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LOUANN BRIZENDINE, M.D., Neuropsychiatrist
Benioff Endowed Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of California at San Francisco, Medical School
Director, Women’s Mood & Hormone Clinic, UCSF

She completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, did graduate work in London at UCL in Philosophy of Mind and History of Science and Medicine, and completed a residency in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She has served on the faculties of Harvard Medical School and UCSF Medical School. At UCSF, she holds the Lynne and Marc Benioff endowed chair in Psychiatry.

At UCSF, Dr. Brizendine pursues active clinical, teaching, writing and research activities. She founded the UCSF Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic in 1994 and continues to serve as it’s director. The Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic is a unique psychiatric clinic designed to assess and treat women of all ages experiencing disruption of mood, concentration, energy, anxiety, sexual function and well-being related to hormonal influences on the brain. Dr. Brizendine also sees couples who are experiencing relationship difficulties. “The Female Brain” is now translated into 21 languages.

She is now writing her next book, “The Male Brain”.

She lives with her son and husband in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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  • louannbr // Oct 6, 2007 at 8:06 pm

    Louann Brizendine, M.D. completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She has also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and University of California at San Francisco.

    Now at UCSF, Dr. Brizendine pursues active clinical, teaching, writing and research activities. She founded the UCSF Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic in 1994 and continues to serve as the clinic’s director. The Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic is a unique clinic designed to assess and treat women of all ages experiencing disruption of mood, concentration, energy, anxiety, sexual function and well-being related to hormonal influences on the brain. Couples having relationship difficulties due to these hormonal issues are also seen in the clinic.

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