Alan F. Schatzberg is an American psychiatrist. He was the 136th president of the American Psychiatric Association (2009–2010).[1] Since 1991, he has been the Kenneth T. Norris Jr . Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and he was chair of the department from 1991 to 2010.[2] He has received multiple national and international awards for his work as an investigator in the biology and treatment of depression.[2] He is also the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Psychiatric Research, along with Florian Holsboer.[3] He received an honorary doctorate from the Medical University of Vienna in 2011.[4]