Mark Stein, PhD

Mark Stein, PhD, ABPP, directs the Child and Adult ADHD Clinics and ADHD CLinical Research at the Institute of Juvenile Research at University of Illinois at Chicago, where he is a Professor in  the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. Previously, he was Chair of Psychology at Children's National Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Chicago. Dr. Stein completed his internship in Child Clinical Psychology at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and received his Ph.D. in 1982 from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
For over 25 years, Dr. Stein had been an active clinical researcher, studying ADHD treatments in children, adolescents, and adults, effects of thyroid abnormalities, genetics, sleep problems and ADHD, and most recently pharmacogenetics of ADHD.He is the author of more than 100 articles, abstracts and book chapters, and has co-edited a text book on ADHD. He is currently conducting a NIH supported pharmacogenetic study of ADHD comparing stimulant and non-stimulant medications.  
Dr Stein is a member of many professional organizations including the Society for Behavioral Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Research, American Society of Human Genetics and he is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Clinical Psychology.