Michael F. Grunebaum, M.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, and is a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His areas of expertise include the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders, with a focus on suicidal behavior and clinical trial research.

Dr. Grunebaum graduated magna cum laude and phi beta kappa from Harvard College in 1983 and received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1991. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, in 1995. He completed the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute and received his board certification in psychiatry in 1996.

Dr. Grunebaum is a recipient of NARSAD Young Investigator and Independent Investigator awards, an NIMH patient-oriented research career development K Award, and an NIMH R01 grant to conduct treatment studies in adults with mood disorders and a history of suicidality. He is a research psychiatrist on other federally funded clinical studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in the Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division.

Dr. Grunebaum teaches psychiatry residents and other trainees. He is a peer reviewer for numerous psychiatric journals and a member of the American Psychiatric Association. He is an author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and other publications.

Dr. Grunebaum also has a general adult private practice of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.