Andrew J. Gerber, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Areas of Interest
My principal interests and research experience lie in studying attachment, developmental psychopathology, and functional neuroimaging and psychophysiology of developmental processes, particularly social cognition.
Professional Biography
I am an assistant professor in child and adolescent psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia and a graduate of the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. I completed a PhD in psychology at the Anna Freud Centre and University College London where I studied with Peter Fonagy and Joseph Sandler, investigating the process and outcome of psychotherapy in young adults. I did my medical and psychiatric training at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital, and Weill Cornell Medical College - Payne Whitney Clinic. I trained as a research fellow with Bradley Peterson at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in brain imaging and child psychiatry.
Selected Presentations and Publications
Gerber, A. J. (2009). Free Association as a Bridging Concept between Dynamic and Cognitive Processes and the Nature of Psychotherapeutic Change. Neuropsychoanalysis, 11, 168-171.
Gerber, A. J., Posner, J. E., Gorman, D. A., Colibazzi, T., Yu, S., Wang, Z., Kangarlu, A., Zhu, H., Russell, J.A., Peterson, B. S. (2008). An affective circumplex model of neural systems subserving valence, arousal, & cognitive overlay during the appraisal of emotional faces. Neuropsychologia, 36, 8, 2129-39.
Gerber, A. J., Peterson, B. P. (2008). Applied Brain Imaging: I. What is an Image?. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 3, 245-8.
Gerber, A.J. (2006). Attachment, psychoanalysis, and resilience. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 26, 4, 585-594.
Gerber, A. J., Thoma, N. (October 2009). Empirical Research on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Can We Count What Counts? Presentation as part of the Research Forum on Psychotherapy at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Honolulu.
Grant Support
Pilot Research Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
MRI of Social Cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Matheson Foundation
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
MRI of Brain Changes during Psychoanalysis
NARSAD
MRI of Brain Changes during Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder
Neuro-psychoanalysis Foundation
fMRI Study of the Neural Basis of Transference in Healthy Young Adults
International Psychoanalytical Association – Research Advisory Board
fMRI Study of the Neural Basis of Transference in Healthy Young Adults
American Psychoanalytical Association – Fund for Psychoanalytic Research
fMRI Study of the Neural Basis of Transference in Healthy Young Adults
International Psychoanalytical Association
Structural and symptomatic change in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy of young adults: A quantitative study of treatment process and outcome
Education and Training
Yale College, BS in Physics, 1993
Harvard Medical School, MD, 2001
University College London, PhD in Psychology, 2005
Internship: Cambridge Health Alliance, 2002
Residency: Weill Cornell Medical College – Payne Whitney Clinic, 2005
Chief Residency: Weill Cornell Medical College – Payne Whitney Clinic, 2005
Research fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia, 2008
Clinical Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian
Hospital, Joint Columbia-Weill Cornell Program, Community Psychiatry Track, 2010
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, 2010
Honors
AACAP Pilot Research Award NARSAD Young Investigator Award Samuel W. Perry III, M.D. Distinguished Award in Psychiatric Medicine Payne Whitney - Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Teaching Award Eugene Friedberg Award for Psychiatry Residency Education, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research Roger MacKinnon Research Scholarship, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research Laughlin Fellowship, American College of Psychiatrists Robert J. Stoller Travel Award, American Psychoanalytic Association NIMH Outstanding Resident Award Dr. Sirgay Sanger Award for outstanding performance in research and scholarly activities, Harvard Medical School Rock Sleyster Scholar, American Medical Association Cum Laude, Yale College