Wayne K. Goodman MD

Dr. Goodman was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine in September 2016. He has conducted research on the phenomenology, neurobiology and treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and is the principal developer of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the gold standard for assessing OCD. He is co-founder of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, the international patient advocacy organization for this disorder. Dr. Goodman is also recognized for his work on Deep Brain Stimulation for intractable psychiatric disorders.

A graduate of Columbia University with a BS in electrical engineering, Dr. Goodman received his medical degree from Boston University and completed his internship, residency, and a research fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine where he remained on faculty until 1993 as an Associate Professor. In 1994, he joined the University of Florida in Gainesville where he served as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry for nine years. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, he served as Director, Division of Adult Translational Research at the National Institute of Mental Health from 2007-2009. From 2009 to 2016 he served as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Dr. Goodman has published more than 300 articles, has a long track record of extramural funding and is on an NIMH Study Section. He is member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and a Distinguished Fellow of the APA. He has served as Chair of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drug Advisory Committee and more recently has been a member of the FDA's Neurological Devices Advisory Committee.