Dr. Komrad is a psychiatrist on the teaching faculty of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland, and Tulane. For 25 years he has treated patients and advised people on how to convince an emotionally or behaviorally troubled loved-one to accept psychiatric evaluation and treatment.  He has worked in both outpatient and inpatient settings, and has had extensive experience with the process of involuntary treatment of patients in emergency rooms and hospitals.

He earned his undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics at Yale University, his M.D. degree at Duke Medical School, and he trained in internal medicine and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins.  Dr. Komrad has been the host of a nationally syndicated radio show about psychiatry, has appeared widely on TV and radio, discussing topics in psychiatry, and has been a consultant to Hollywood to help create more accurate portrayals of psychiatrists and mental illness in the movies. In addition, Dr. Komrad is a medical ethicist, and has spoken widely and published on topics in psychiatric ethics.    Dr. Komrad  has been the recipient of many awards and distinctions, such as the 2013 National Exemplary Psychiatrist Award by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR award from the Metropolitan Baltimore chapter of NAMI. He has been elected to the prestigious American College of Psychiatrists, which is limited to 750 of the most influential psychiatrists who are recognized for making contributions on the national level in the U.S. Dr. Komrad was recognized by the National Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), who elected him to their “Target Zero-to-Thrive Hall of Fame.”

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