Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States
Dr. Brewerton is Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he has a private practice and conducts research. He is Senior Clinical Research Consultant for SunCloud Health, Senior Research Advisor for Monte Nido & Affiliates and Senior Clinical Advisor for Eating Recovery Center Pathlight Behavioral Health Centers. He is board certified in general, child/adolescent and forensic psychiatry, and addiction medicine. He is: Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry; Founding Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders; Founding member/former president of the Eating Disorders Research Society; author of 200 articles/book chapters on many topics, e.g., eating and related disorders, psychopharmacology, neurobiology, posttraumatic stress, dissociation, addictive disorders and the effects of childhood maltreatment; Editor of the Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach (2004), Co-editor of Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Substance Use Disorders: Research, Clinical & Treatment Perspectives (2014); reviewer for >70 scientific journals; appointed Editorial Board member of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, Eating & Weight Disorders, and the Journal of Eating Disorders (Associate Editor); received numerous awards, e.g., 2013 Craig Johnson Award for Clinical Practice & Training (National Eating Disorders Association), Honorary Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (International Association for Eating Disorders Professionals); Best Doctors in America. Executive producer: Sylvia, The Wood Nymph documentary film on DID. He attended LSU (1971-74) and Tulane University School of Medicine (1974-78); completed psychiatric residency at the University of California at San Francisco (1978-82); worked for the U.S. Public Health Service at Hawaii State Hospital (1982-84); completed research fellowship at the NIMH Laboratory of Clinical Science (1984-87) and child-adolescent psychiatry fellowship at MUSC (1994-96); served as Medical Consultant at MUSC's National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center (1996-2001).
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