)

2005-Present           
Adjunct Faculty Member, Organization Program
William A. White Institute (mental health professionals, human resources professionals and organizational consultants)

2006           
On-line Course Taught: What Causes Homosexuality? A Gay Perspective on Psychoanalytic Knowledge and Authority, sponsored by the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists (IARPP) (35 mental health professionals in seminar designed for continuing education, on-line learning, March 13-April 7. 

2006           
Course Taught:  “Bending Psychoanalysis,” NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (10 students:  psychoanalytic candidates, primarily post-doctoral psychologists and occasional psychiatrist). 

Other Professional Activities:
1986-1995           
Member, Committee on AIDS, New York County District Branch, American Psychiatric Association

1992-Present           
Editorial Board, Journal of Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy, Editor-in Chief (1997-Present)

1995-1997           
Editorial Board, Gender and Psychoanalysis

1995-2000           
Member, Committee on Ethics, New York County District Branch, American Psychiatric Association

1995-2003           
Member, Committee on Human Sexuality, (Chair, 1998-2003)
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

1996-Present           
Editorial Board, Journal of Homosexuality

1996-1998           
Associate Editor, The Bulletin (Newsletter of the New York State Psychiatric Society)

1999-2000           
Member, Committee on the Abuse of Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, American Psychiatric Association

1998-Present           
Editorial Board, Studies in Gender and Sexuality

2000-Present           
Chair, Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, American Psychiatric Association

2001-2005           
Member, Publications Committee, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

2001-Present           
Editor, Newsletter of the New York County District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association

2002-Present           
Member, Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities, American Psychiatric Association

2002-Present           
Book Series Editor, Bending Psychoanalysis, The Analytic Press

2003-Present           
Editorial Board Member, Journal of GLBT Family Studies

2004-Present           
Member, Board of Directors, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
City University of New York

2004-Present           
Member, President’s Advisory Council, New York Disaster Counseling Coalition (NYDCC)

2005-Present           
Member, Board of Trustees, Accreditation Council for Psychoanalytic Education

2006-           
Elected Member, Board of Directors, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

2006-           
Chair, Scientific Colloquia Committee, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Bibliography

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES:
1996
1. Drescher J: A discussion across sexual orientation and gender boundaries: Reflections of a gay male analyst to a heterosexual female analyst. Gender & Psychoanalysis 1996; 1(2):223-237

2. Drescher J: Across the great divide: Gender panic in the psychoanalytic dyad. Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy 1996; 13(2):174-186
1997

3. Drescher J: From preoedipal to postmodern: Changing psychoanalytic attitudes toward homosexuality. Gender & Psychoanalysis 1997; 2(2):203-216
1998

4. Drescher J: I’m your handyman: A history of reparative therapies. J. Homosexuality, 1998; 36(1):19-42.

5. Drescher J: Contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy with gay men: With a commentary on reparative therapy of homosexuality. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 1998; 2(4):51-74
1999

6. Drescher J: The therapist’s authority and the patient’s sexuality. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 1999; 3(2):61-80

2000
7. Drescher J: Cornucopia. Gender & Psychoanalysis 2000; 5(3):291-319
2001
8. Drescher J: Ethical concerns raised when patients seek to change same-sex attractions. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 2001; 5(3/4):181-210
2002

9. Drescher J: Ethical issues in treating gay and lesbian patients. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2002; 25(30):605-621

10. Drescher J: Causes and becauses: On etiological theories of homosexuality. The Annual of Psychoanalysis, 2002; 30:57-68

11. Drescher J: Don’t ask, don’t tell: A gay man’s perspective on the psychoanalytic training experience between 1973 and 1991. J. Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, 2002; 6(1):45-56

12. Drescher J: Invisible gay adolescents: Developmental narratives of gay men. Adolescent Psychiatry: Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, 2002; 26:73-94

13. Drescher J: In memory of Stephen A. Mitchell, PhD. Studies in Gender & Sexuality, 2002; 3(1):95-109

2003
14. Drescher J: The Spitzer study and the culture wars. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2003; 32(5):431-432

CASE REPORTS
1985
Demuth, GW, Breslow, RE, Drescher, J. (1985) The elicitation of a movement disorder by trazodone:  Case Report. J. Clinical Psychiatry, 46(12):535-536.

CHAPTERS AND BOOKS:
1995
1. Drescher J (1995) Anti-homosexual bias in training.  In Domenici T, Lesser RC, (Eds.), Disorienting Sexuality:  Psychoanalytic Reappraisals of Sexual Identities.  Routledge, New York.

1996
2. Drescher J (1996) Psychoanalytic subjectivity and male homosexuality.  In Cabaj RP, Stein, TS (Eds.), Textbook of Homosexuality and Mental Health.  American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, DC.

1998
3. Drescher J. (1998) Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man.  The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, NJ.

2000. 
4. Guss JR, Drescher J (Eds.) (2000) Addictions in the Lesbian and Gay Community.  Haworth Medical Press, NY.

5. Drescher J (2000) Atteggiamenti psicoanalitici verso l’omosessualità (Psychoanalytic attitudes toward homosexuality).  In Bassi F, Galli PF (Eds.), L’Omosessualità nella psicoanalisi (Homosexuality in Psychoanalysis), Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi, Torino, Italy.

