Deborah Suzanne Cowley MD

Deborah Cowley, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Residency Training Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle. Her clinical and research interests include panic and anxiety disorders, psychiatric education, genetic and familial risk for alcoholism, and women's mental health. She is a former president of the West Coast College of Biological Psychiatry and is Past President of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training. Dr. Cowley has been writing for NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry since January 2005.