Speaker: Jeffrey Staab

Moderator: Dr. Sarah Lidstone:

Dr. Jeffrey P. Staab, M.D., M.S., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology and Consultant in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.  He and his colleagues in the Behavioral Medicine Program evaluate and treat more than 1500 patients with psychosomatic problems, functional neurologic, neuro-otologic, and GI disorders, and cancer and cardiac distress each year. His research centers on problems at the interface of neurology, otology, and psychiatry. He is best known for investigations of chronic dizziness. Dr. Staab received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh, and Master of Science in bioengineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.  He completed an internship in internal medicine and residency in psychiatry at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, followed by a fellowship in traumatic stress disorders at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. After finishing active service in the U. S. Navy Medical Corps, he was a member of the faculties of the University of Florida and University of Pennsylvania before being recruited to Mayo Clinic. Dr. Staab is author or co-author of more than 150 scientific articles, reviews, chapters, and abstracts.  He serves on the editorial boards of six scientific journals in psychosomatic medicine and otorhinolaryngology and has held leadership positions in three national and international professional societies.