2001
6. Glazer DF, Drescher J (Eds.) (2001) Gay and Lesbian Parenting.  Haworth Medical Press, NY.

7. Drescher J (2001) The circle of liberation.  In Glazer DF, Drescher J, (Eds.), Gay and Lesbian Parenting.  Haworth Medical Press, NY.

8. Shidlo A, Schroeder M, Drescher J (Eds.) (2001) Sexual Conversion Therapy:  Ethical, Clinical and Research Perspectives.  Haworth Medical Press, NY.

9. Drescher J (2001) Attending to sexual compulsivity in a gay man.   In Petrucelli J, Stuart C (Eds.), Hungers and Compulsions.  Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ.

2002
10. Drescher J (2002) Sexual conversion (“Reparative”) therapies:  A history and update.”  In Jones BE, Hill MJ (Eds.), Mental Health Issues in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities (Review of Psychiatry, 21(4)).  APPI, Washington, DC.

11. Byne W, Schuklenk U, Lasco M, Drescher J (2002) The origins of sexual orientation:  No genetic link to Social Change. Alper JS, Ard C, Asch A, Beckwith J, Conrad P, Geller LN (Eds.), The Double-Edged Helix:  Social Implications of Genetics in a Diverse Society. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

2003
12. *Drescher J, D’Ercole A, Schoenberg E (Eds.) (2003) Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians:  Contemporary Dynamic Approaches.  Harrington Park Press, NY.

13. Lingiardi V, Drescher J (Eds.) (2003) The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality:  International Perspectives.  Haworth Medical Press, NY.

14. Drescher J (2003) Psychoanalysis.  In Aminoff J, Daroff RB (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences.  Academic Press. 

2004
15. D’Ercole A, Drescher J, (Eds.) (2004) Uncoupling Convention:  Psychoanalytic Approaches to Same-Sex Couples and Families.  The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, NJ.

16. Leli U, Drescher J, (Eds.) (2004) Transgender Subjectivities:  A Clinician’s Guide. Harrington Park Press, NY.

17. Hellman R, Drescher J, (Eds.) (2004) Handbook of LGBT Issues in Community Mental Health. Haworth Medical Press, NY.

2005
18. *Drescher J, Stein TS, Byne W (2005) Homosexuality, gay and lesbian identities, and homosexual behavior.  In Sadock BJ, Sadock VA (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Eighth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.

19. Perlman G, Drescher J, (Eds.) (2005) A Gay Man’s Guide to Prostate Cancer. Haworth Medical Press, NY.

20. Halkitis PN, Wilton L, Drescher J, (Eds.) (2005) Barebacking:  Psychosocial  & Public Health Approaches. Haworth Medical Press, NY.

21. *Drescher J, Glazer DF, Crespi L, Schwartz D (2005) What is a mother?  Perspectives from gay and lesbian parenting.  In Brown SF (Ed.), What do Mothers Want?  Contemporary Perspectives in Psychoanalysis and Related Disciplines.  The Analytic Press, Hillsdale, NJ.

22. Karasic D, Drescher J (Eds.) (2005) Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM):  A Reevaluation.  Haworth Press, NY.

2006
23. *Drescher J, Zucker KJ (Eds.) (2006) Ex-Gay Research:  Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics and Culture.  Haworth Press, NY.

24. Drescher J (2006) Gay and depressed:  Combined pharmacotherapy and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy with a depressed, gay man.  In Spitzer RL, First M, Williams JBW, Gibbons M (Eds.), Treatment Companion to the DSM-IV TR Casebook.  APPI, Washington, DC.

25. Drescher J (2006) Homosexuality and its vicissitudes.  In Muran JC (Ed.), Dialogues on Difference:  Diversity Studies of the Therapeutic Relationship. American Psychological Association Books, Washington, DC.

26. Drescher J (2006) Parler Foucault Sans Le Savoir.  In Muran JC (Ed.), Dialogues on Difference:  Diversity Studies of the Therapeutic Relationship. American Psychological Association Books, Washington DC.

In Press
27. Wainberg M, Kolodny AJ, Drescher J (Eds.) (In press) Crystal Meth and Men Who Have Sex with Men:  Community and Public Health Responses.  Haworth Medical Press, NY.

28. Peel E, Clarke V, Drescher J (Eds.) (In press) British LGB Psychololgies:  Theory, Research and Practice.  Haworth Medical Press, NY.

29. Drescher J (In press) Stress and Antihomosexual Attitudes.  In Fink G (Ed), The Encyclopedia of Stress, Second Edition.  Academic Press. 

30. *Drescher, J McCommon BH, Jones BE, Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients.  In Hales RE, Yudofsky SC, Gabbard G (Eds) (In press) APPI Textbook of Psychiatry, Fifth Edition, APPI Press, Washington, DC. 

31. Drescher J (In press) Psychiatry and Homosexuality.  In Hawley JC (Ed), LGBTQ America:  An Encyclopedia.  Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, CT.

32. *Drescher J, Byne W (In press) Homosexuality, gay and lesbian identities, and homosexual behavior.  In Sadock BJ, Sadock VA (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Ninth Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.