Joyce Gerdis-Karp, MD

I’ve long been intrigued by the interface between the body and behavior, and I feel privileged to have been applying that interest to help people psychiatrically. While pursuing my undergraduate degree (which was received with Honors) at Princeton University, I completed an Animal Behavior research thesis in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Lisk, plus received a National Science Foundation / National Institute of Health grant to study the interactions between peptides and water; my subsequent research — which is reflected by some of my publications listed in my overall profile here — includes the topics of an eating disorder and of other types of self-injury. Indeed, many people experience their emotional states as bodily symptoms, and I am deeply committed as a psychiatrist to reducing each such symptom for people so that they can more fully enjoy their lives. I work as a psychiatrist in an office practice and also am a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Lifetime Member of Mensa, and an Academic Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association.