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Stephan Heckers

Chair of the Department of Psychiatry William P. and Henry B. Test Chair in Schizophrenia Research
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Dr. Heckers serves as the Director of the Vanderbilt Early Psychosis Program.

He has a longstanding interest in helping persons who experience psychosis.

 Dr. Heckers graduated from the University of Cologne School of Medicine, Germany, and completed his clinical training in Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. He was the Director of the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA between 2003 and 2005. In January 2006 he became the Chair of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University. 

Dr. Heckers is an Editorial Board member for JAMA PsychiatrySchizophrenia Bulletin and Schizophrenia Research and is a member of the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.