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David B. Herzog, M.D.David B. Herzog, M.D. Director

David B. Herzog, M.D., is the Harvard Medical School Endowed Professor of psychiatry in the field of Eating Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital. An internationally renowned expert on eating disorders, Dr. Herzog is the founder and director of the Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a distinguished researcher, teacher, clinician and advocate and has received many honors and awards:

2005 Eating Disorders Coalition Award for Excellence in Visionary Leadership
2005 Academy of Eating Disorders Award for Excellence in Advocacy
2000 Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Research from the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
1997 Simon Wile Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for outstanding leadership and contributions in the field of liaison child and adolescent psychiatry
1994 Joseph B. Goldberger Award presented by the American Medical Association for contributions to clinical institutions
1992 Blanche F. Ittleson Award of the American Psychiatric Association for outstanding research contributing to the mental health of children

Dr. Herzog has authored over 225 peer-reviewed publications and three books.

You can contact Dr. Herzog as follows:

David B. Herzog, M.D. Director
Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital
2 Longfellow Place
Suite 200
Boston, MA. 02114
(617) 726-8470
dherzog@partners.org


Debra L. Franko, Ph.D.Debra L. Franko, Ph.D. Associate Director

Debra Franko, Ph.D., received her B.A. in Psychology at the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal. After completing a two-year internship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Eating Disorders Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, she served as the Director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 1988 until 1998.

Dr. Franko is a Consultant in Psychology at MGH, a Full Professor in the Department of Counseling
and Applied Educational Psychology at Northeastern University, and a Visiting Scholar in Psychology at Wesleyan University.

Her clinical specialty areas include pregnancy and eating disorders, group therapy, and brief treatment approaches. Her research interests include cross-cultural differences, the prevention of eating disorders, and multimedia approaches to treatment and prevention.

You can contact Dr. Franko by writing or e-mailing:

Debra L. Franko, Ph.D. Associate Director
Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital
2 Longfellow Place
Suite 200
Boston, MA. 02114
(617) 726-8470
d.franko@neu.edu