Michael J. Devlin, MD
Associate Director

Dr. Devlin is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Associate Director of the Eating Disorders Research Unit at New York State Psychiatric Institute. He attended medical school at Columbia and completed his psychiatry residency at New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia-Presbyterian. Following his residency, he joined the Eating Disorders Research Unit at NYSPI under the direction of Dr.Tim Walsh, and he has worked with patients with eating disorders and conducted clinical research there since that time. His major academic interest is in the treatment of patients with eating disorders, and he recently completed work on an NIMH-funded study of psychotherapy and medication treatment for overweight patients with binge eating disorder. An additional area of interest is in the relationship between eating disorders and the outcome of surgery for obesity. In addition to research, he is active in medical student education and in training and supervision of psychiatry residents, particularly in cognitive behavioral therapy. He served on the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline Work Group on Eating Disorders. He is an active member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and is currently the President of that organization.

Selected Publications:

Walsh BT, Devlin MJ. Eating disorders: progress and problems. Science 280:1387-1390, 1998.

Devlin MJ, Goldfein J, Carino J, Wolk S: Treatment of binge eating disorder with cognitive behavioral therapy and combined phentermine/fluoxetine. International Journal of Eating Disorders 28:325-332, 2000.

Devlin MJ, Yanovski SZ, Wilson GT: Obesity: What mental health professionals need to know. American Journal of Psychiatry 157, 854-866, 2000.

Devlin MJ. Binge eating disorder and obesity--A combined treatment approach. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America. In press.

Devlin MJ, Goldfein JA, Dobrow, I. What is this thing called BED?: Current status of binge eating disorder nosology. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 34:S2-S18, 2003.

Devlin MJ, Goldfein JA, Flancbaum L, Bessler M, Eisenstadt R. Surgical management of obese patients with eating disorders: a survey of current practice. Obesity Surgery 14:1252-1257, 2004.