Ronald Cowan, M.D., Ph.D.

Ronald Cowan, MD, PhD has been a member of the faculty since 2002. Dr. Cowan is a graduate of the Weill Cornell Medical School. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and a residency in adult psychiatry at The McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He completed his PhD at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center with a focus on in vivo intracellular neurophysiology of neocortex. Dr. Cowan is the Director of the Adult Residency Training program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Psychology. Prior to his current roles, Dr. Cowan served as a course co-director for the first year medical school's neuroscience course (Brain and Behavior), as the third year psychiatry clerkship director and as Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Cowan's clinical interests include psychosomatic medicine, depression, substance use, obesity and LGBTQI mental health.