Events & Calendars Lunch & Learn: Dr. Scott L. Rauch '82, President & Psychiatrist in Chief of McLean Hospital

Dr. Scott L. Rauch ’82 is President and Psychiatrist in Chief of McLean Hospital, Chair of Psychiatry and Mental Health for the Partners Health Care System and a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. On Monday, February 3, he will visit the Loeb Center to present a catered "Lunch & Learn" event about his career path to current students.

Dr. Rauch's principal research interests relate to neuroimaging and the neurobiology of anxiety disorders. He received his undergraduate degree with honors in Neuroscience from Amherst College ('82) and attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati. He completed his residency training and a chief residency in Psychiatry as well as a Radiology Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in affiliation with Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rauch served on the faculty at MGH for more than 15 years, during which he founded the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program, the Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics Program and the Psychiatric Neuroscience Division. He was appointed to his current leadership roles at McLean and Partners in 2006.

Most recently, Dr. Rauch has served on a series of committees related to military health for the National Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine. He is also currently a member of the DSM-V Anxiety Disorders Workgroup and President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry.