Elias Aboujaoude

Dr. Aboujaoude is a clinical professor of psychiatry, researcher and author at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he is chief of the Anxiety Disorders Section and director of the OCD Clinic. He is also the director of the Program in Internet, Health and Society at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Besides the compulsivity-impulsivity spectrum (OCD, excoriation disorder, compulsive buying disorder, kleoptomania), his research has focused on the psychology of leadership and the interface between technology and psychology, in both its negative manifestations (Internet “addiction,” gaming disorder, social media, cyberbullyings) and positive applications (telemedicine, virtual reality therapy, AI, digital therapeutics). As part of the latter focus, he cofounded the frist telepsychiatry startup in Silicon Valley for the delivery of remote mental health care. In addition to peer-reviewed scientific publications and scholarly books, he has written widely translated general-audience books and articles for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Hill, and Fortune. His work has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, TIME, Newsweek, Congressional Quarterly, NPR, CNN, and BBC. He has lectured on his work in over 20 countries.