Personnel

Lorrin M. Koran, M.D.
Dr. Lorrin Koran is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinic at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. He received his bachelors from Harvard College, and went on to Harvard School of Medicine to complete his studies in medicine. Presently, he is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the OC Foundation and the National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association. Dr. Koran has written more than 100 psychiatric journal articles and chapters for professional texts. His book, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Adults: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide, was published by Cambridge University Press. 

Elias Aboujaoude, M.D., M.A.
Dr. Elias Aboujaoude is the Director of the Impulse Control Disorders Clinic and the Assistant Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinic at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He received a BS in Molecular and Cell Biology and a BA in French Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. He then went on to complete his MD and an MA in Comparative Literature at Stanford University, where he also completed his residency in Psychiatry. In the OCD Research Program, Dr. Aboujaoude has seen patients for studies on depression, dysthymia, anxiety, pathological gambling and OCD. He is the author of a new book, Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession.

Nona N. Gamel, M.S.W.
Nona Gamel received her BA from Stanford University and her MSW from the National Catholic School of Social Service in Washington, D.C. She has extensive research experience in education and public policy. Before joining the OCD Research Program, she worked for the Division of Family and Community Medicine at Stanford. As a research coordinator in the OCD Research Program, she has managed studies related to depression, dysthymia, anxiety, pathological gambling and OCD. 

Allen Ringold, M.D.
Dr. Allen Ringold graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Stanford and a Residency in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1969 he has been in the private practice of psychiatry in Palo Alto and on the Clinical Faculty at Stanford Medical School where he has the position of Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Ringold has been an investigator in the use of Anafranil in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and a co-investigator in the use of Prozac and Zoloft in the treatment of OCD. He is a Supervisor in the Stanford OCD clinic, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and serves as an Examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.