A warm welcome to our incoming Department Chair,

Sarah "Holly" Lisanby, M.D.!

Dr. Lisanby is currently Chief of the Columbia Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation Division and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry. Her group focuses on the use of emerging electromagnetic means of modulating brain function to study and treat psychiatric disorders. These techniques include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), magnetic seizure therapy (MST), deep brain stimulation (DBS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

More information on Dr. Lisanby's research can be found here.