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received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1973. He is currently Elizabeth H. Penn Professor of Clinical Psychology and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where he is director of Graduate Research, Division of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Gatchel is also the program director of the Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at this medical center.
He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and is on the board of directors of the American Board of Health Psychology. He has conducted extensive clinical research, much of it supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on the psychophysiology of stress and emotion; the comorbidity of psychological and physical health disorders; and the etiology, assessment, and treatment of chronic stress and pain behavior. He is also the recipient of consecutive Research Scientist Development Awards from the NIH.
Dr. Gatchel has published more than 190 scientific articles, 60 book chapters, and 21 books, including Clinical Essentials of Pain Management (American Psychological Association [APA], 2005); Clinical Health Psychology and Primary Care: Practical Advice and Clinical Guidance for Successful Collaboration (with M. Oordt; APA, 2003); Personality Characteristics of Patients With Pain (with J. Weisberg; APA, 2000); Psychophysiological Disorders: Research and Clinical Applications (with E. Blanchard; APA, 1993; re-released 1998); Psychological Approaches to Pain Management: A Practitioner's Handbook, Second Edition (with D. Turk; 2002); and Psychosocial Factors in Pain: Critical Perspectives (with D. Turk, 1999).
Most recently, he was the first psychologist to receive the prestigious Henry Farfan Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Spine Care from the North American Spine Society, as well as the recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
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