Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat.
Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Associate Director, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Director, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core, HIV Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Director, Program of Developmental Psychoendocrinology, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Full Professional Psychologist, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Primary clinical focus: Intersexuality / Disorders of sex development in children, adolescents, and adults. Gender variants / Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents.
Primary research interests: Developmental psychobiology of gender and sexuality. Intersexuality / Disorders of Sex development. Gender identity disorder. Sexual risk behavior. Assessment of gender and sexuality.
Undergraduate: University of Hamburg, Vordiplom and Diplom in Psychology, 1961-63 and 1963-66
Graduate: University of Dusseldorf, Dr. rer. nat. in Psychology, 1966-70
• Psychology
Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute Room 336 (Rosenfield building) Unit/Box:15 (HIV Center & Child Psychiatry) 1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Primary research interests: Developmental psychobiology of gender and sexuality. Intersexuality / Disorders of Sex development. Gender identity disorders. Sexual risk behavior. Assessment of gender and sexuality.
1. Meyer-Bahlburg HFL: From mental disorder to iatrogenic hypogonadism - Dilemmas in conceptualizing gender identity variants as psychiatric conditions.. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2010;39: in press
2. Meyer-Bahlburg HFL: Treatment guidelines for children with disorders of sex development.. Neuopsychiatrie de l 2008;56: 345-349
3. Meyer-Bahlburg HFL, Dolezal C, Baker SW, New MI: Sexual orientation in women with classical or non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia as a function of degree of prenatal androgen excess.. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2008;37: 85-99
4. Meyer-Bahlburg HFL, Dolezal C, Baker SW, Ehrhardt AA, New MI: Gender development in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia as a function of disorder severity.. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2006;35: 667-684
5. Meyer-Bahlburg HFL: Gender identity outcome in female-raised 46,XY persons with penile agenesis, cloacal exstrophy of the bladder, or penile ablation.. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2005;34: 423-438