Dost Öngür is a Turkish-American psychiatrist and researcher born in Istanbul, Turkey. He is Chief of the Psychotic Disorders Division at McLean Hospital, and the William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
He serves as Editor in Chief of JAMA Psychiatry, a leading journal in the field, and on the NARSAD/Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council. He is currently President-elect of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. His work focuses on recognizing brain abnormalities in people with psychotic disorders and developing novel treatments to address these abnormalities, particularly through the use of brain imaging. He is the author of more than 300 articles on bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and related conditions.“Dost Öngür, MD, PhD.” Mcleanhospital.org, 2024, www.mcleanhospital.org/profile/dost-ongur. Accessed 4 July 2025. As of July 2025, his work has been cited over 26,000 times.
He has featured on numerous public media programs, such as ABC News, USA Today, Time, a WBUR special, as well on Oprah's Book Club 2.0, discussing Schizophrenia in 2020.
Education
1989 High School Diploma, Robert College of Istanbul 1992 BA in Biochemistry, Oberlin College 1994 MSc in Neuroscience, Yale University 2000 M.D./Ph.D. in Medicine/Neurobiology, Washington University in St. Louis
Honors and awards
Alfred Pope Award for research, McLean Hospital, 2008 Harvard Medical School Young Mentoring award, 2010 Harry Stack Sullivan award, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, 2018 Kempf Award, American Psychiatric Association, 2019 Hamilton Award, American Psychopathological Association, 2023 Stuart T. Hauser Mentorship Award, Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, 2023 Alexander Gralnick Award, American Psychiatric Association, 2024
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