Jeffrey S. Akman, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Title:  Interim Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Vice Provost for Health Affairs, GWUMC
Call for Appointment: (202) 741-2880
Medical Education:  The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Residency:  The George Washington University Medical Center
Board Certification:  Psychiatry
Clinical Interests:  General adult and adolescent psychiatry including psychopharmacology and individual psychotherapy; depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit disorder; co-morbid alcohol and substance abuse; GLBT psychiatry, HIV/AIDS, complex medical illnesses including cancer.

Profile:
Dr. Akman is a graduate of Duke University and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.  He completed his residency in psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center and joined the GWU psychiatry faculty in 1985.  Prior to his appointment as chairman in September 2000, he served as a dean in the GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences.  Dr. Akman has a long history of community service and has served on numerous nonprofit boards of directors including Whitman-Walker Clinic and Food & Friends.

Dr. Akman is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the prestigious American College of Psychiatrists.  He has received multiple awards related to teaching, community service and humanism in medicine and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.  He has been multiply recognized as one of the "Top Doctors" and "Top Mental Health Professionals" in Washingtonian magazine and was named one of "America's Top Psychiatrists" by the Consumer Research Council of America.