Scott L. Rauch

Scott Laurence Rauch (born September 22, 1960) is currently the inaugural Trustees’ Endowed Chair for Innovation in Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, and a professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the immediate past [emeritus] president, psychiatrist in chief, and Rose-Marie & Eijk van Otterloo Chair of Psychiatry for McLean Hospital as well as immediate past [emeritus] chair of Behavioral & Mental Health for Mass General Brigham.

Dr. Rauch is a member of the [https://nam.edu/ National Academy of Medicine], as well as past president and current secretary of the [https://sobp.org/about/ Society of Biological Psychiatry]. He has also served in leadership roles for the [https://adaa.org/ Anxiety and Depression Association of America] as well as the [https://nndc.org/ National Network of Depression Center]s.

His principal research interests relate to neuroimaging and the neurobiology of affective disorders. Dr. Rauch and colleagues have been leaders in delineating the neurocircuitry of anxiety disorders as well as pioneers in using modern technology, including brain stimulation, neurosurgery, and internet-based methods, to develop novel treatments for anxiety and mood disorders. Dr. Rauch has won numerous awards for his mentorship and research accomplishments, including from Harvard Medical School, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

He was associate chief of psychiatry for neuroscience research at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was the founding director of the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program and the MGH Division of Psychiatric Neuroscience Research and Neurotherapeutics. Provided by Wikipedia