Susan Kornstein, M.D.
Executive Director  
skornste@vcu.edu

Address: P.O. Box 980710
Office:    Stony Point Women’s Health Center 
               9000 Stony Point Parkway
               Phone: (804) 327-8843
               Fax: (804) 327-8844

Susan G. Kornstein, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Virginia Commonwealth University, where she serves as Executive Director of the VCU Institute for Women's Health, designated a National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  She is also Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Psychiatry and Executive Director of the VCU Mood Disorders Institute.

Dr. Kornstein is a nationally recognized researcher and thought leader with expertise in women’s mental health and depression.  She has been a principal investigator on over 50 research studies in the areas of depression, anxiety disorders, and premenstrual syndrome. She has authored numerous scientific journal articles and book chapters and serves on a number of editorial boards and national advisory boards. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Women's Health, and editor of Women's Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook (Guilford Press, 2002), which is the first comprehensive textbook on women’s mental health. She has given numerous invited presentations and has chaired symposia at many national and international meetings. She is President-Elect of the International Association for Women’s Mental Health and Scientific Program Chair for the 3rd World Congress on Women's Mental Health, to be held in Melbourne, Australia in 2008. She has been the recipient of several awards for her research, service, and leadership, including a Distinguished Service Award from the Psychiatric Society of Virginia, a Research Scientist Award from the MCV Foundation, the VCU Women in Medicine and Science Professional Achievement Award, the Maimonides Society Distinguished Service Award, and the Richmond YWCA Outstanding Woman Award for Health and Science. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American College of Psychiatrists. 

Dr. Kornstein attended college and medical school at Brown University and completed her residency training and a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University.