Charles R. Marmar, MD, is the Peter H. Schub Professor of Psychiatry and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health. He also serves as Director of the Center for Precision Medicine in Alcohol Use Disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and as Executive Director of the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Center.

Topics covered:

• The shortcomings of existing "gold-standard" treatments for PTSD
• Creating subtypes of PTSD
• Study of gabapentin enacarbil and heavy drinkers
• Study of gender differences in efficacy of SSRIs and other antidepressants
• The need for objectivity in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment

Internationally renowned for his expertise in PTSD for over 25 years, Dr. Marmar's focus ranges from combat-related conditions in military veterans to PTSD in refugees and earthquake victims. He has served on multiple committees and scientific advisory groups at the national level for both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and as counsel to the VA Medical Centers, fire departments, disaster response teams and police departments, including the NYPD.

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