Hartman, Boyd M.D.

Boyd Hartman, M.D.
Professor

Received his M.D. from the University of Kansas and completed residency in psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis.  He is the Donald W. Hastings Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Division of Neuroscience in Psychiatry.  The long-range objective of the Division of Neuroscience is to use the findings of basic research to achieve a better understanding of the pathophysiology of the psychiatric disorders.  A “neural systems” approach to investigations at the interface of basic neuroscience and clinical psychiatry has been developed.  This approach has led to an understanding of the influence of vagal satiety system abnormalities that appear to drive the binge/purge behavior in bulimic nervosa.  This work has involved the collaboration of both clinical and basic researchers in the Department.  A similar investigation is now in progress on depression. 

Dr. Hartman’s basic research interest is in the anatomy and function of biochemically defined neural systems, especially those that may have a role in the mediation of depression and eating disorders.

Educational Summary:
University of Kansas - School of Medicine - M.D., 1966
Internship in Pathology - Washington School of Medicine, 1966-67
Residency in Psychiatry - Washington University School of Medicine, 1969-72

Relevant Prior Experience:
Assistant Professor, Washington University, 1972-74
Associate Professor, Washington University, 1974-78
Member, NIMH Research Education Review Committee, 1978-84
Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University, 1978-87
Director of Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry, Donald W. Hastings Professor of Psychiatry, 1987-present

Responsibilities/Activities in this Residency:
Inpatient supervisor
Research supervisor
Lecturer, Resident didactics

Research/Scholarly Interests:
Anatomical organization and function of biochemically defined neuron systems in brain, and Application of a Neural Systems approach to the study of Psychiatric Disorders

Email: hartm001@umn.edu