Diane Alix Klein, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Diane Klein is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and a clinical research psychiatrist with the Eating Disorders Research Unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Dr. Klein received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, and her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed residency training in Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and a Research Fellowship in Affective, Anxiety and Related Disorders at Columbia University.
Dr. Klein’s research consists of translational studies in eating disorders. She has funding support from NARSAD and from the NIMH to study exercise motivation and physical activity in women with Anorexia Nervosa, and taste responsivity across the eating disorders. Dr. Klein's research applies approaches used in feeding neuroscience and in addictions research to the study of disordered eating behavior and physical activity in people with eating disorders, with the goal of advancing our understanding, and ultimately our treatment, of these conditions.
Undergraduate: Harvard, B.A., 1994
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School Medicine, M.D., 1998
Internship: Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, Medicine/Psychiatry/Neurology, 1998 - 1999
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Psychiatry, 1999 - 2002
Board Certifications: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Eating Disorders
Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute Room 2208 Unit/Box:98 1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Studies apply approaches used in feeding neuroscience and addictions research to the examination of eating behavior and physical activity in people with eating disorders. Specific interests include quantification of physical activity levels, and assessment of motivation for sweet tastes and for exercise behavior in people with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa.
1. Klein DA, Walsh BT: Eating disorders: clinical features and pathophysiology. Physiol Behav 2004 Apr;81(2): 359-74. Review
2. Klein DA, Walsh BT: Eating disorders. Int Rev Psychiatry 2003 Aug;15(3): 205-16. Review
3. Klein DA, Bennett AS, Schebendach J, Foltin RW, Devlin MJ, Walsh BT: Exercise "addiction" in anorexia nervosa: model development and pilot data. CNS Spectr 2004 Jul;9(7): 531-7
4. Klein DA, Walsh BT: Translational approaches to understanding anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord 2005;37 Suppl:S10-4: discussion S20-1
5. Klein DA, Boudreau GS, Devlin MJ, Walsh BT.: Artificial sweetener use among individuals with eating disorders. . Int J Eat Disord 2006 May;39: 341-5
