Eckert, Elke M.D.

Elke Eckert, M.D.
Professor

A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School and also completed her psychiatry residency at the University of Minnesota.  Dr. Eckert is the Medical Director of the University of Minnesota Clinical Program for Eating Disorders and staffs various parts of the Eating Disorder Program.  Her main research interests lie in the area of eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, and in the area of twins.  She has several ongoing research studies in eating disorders and is also involved in the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart.

Educational Summary:
University of Minnesota – School of Medicine - M.D., 1963-67
Internship in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics - University of Utah
Residency in Psychiatry - University of Minnesota, 1968-71
Fellow in Psychosomatic Psychiatry  - Stanford University

Relevant Prior Experience:
Supervisor for Inpatient Team, 1973-99
Vice Chief of Staff, University of Minnesota Hospital, 1992-95
Medical Director of Eating Disorders Unit, 1993-97
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, 1994-99
Director Clinical Eating Disorders Program, 1997-present

Responsibilities/Activities in this Residency:
Outpatient supervisor
Individual therapy supervisor
Course director, Resident didactics
Lecturer, resident didactics
Research supervisor

Research/Scholarly Interests:
Eating Disorders (pathophysiology, treatment and outcome)
Twins reared apart

Email: ecker001@umn.edu