Laura Roberts, MD, MA

Laura Roberts, MD, MA

Psychiatrist


Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Psychology

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Biography


Dr. Laura Roberts serves as Chairman and the Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine as well as serves in a number of leadership roles at Stanford University and in the Stanford Medicine enterprise. She is a physician-scientist in academic medicine and an internationally recognized scholar in bioethics, psychiatry, medicine, and medical education. Dr. Roberts' early work elevated the perspectives of key stakeholders in psychiatric research, engaging with individuals with lived experience of mental and physical disorders, investigators, community members, and policymakers. Over two decades, Dr. Roberts has received scientific, peer-reviewed funding from the National Institutes of Health and Department of Energy, as well as private foundations to perform empirical studies of modern ethical issues in research, clinical care, and health policy, with a particular focus on vulnerable and special populations.

Dr. Roberts has written hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and other scholarly works, and she has written or edited many books in the areas of professionalism and ethics in medicine, professional development for physicians, and major texts in clinical psychiatry. Dr. Roberts is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Academic Medicine and has served as Editor-in-Chief, Books for the American Psychiatric Association since 2016. Dr. Roberts also served as the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Academic Psychiatry from 2002-2019 and she also serves as an editorial board member and peer reviewer for many scientific and education journals.

Having received her Bachelor of Arts in History and Master of Arts in the Conceptual Foundations of Science from the University of Chicago, she completed her medical degree and a fellowship in clinical medical ethics at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Roberts completed her residency training in psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where she also received additional clinical preparation in child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Roberts served on the faculty of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine for nine years, performing evidence-based ethics research, administration, education, and clinical work in the specialized area of consultation-liaison psychiatry. While serving as Professor and Vice Chairman for her Department, Dr. Roberts established the University of New Mexico Institute for Ethics and was appointed the Jack and Donna Rust Professor of Biomedical Ethics prior to her departure in 2003. She then moved to the Medical College of Wisconsin, where for seven years she served as chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and the Charles E. Kubly Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.

Professional Summary


Education & Certifications
  • Fellowship: Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Registrar (1989) IL
  • Medical Education: Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Registrar (1988) IL
  • Board Recertification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (2014)
  • Board Recertification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (2004)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (1994)
  • Fellowship: University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1994) NM
  • Residency: University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1993) NM
  • MA, University of Chicago, Philosophy (1983)
  • BA, University of Chicago, Social Studies of Science & Med (1982)

Honors & Awards
  • American Medical Women's Association Award for Scholastic Achievement, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1988)
  • Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Inc. (1996-present)
  • Bowis Award, American College of Psychiatrists (2015)
  • Carol Davis Ethics Award, American Psychiatric Association (2016)
  • Deborah J. Harrington Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1998)
  • Distinguished Life Fellow, Association for Academic Psychiatry (2006-present)
  • Distinguished Psychiatrist Award, American Psychiatric Association (2005)
  • Distinguished Psychiatrist Award, American Psychiatric Association (2011)
  • Distinguished Service Award, American Psychiatric Association (2014)
  • Ethel Ginsburg Fellow, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (1992-1993)
  • Ethics Prize, The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (2022)
  • Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Education Council, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1998)
  • Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2004-present)
  • Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (2003-present)
  • Fellow, American Psychopathological Association (2005-present)
  • Harold Cooper Lectureship, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston (2014)
  • Joan and Stanford Alexander Award in Psychiatry, The Menninger Department of Psychiatry (2015)
  • Laughlin Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists (1992)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Academic Psychiatry (2010)
  • Lifetime Service Award, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (2019)
  • MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics, University of Chicago, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics (2015)
  • Medical Education Scholar, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1998)
  • Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D., Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Association (2001)
  • Robert Kellner Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1997)
  • Rock Sleyster Scholar, American Medical Association (1987)
  • Rosenbaum Faculty Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1997)
  • Senescu Award, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1993)
  • Sol W. Ginsburg Fellow, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (1990-1992)
  • University of Toronto Centennial Award for Leading International Psychiatric Educator, University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry Centennial Celebration (2008)
  • Upjohn Award in Medicine for Outstanding Achievement, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1988)
  • Vestermark Award, American Psychiatric Association (2023)

Administrative Appointments
  • Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine (2010 - Present)
  • Chief, Psychiatry Service, Stanford Hospital and Clinics (2010 - Present)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Academic Psychiatry (2002 - 2019)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Academic Medicine (2019 - Present)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Books, American Psychiatric Association (2016 - Present)

Publications

Specializing In

  • Paraphilic Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychiatric Conditions
  • Psychosis
  • Psychotherapy
  • Schizophrenia
  • Somatic Symptom Disorders
  • Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders

Practice Locations


Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic in Palo Alto Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

401 Quarry Road

Stanford , CA 94304

(650) 498-9111

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