Mark A. Frye MD

Mark Frye, M.D., is chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Frye also serves as director of the Mayo Clinic Depression Center. He joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 2006 and holds the academic rank of professor of psychiatry, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He is recognized with the distinction of the Stephen and Shelley Jackson Family Professorship in Individualized Medicine.

Dr. Frye received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and completed his psychiatric training at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. He subsequently completed a research fellowship in the Biological Psychiatry Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. While at NIMH, his research focused on the neurobiology of depression and bipolar disorder.

Dr. Frye has received numerous honors and awards both as an educator and researcher, including the 2011 Mogens Schou Award for Education from the International Society for Bipolar Disorder; 2 Mayo Clinic Rome Mentorship Awards for 2011 and 2012; 3 UCLA departmental medical student and resident teaching awards; and the Gerald Klerman Young Investigator Award from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.