- Position : Associate Chair: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine
- Institution : Stanford University
- Department : Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Location : Stanford, CA, USA
- Website : http://stresshealthcenter.stanford.edu
Dr. David Spiegel MD
Main Research Focus
Dr. David Spiegel is the Jack, Lulu & Sam Willson Professor in the School of Medicine, Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since 1975. He has been elected Chair of the University Faculty Senate for 2010-2011. He is Past President of the American College of Psychiatrists, and is Past President of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He has published ten books, 353 scientific journal articles, and 149 chapters on hypnosis, psychosocial oncology, stress physiology, trauma, and psychotherapy. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, the Dana Foundation for Brain Sciences, and the Nathan S. Cummings Foundation, among others. He is winner of 22 awards, including the Judd Marmor Award from the American Psychiatric Association for biopsychosocial research and the HIlgard Award from the International Society of Hypnosis. His research on cancer patients was featured in Bill Moyers' Emmy award-winning PBS series, Healing and the Mind, and on the Jane Pauley Show and Good Morning America.
Career
Positions and Employment
1972-1974 Resident Tutor and Premedical Advisor Winthrop House, Harvard College
1975-2005 Assistant through tenured Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford University School of Medicine
1986-1987 Medical Director, Stanford University Clinic
1980-1989 Director, Psychiatry Clinic, Stanford University Medical Center
1990- Director, Psychosocial Treatment Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine
1986-1991 Associate Research Psychiatrist, (Univ. of California at San Francisco)
1998- Medical Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Stanford University
2000- Associate Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
2001- Director, Stanford Center on Stress and Health
2002- Jack, Lulu & Sam Willson Professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1995-1997 President, Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
2005-2006 President, American College of Psychiatrists
Honors
1986 Kaiser Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine
1995 The Edward A. Strecker, M.D. Award, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital for “outstanding
contribution to psychiatric care and treatment” in the United States
1997 Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professor, Royal Society of Medicine, United Kingdom
1997 Rockefeller Foundation Visiting Scholar, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy
1997 Special Keynote Address Award, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
1997 Meritorious Service Award, Northern California Psychiatric Society
2002 Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Scientific Excellence, International Society of Hypnosis
2003 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
2003 Division 30 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Hypnosis,
The American Psychological Association
2004 Marmor Award for Advancement of the Biopsychosocial Model in Psychiatry.
American Psychiatric Association
2005 Division 30 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Hypnosis Research, The American
Psychological Association
2005 Fellow, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Awards
Publication Highlights
Selected peer-reviewed publications (from 340 journal articles, 147 chapters, 12 books).
Spiegel D, Bloom JR, Kraemer HC, Gottheil E: Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer. The Lancet: 1989; 2:888-891, October 14. PMID: 2571815
Spiegel D. Psychosocial Intervention in Cancer. Jnl of the National Cancer Institute 1993; 85:5, 1198-1205. PMID: 8331680
Spiegel D: Cancer and depression. British Journal of Psychiatry, 168(suppl. 30):109-116, 1996. PMID: 8864156
Spiegel D. A 43-Year Old woman Coping With Cancer, JAMA 1999; 282(4):371-378. PMID: 10432035
Sephton S, Sapolsky R, Kraemer H, Spiegel D: Diurnal Cortisol rhythm as a Predictor of Breast Cancer Survival. JNCI 2000; 92(12):994-1000. PMID: 1086131
Turner-Cobb J, Sephton S, Koopman C, Blake-Mortimer J, Spiegel D: Social Support and Salivary Cortisol in Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Psychosomatic Medicine 2000; 62:337-346, 337-345. PMID: 10845347
Spiegel D and Sephton S: Psychoneuroimmune and endocrine pathways in cancer: Effects of stress and support. Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 6(4):252-265, 2001.
Spiegel D: Mind Matters --Group Therapy and Survival in Breast Cancer. NEJM; 2001; 345:1767-68. PMID: 11742052
Spiegel D: Effects of psychotherapy on Cancer Survival. Nature Reviews: Cancer 2002; 2:338-389.
Spiegel, D, Giese-Davis, J., Depression and Cancer: Mechanisms and disease progression. Biological Psychiatry 2003; 54 (3) 269-282. PMID: 12893103
Sephton, S., Spiegel, D, Circadian disruption in cancer: A neuroendocrine-immune pathway from stress to disease? Brain, Behavior and Immunity 2003; 17(5) 321-328. PMID: 12946654
Abercrombie HC, Giese-Davis J, Sephton SE, Epel ES, Turner-Cobb JM, Spiegel D. Flattened cortisol rhythms in metastatic breast cancer patients. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2004; 29 (8) 1082-92. PMID: 15219660 [
Giese-Davis J, Sephton SE, Abercrombie HC, Duran RE, Spiegel D. Repression and high anxiety are associated with aberrant diurnal cortisol rhythms in women with metastatic breast cancer. Health Psychology 2004; 23 (6) 645-50. PMID: 15546233 [
Giese-Davis, J., Wilhelm, F. H., Conrad, A., Abercrombie, H. C., Sephton, S., Yutsis, M., Neri, E., Taylor, C.B., Kraemer, H.C., Spiegel, D. (2006). Depression and stress reactivity in metastatic breast cancer. Psychosomatic Medicine, 2006 68(5), 675-683. PMID: 17012520
Giese-Davis, J., DiMiceli, S., Sephton, S., & Spiegel, D. (2006). Emotional expression and diurnal cortisol slope in women with metastatic breast cancer in supportive-expressive group therapy Biological Psychology, 73(2), 190-198. PMID: 16750288
Conrad, A.Wilhem, F.H., Roth, W. T., Spiegel, D., Taylor, B. C., Circadian affective, cardiopulmonary, and cortisol variability in depressed and non-deperessed individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease. Journal of Psychiatric Research, Sep 18 2007. PMID: 17884093
Spiegel, D., Butler, L., Giese-Davis, J., Koopman, C., Miller, E., DiMiceli, S., Classen, C., Fobair, P., Carlson, R., Kraemer, H. Effects of Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy on Survival of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer. A Randomized Prospective Trial. Cancer (2007) 110 (5) 1130-1138. PMID: 17647221
Spiegel, D. Losing Sleep Over Cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008 26: 2431-2432
Spiegel, D., Butler, L., Giese-Davis, J., Koopman, C., Miller, E., Dimiceli, S., Classen, C., Fobair, P., Carlson, R. W. Reply to effects of supportive-expressive group therapy on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer: a randomized prospective trial. Cancer (2008) 112 (2) 44
Spiegel. D., Kraemer, H. C., Emotional well being does not predict survival in head and neck cancer
patients: a Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study. Cancer (2008) 112 (10) 2326-2327 PMID:18338746
26.Palesh, O. G., Zeitzer, J., Conrad, A., Giese-Davis, J., Mustian, K., Popek, V., Nga, K., Spiegel D. Vagal regulation, cortisol and sleep disruption in women with metastatic breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (2008) Oct 15; 4(5):441-9. PMID: 18853702
