Joseph Zohar
| Joseph Zohar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 April 1948 |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University |
| Education | Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Psychiatry at University of Washington (Seattle) and Jerusalem Mental Health Center |
| Known for | Anxiety disorders, depression |
| Notable awards | Fogarty International Research Fellowship Award, ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award, A. E. Bennet Award for Clinical Research |
Joseph Zohar (Hebrew: יוסף זוהר; born 18 April 1948) is the director of Psychiatry and the Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Clinic at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer and professor of psychiatry at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He is the founder of the World Council on Anxiety as well as the Israeli Consortium on PTSD. He currently leads the chief installation of the Israeli Defense Force for the treatment of PTSD. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, of which he is a former president, and chairman of the Expert Platform on Mental Health.
Dr. Zohar heads the Anxiety Clinic at Sheba Medical Center, which specializes in anxiety disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and social phobias. In addition to a focus on new treatments, the clinic is interested in the brain function imaging of patients suffering from these anxiety disorders.
Zohar is a world expert on post-traumatic stress disorder and has uncovered the potential of secondary prevention in PTSD. His work explores the promising effects of hydrocortisone treatment when administered after the traumatic event in preventing the development of PTSD.
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