David Pickar MD

David Pickar, M.D., is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Pickar serves on the Psychiatry Drug Advisory Board for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and is Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association where he serves on the Advocacy and Government Relations Council. Dr. Pickar practices psychiatry in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Dr. Pickar served in the Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for over 20 years where he was the Chief of the Experimental Therapeutics Branch dedicated to studying schizophrenia and psychosis. Dr. Pickar served as Chair of the Tenure and Promotion Committee in Intramural NIMH. He has received numerous honors and awards in the course of his career, including the Judith Silver Memorial Young Scientist Award of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and the Meritorious Service Medal for Exemplary Performance of Duty from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Pickar has served as the NIMH Consultant to the U.S. Secret Service and to the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Foundation for AIDS Research.